EASTPORT, N.Y. — Police say a Long Island man set his rental car ablaze while trying to kill bedbugs inside the vehicle. Scott Kemery suffered first- and second-degree burns in the incident Tuesday outside an Eastport supermarket. Police say the Bridgehampton resident poured alcohol over the insects, then sat in the car and lit a […]
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Frederick James Martin
HARPSWELL — Frederick James Martin, 76, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Wednesday, April 8, after courageously battling ongoing health issues for many years. Fred lived in Greenwood Lake, N.Y., prior to relocating to Topsham in 2004, and later, to Harpswell. Before retiring, Fred was a special education teacher with the Bergen County Special […]
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Barry W. Greindl
1947 – 2015 AUBURN — Barry William Greindl, 67, of Hartford, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 29, at the Androscoggin Hospice House, with his family by his side. He was born May 3, 1947, to William and Evelynn Greindl in Rome, N.Y. Barry was a motorcycle enthusiast, and he enjoyed riding motorcycles and building […]
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Ben Taylor
NEWRY — Ben Taylor, 35, of Bethel and Hartford was pronounced dead on the mountain on the double black diamond trail “Black Hole,” as a result of injuries sustained while skiing at Sunday River Ski Resort in Newry on Wednesday, March 25. Ben was an expert-level skier and an employee of the resort since 2012 […]
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Sheylah A. Davis
1940 – 2015 RANGELEY — Sheylah A. Davis, 74, of 12 Allen St., Rangeley, died at the Hospice House in Auburn, with her family by her side. She was born on Oct. 1, 1940, in Providence, R.I., the daughter of Walter and Jessica (Hobba) Annable. She attended schools in New York, New Hampshire and Maine, […]
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Shirley J. Conant
1933 – 2015 AUBURN — Shirley J. Conant, 82, passed away on Saturday, March 21, at Clover Manor nursing home in Auburn. She was born on Feb. 18, 1933, in Gowanda, N.Y., the daughter of Byron and Margaret (Conklin) Leugemors. She graduated from Forestville Central High School in New York in 1951, where she served […]
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Laurette Provancher
1918 – 2015 VALHALLA, N.Y.—Laurette Provancher, 97, of Armonk, N.Y., passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 14, in Valhalla, N.Y., with her family by her side. She was born on March 3, 1918, the daughter of Ludger and Rose-Aime Tardif Monier of Lewiston, where she had been a resident for most of her life. She […]
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Timothy Willis Faulkner
1942 – 2015 AUBURN — Tim Faulkner was born in North Tonawanda, N.Y., on March 1, 1942, the son of James Levant Faulkner and Barbara Page Wilbur Faulkner. In June 1946, his family moved to Mexico, where Tim attended public schools and learned to ski under the auspices of Chisholm Ski Club members who had […]
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Maria R. Kovacs
1949 – 2015 LEWISTON — Maria R. Kovacs, 65, of Livermore passed away Saturday, March 14, at Central Maine Medical Center with family by her side after a long battle with cancer. Maria was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in July 18,1949, to Eugene and Maria Rilling. She graduated from the University of Maine at Farmington […]
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Plane skids off runway at LaGuardia, crashes through fence
NEW YORK — A plane from Atlanta skidded off a runway at LaGuardia Airport while landing Thursday, crashing through a chain-link fence and coming to rest with its nose perilously close to the edge of an icy bay. Photos showed the nose of the plane resting on a berm that separates the runway from Flushing Bay. […]