LITCHFIELD — Betsey Soule Boothby, 75, of Litchfield, passed away at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn on Thursday, March 8. She was born on Sept. 25, 1942, in Brockton, Mass., to Howard Soule and Ruth Andrew Neville. She worked for 30 years as a licensed social worker for Catholic Charities Maine. Betsey is survived by […]
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Massachusetts men injured in Jay accident; driver faces OUI charge
JAY — A Massachusetts man is accused of driving drunk after his vehicle went off icy Route 133 late Friday, hit a snowbank, rolled onto its side and struck a utility pole. Dave A. Nosiglia, 58, of Hingham, Massachusetts, and his passenger, Harold Layland, 61, of Hanson, Massachusetts, suffered minor injuries in the accident reported […]
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Second man injured when snowmobile hits pressure ridge on Rangeley Lake
RANGELEY — A Massachusetts man was injured Friday night when the snowmobile he was driving collided with a pressure ridge on Rangeley Lake, said Cpl. John MacDonald, the spokesman for the Maine Warden Service. Kevin Barrett, 45, of Clinton, Massachusetts, was taken by LifeFlight medical helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston after emergency […]
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Massachusetts woman injured in snowmobile crash in Franklin County
TIM POND TOWNSHIP — A Massachusetts woman was injured Monday after she was thrown from the snowmobile she was driving onto a gravel road in northern Franklin County. Katelyn Viveiros, 29, of Fall River was driving a 2003 Ski-Doo snowmobile around a plowed corner on a logging road just before noon. As Viveiros looked back […]
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Anna Burnham
PORTLAND — Anna Burnham 79, of Portland, died peacefully at her home Friday evening, the 19th of January, after a short battle with metastatic lung cancer. Born at home Nov. 21, 1938 , Anna was the daughter of Italian immigrants Gregorio and Lucia (Pecarraro) Grassi. She grew up in the Munjoy Hill section of Portland, attended […]
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Officials say Auburn stabbing was an ambush
AUBURN — Prosecutors said Thursday that a Massachusetts man charged with stabbing a man three times ambushed him. Corey Hayden, 30, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, who recently lived at 12 Brann Ave. in Lewiston, appeared in Androscoggin County Superior Court where a judge set bail at $100,000 cash. Hayden was charged with elevated aggravated assault, […]
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Patricia M. Mathieu
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Patricia M. (Levesque) Mathieu, 69 years old, of Lewiston, died unexpectedly of natural causes on Oct. 28, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Pat was born in Lewiston on Sept. 18, 1948, to Bernadette (Turcotte) Levesque and Roland “Joe Pete” Levesque. She graduated from Lewiston High School in 1967, married her high […]
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If bid is approved, CMP to invest millions in Lewiston converter station
LEWISTON — A Central Maine Power official on Tuesday said he felt good about the chances of Massachusetts choosing its bid in January for a massive hydropower project that would trigger a $250 million investment in Lewiston. Joel Harrington, who works in government relations for CMP, said of the 46 projects submitted after Massachusetts put […]
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Massachusetts man is 3rd suspect in torching of Franklin County bulldozer
FARMINGTON — A Massachusetts man, the third co-defendant in an arson case, was arrested on Wednesday by the Gardner Police Department in Massachusetts, according to a release from the Maine Department of Public Safety. Michael Stanley, 23, of Gardner, faces a charge of arson in Maine. Stanley, along with Devon Clark, 18, of Rangeley and […]
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Francis F. Grose
PETERSBOROUGH, N.H. — Francis Farrington Grose, 85, formerly of Chesterville, died peacefully on Friday, Oct. 27, surrounded by loved ones at his home in Peterborough, N.H. Mr. Grose was born on March 27, 1932, in Wilton, son of Erlon S. Grose and Erma G. (Farrington) Grose. He attended schools in Wilton and Haverhill, Mass., and graduated […]