1932 – 2015 WOODSTOCK — Joseph W. Stowell, 82, of Woodstock, died unexpectedly, Tuesday, June 2, at his home in Woodstock. He was born on Dec. 27, 1932, in Harlem of New York City, a son of Charles and Irene Stowell. He graduated from New Jersey schools and pursued a career in printing. On Feb. […]
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Daniel M. Gessinger
1955 – 2015 SUMNER — Daniel M. Gessinger, 59, of Sumner, formerly of Bleecker, N.Y., entered into rest Saturday, May 30. He was born Nov. 5, 1955, the son of Gerald and Audrey Gessinger of Bleecker. Dan attended Wheelerville, N.Y., and Gloversville N.Y., schools. He was a member of the Bleecker Community Church and proudly […]
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Helen V. Dyke
1920 – 2015 PRESQUE ISLE — Helen V. Dyke, 94, a former resident of Jay, currently of Leisure Village, Presque Isle, died Saturday, May 9, at the Presque Isle Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Helen was born Dec. 16, 1920 in Lewiston, the daughter of Charles C. Cushman and Hazel (Bigelow) Cushman. She was a 1939 […]
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Gerard ‘Jerry’ Roy
1935 – 2015 WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Gerard R. Roy, 80, of Broomfield, Colo., passed away on Monday, April 27, from a long, lingering illness. He was born in Lewiston on Jan. 6, 1935, the son of Ovila and Annette Marcotte Roy. He graduated from Lewiston High School in 1952 and married the love of his […]
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N.Y. governor creating task force on nail salons
NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday said he was creating a task force to investigate nail salons and crack down on worker abuse following a report of widespread exploitation and health problems of manicurists. “New York State has a long history of confronting wage theft and unfair labor practices head on,” he said […]
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Ardeen W. ‘Dean’ Ayer
1934 – 2015 GALION, Ohio — Ardeen W. “Dean” Ayer, 80, of Galion, Ohio, died Saturday, May 2, at Millcreek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Galion. Born June 13, 1934, in Lewiston, he was the son of Carroll A. and Eleanor A. (Daggett) Ayer. He married Virginia M. (Fayle) Ayer on June 25, 1955, and […]
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NYPD officer dies from gunshot wound
NEW YORK — A 25-year-old police officer shot in the head over the weekend while attempting to stop a man suspected of carrying a handgun has died from his injuries, the third New York Police Department officer slain in the line-of-duty in five months, a City Hall official said Monday. Brian Moore was pronounced dead […]
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Last 2 HoJo restaurants soldier on in Bangor and New York
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. — The 28 ice cream flavors are just a cool memory. Those fried clam plates? All but eighty-sixed. Howard Johnson’s restaurants — the once-ubiquitous orange-roofed eateries that nourished baby boomers before the rise of burgers and burritos — have almost disappeared. The HoJo’s on the main strip of this Adirondack Mountain resort […]
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Frances Mary Burns
1929 – 2015 RUMFORD — Frances Mary (Coady) Burns, 85, died Monday, April 27, in Rumford. Fran was born on Dec. 13, 1929, in Manhattan, New York City, to Michael Coady and Bridget (Connelly) Coady. Her family moved to Jackson Heights in Queens, New York City, and then to Montauk, N.Y., on Long Island. When […]
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Class ring lost more than 30 years to be returned to former Rumford woman
RUMFORD — More than 30 years ago, Hilda Lee Cash lost her high school class ring on a beach in Cape Cod. Cash, a former Rumford resident who has since married and changed her surname to McCrillis, will soon be reunited with that Rhode Island ring, thanks to the man who found it and Rumford […]