Maine’s doppelganger neighbor, which acted early and decisively, has had no deaths and no nursing home outbreaks, and is down to just 2 active cases.
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LePage’s final year included 39 days in Florida and a $33,000 trip to Montenegro
Newly obtained documents reveal details of trips the former governor tried to conceal.
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Explosion shakes Irving refinery in New Brunswick, a major Maine supplier
An explosion and fire Monday at the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick, could potentially affect Maine’s supply of gas and heating oil. The facility is the largest supplier of the state’s gasoline, diesel fuel and heating oil. The president of the Maine Energy Marketers Association said that until the scope of the […]
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Real Gallant
AUBURN — Real Gallant, 81, of Lewiston passed away peacefully Friday, Aug. 31, at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn, following a long struggle to recover from surgery in December 2017. Real was born Sept. 21, 1936, in Saint-Ignace, New Brunswick, Canada, to Urbain and Marguerite (Richard) Gallant. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1957, […]
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New Brunswick shooting: Two of four dead are police officers
TORONTO (AP) — A shooting in a small Canadian city early Friday left four people dead, including two police officers, under circumstances that were not yet explained but struck a nerve in a country that has been roiled in recent months by several incidents of mass violence. People in Fredericton, the capital of News Brunswick […]
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Evelyn Bishop Sinclair
AUBURN — Evelyn Bishop Sinclair, 94, passed away suddenly in her home on March 7. Evelyn was born on Oct. 8, 1923, in Hillsborough, N.B., the daughter of Martha Caldwell Bishop and Aubrey Sterling Bishop. Evelyn spent her childhood in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, where her father served as a Baptist minister. After graduating from […]
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David A. Mazerolle
1960 – 2016 LEWISTON — David A. Mazerolle, 55, of Otisfield died Saturday, March 26, at Central Maine Medical Center. He was born in Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, Canada, on Oct. 2, 1960, the son of Kenneth and Eleanor A. Wylie Mazerolle. He worked in the family business, a trucking company in P.I., then worked as […]
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Marlene Heggie-Field
1946 – 2015 FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — Marlene Bernice (Andrews) Heggie-Field of Green Hill, New Brunswick, wife of the late Peter Rennie Heggie and lastly, George Henry Field Sr., died Monday, Nov. 9, at a hospital in Fredericton. She was born July 11, 1946, at Saint John, New Brunswick, the daughter of the late George […]
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Mildred I. Auger
1927 – 2015 AUBURN — Mildred Ida Parent Auger, 87, of Lewiston died Tuesday, Oct. 6, at the Hospice House in Auburn after a long illness. She was surrounded by her loving family and friends. She was born in Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada, on Dec. 8, 1927, the daughter of Edmund and Emma Parent. […]
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Irving wields unparalleled power in New Brunswick
SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick — If you cruise down the superhighway that crosses this Portland-sized industrial city, you will see Irving everywhere. That big building rising up in the city center? Home office for J.D. Irving’s 15,000 employees. Go off the highway to grab a coffee at an Irving Oil gas station on Fairville Boulevard […]