1946 – 2015 NORWAY — Robert Douglas Haddock, 68, of Bethel, died Monday, July 20. Born Aug. 4, 1946, in New Rochelle, N.Y., Bob graduated from Ridgefield High School in Connecticut in 1964; studied psychology at St. Bonaventure University in Olean, N.Y., ranking fourth in a class out of 405; and graduated in 1969 from […]
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Pauline M. Gagnon
1947 – 2015 AUBURN — Pauline M. Gagnon, 67, of Auburn died Wednesday, July 22, at the Androscoggin Hospice House with her family by her side. She was born in Lewiston Dec. 24, 1947, a daughter of the late Paul and Margaret Girouard Gagnon. She attended St. Joseph’s Church in New York prior to relocating […]
Agnes M. O’Hanlon
1917 – 2015 MANITOWOC, Wis. — Agnes M. O’Hanlon, 98, of 1800 Jefferson St., Two Rivers, Wis., formerly of Livermore Falls, passed away Saturday, July 18, at St. Mary’s Home Next Step, Manitowoc, Wis. Agnes was born Jan. 23, 1917, in New York City, daughter of the late James and Sarah (nee Quinn) Quinn. On […]
Chris D. Dampier
1955 – 2015 LEWISTON — Chris D. “Hoss” Dampier passed away on Wednesday, July 8, at Central Maine Medical Center with his loving family by his side. Chris was born on July 30, 1955, and raised in Malone, N.Y., where he graduated in 1973 from Franklin Academy. He moved to Maine with his family in […]
William G. Koch
1949 – 2015 GREENWOOD — William G. Koch, 65, of Greenwood died Tuesday, July 7, at his home with his family by his side. He was born in Rockville Centre, N.Y., on Oct. 6, 1949, the son of William and Lillian Gibbons Koch. He graduated from Chaminade High School in 1967 and St. Francis College […]
Police warn about cellphone case that looks like a gun
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York is urging online retailers to stop selling the case, and police are asking consumers not to buy it. Schumer says it lacks a required orange marking that identifies it as harmless. He says advertisements indicate the case can be displayed in a pocket, as though it’s a real […]
L.L. Bean to open New York outlet near Adirondack Mountains
QUEENSBURY, N.Y. — L.L. Bean plans to open its first outlet store in New York state at a popular shopping complex near the Adirondack Mountains. The Freeport, Maine-based outdoors outfitter expects to open the store in August at the Adirondack Outlet Mall on Route 9 in Queensbury, just south of the tourist village of Lake […]
Police shoot and kill N.Y. escapee Richard Matt; David Sweat at large
MALONE, N.Y. (AP) — One of two convicted murderers who staged a brazen escape from an upstate maximum-security prison three weeks ago was shot and killed Friday in a gunbattle with law enforcement officers in a wooded area about 30 miles from the prison, and the other is on the run. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, […]
New York police shift search for escapees after credible tip
DANNEMORA, N.Y. — State police moved their manhunt for two convicted murderers to an area west of the New York prison from which they boldly escaped more than two weeks ago, as officers began probing the latest reported sighting. Investigators and military trucks converged on Mountain View, a hamlet in Franklin County, late Sunday. Just […]
N.Y. police focus inmate search on northern village
DANNEMORA, N.Y. — Police blocked off the main road outside a northern New York village as authorities on Thursday concentrated their sixth day of searching for two escaped murderers on a swampy area just a couple of miles from the prison the convicts broke out of last weekend. State police closed Route 374 on Thursday […]