NEW YORK CITY — After nearly 30 years of defiantly and successfully staring down multiple cancers, Heléne Beth Krasner, 69, of New York City finally succumbed, with loving friends and family by her side. The quintessential New Yorker was laid to rest among family who predeceased her, in Cedar Park and Beth El Cemeteries in Paramus, […]
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Paula Scolnik
ANDOVER, Mass. — Paula Scolnik died at her home in Andover, Mass., on Aug. 5, at the age of 90, with her husband of 67 years, Louis, at her side. Paula was born in New York City in 1927, the daughter of Meyer and Ada Revitz. Raised in Washington D.C., she graduated from the University of […]
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Patricia Barter
GRAY — Patricia Barter, 82, died Monday, Feb. 26. Born in Gray on Feb. 10, 1936, at the home of her grandmother, local midwife Bessie Burns Libby, Patricia Barter was the second child of Ernest and Hazel (Gilpatrick) Libby (later Mrs. H. Norman Cole). Pat graduated from Pennell Institute in 1953. She excelled in athletics and […]
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Maine volunteers attend Fresh Air Fund conference in NYC
The North Central Maine volunteer committee attended The Fresh Air Fund’s annual Friendly Towns Leadership Conference from Feb. 2-4, at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. Over the course of three days, volunteers participated in interactive workshops with The Fresh Air Fund’s staff and community agency partners. Volunteers attended professional development workshops throughout the conference, […]
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New York City fire kills 12 people
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s deadliest residential fire in decades spread through every floor of a Bronx apartment building within a matter of minutes, city officials said, killing 12 people and sending other residents scrambling outside into the cold and down fire escapes to safety. The dead included a child around a year […]
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New York subway bombing injures suspect and 3 other people
NEW YORK (AP) — A man with a pipe bomb strapped to his body with Velcro and zip ties set off the crude device in the subway near Times Square on Monday, injuring him and three other people at the height of the morning rush hour. All four were being treated for non-life-threatening injuries in what […]
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New York officials say bike path attack is terrorism
NEW YORK (AP) — Coverage of a vehicle driving onto a bike path and gunfire near the World Trade Center site and memorial (all times local): Updated 6 p.m.: A law enforcement official says that witnesses told police that the man who drove a rented truck onto a bike path in New York City, killing […]
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New York nonplused by bomb threats
The explosives going off in the dumpster in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea was not a major terrorist event — except on the TV news channels. No one was killed, fortunately. And thanks to superb police work, a suspect was captured within 48 hours. On the night after, Sunday, trains from the northern suburbs were […]
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29 injured in explosion in NYC’s Chelsea neighborhood
UPDATE: Investigation underway into Manhattan explosion that injured 29 NEW YORK (AP) — An explosion in a crowded Manhattan neighborhood on Saturday night left 29 people injured, and authorities said a second nearby site was also being investigated. Mayor Bill de Blasio called the blast an “intentional act,” but said there was no terrorist connection. “Tonight, […]
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Walter W. Law
1940 – 2015 LEWISTON — Walter W. Law, 75, of Auburn passed away on Sunday, Nov. 22, at Marshwood Center in Lewiston, after a long battle with cancer. He was born on July 30, 1940, in New York City, a son of the late Barton and Julia (Satterthwaite) Law. Walter served three years in the […]