1953 – 2015 ORLANDO, Fla. — Paul B. Chenard, 61, of Kissimmee, Fla., passed away on Saturday, Feb. 7, of cardiac arrest. Born in Lewiston on June 6, 1953, a son of Roger S. and Rita G. (Beaulieu) Chenard, Paul attended St. Peter’s School and was a 1971 graduate of St. Dominic High School. He […]
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Mayor eulogizes officer as cops outside turn backs
NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of police turned their backs Sunday as Mayor Bill de Blasio eulogized an officer shot dead with his partner, repeating a stinging display of scorn for the mayor despite entreaties to put anger aside. The show of disrespect came outside the funeral home where Officer Wenjian Liu was remembered as […]
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NAACP, other groups plan Portland ‘March to End Violence’ at 2 p.m. Sunday
PORTLAND — Several hundred people protesting the recent deaths of two black men by white police officers stopped traffic in the city’s busy downtown on Friday and another similar protest is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, said Rachel Talbot Ross, state director of the Maine NAACP. “The march is intended for those who want to […]
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Unarmed man killed by police in NY housing complex
NEW YORK — A rookie police officer walking with his gun drawn in a darkened stairwell of a crime-ridden public housing complex accidentally shot and killed a man who was leaving the building with his girlfriend, authorities said Friday. “What happened last night was a very unfortunate tragedy,” Police Commissioner William Bratton said. “The deceased […]
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Health officials attempt to calm public fears about Ebola
PARIS — The director of the Oxford County Emergency Management Agency said Friday that although residents should be aware of developments in the spread of Ebola, they should be more focused on how to prevent contracting the flu. “All eyes are on Ebola, but the bigger worry right now is the flu,” Director Allyson Hill […]
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NYC doctor tests positive for ebola; three others quarantined
NEW YORK (AP) — A doctor who became New York City’s first Ebola patient was praised for getting treatment immediately upon showing symptoms, and health officials stressed that the nation’s most populous city need not fear his wide-ranging travel in the days before his illness began. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged […]
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Stepped-up Ebola screening starting at New York City airport
NEW YORK — A stepped-up screening program that checks the temperature of travelers arriving from West Africa is starting at New York’s Kennedy International Airport, part of an ongoing effort to stop the spread of Ebola, which has so far killed more than 4,000 people. The effort to screen travelers from the three West African […]
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D. Theriault: Shame on the Earth-trashers
This is in response to Dolores Hoeh’s letter, “Where was the coverage?” (Sept. 29), berating the Sun Journal for its lack of coverage of the People’s Climate March in New York City and other locations. She wrote, “I cannot imagine why the Sun Journal neglected to give the march some first-class coverage. Shame on you.” […]
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Startled carriage horse goes on Central Park run
NEW YORK — A startled carriage horse took a jaunt around Central Park without any passengers or its driver. The horse became detached from its bridle on Monday evening and ran into the Manhattan park, following its usual route, the union that represents carriage drivers said. It was unclear what startled it. It looped back […]
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Reporter’s notebook: Road trip to Tennessee, NYC unforgettable
DIXFIELD — Spending a week and a half on a tour bus and in a Tennessee hotel with country music performers from across the nation and Canada was a great experience for Rumford nurse Mandy Bither Jordan and her 17-year-old daughter, Melanie Jordan. And the road trip to states and places they’d never been to was […]