JAY — A New York man was injured early Sunday when he swerved his car to avoid a deer on Route 133, and the vehicle struck a hardwood tree head-on and went down an embankment near Lomie Rivers Road, police said. Joseph Slaver, 21, of Petersburg, N.Y., was driving a 1993 Dodge toward Livermore Falls […]
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Missing Afghan soldiers in custody at Canadian border
BOSTON — Massachusetts law enforcement officials say they have been notified that three Afghan National Army officers who went missing during a training exercise are in custody at the Canadian border. State police spokesman David Procopio said Monday that federal authorities were interviewing the officers at Rainbow Bridge at Niagara Falls, but provided no further […]
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Video: Moments of silence, roll call honor 9/11 victims
NEW YORK — With the solemn toll of a bell and a moment of silence, the nation paused Thursday to mark the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attack. Family and friends of those who died read the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed in New York, at the Pentagon and near Shanksville, […]
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Accidental shooting victim in good condition at CMMC
LEWISTON — A New York man who accidentally shot a bullet through his hand Monday at a northern Oxford County shooting range, was listed in good condition Tuesday at Central Maine Medical Center. David Beisler, 66, of Jamesville, N.Y., accidentally discharged a .45-caliber handgun, sending a bullet through his hand, Cpl. John MacDonald of the […]
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Oxford County saves money by switching to new deeds records company
PARIS — The Register of Deeds website will get a fresh look after Oxford County commissioners swapped data management companies in a move that should save taxpayers money. Commissioners on Tuesday night unanimously approved a bid from Liverpool, N.Y.-based Info Quick Solutions Inc. to redesign and maintain the county’s website, update computer equipment and track […]
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N.Y. bumps Maine to #3 on list of maple syrup producers
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state has edged out Maine to keep its spot as the nation’s second biggest producer of maple syrup. The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture reports New York produced 546,000 gallons of syrup in 2014, just 1,000 gallons more than Maine. Vermont easily held on to the top position, producing more maple […]
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New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet has successful surgery to remove kidney tumor
NEW YORK — New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet says he had successful surgery over the weekend to remove a malignant tumor from his kidney. The paper says Baquet told staff in an email Monday that he will spend about week recovering before returning to the newsroom. Baquet says doctors discovered the tumor Thursday […]
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Falmouth man, Rockefeller great-grandson dies in New York plane crash
PURCHASE, N.Y. — A family spokesman says the pilot of a small plane who died in a crash outside New York City was Richard Rockfeller, great grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. Westchester County Airport operations manager John Starace says the aircraft took off just after 8 a.m. Friday and went down after hitting […]
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Gregory Thomas Guest
1945 – 2014 YONKERS, N.Y. — Gregory Thomas Guest, 68, died Saturday, May 10, in Yonkers, N.Y. Greg was born on Nov. 23, 1945, in Farmington, the son of Ambrose T. and Loretta McGinley Guest. He attended Farmington schools and graduated from St. Francis College in Biddeford with a degree in business administration. He worked […]
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Maya Angelou, celebrated poet and author, dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Maya Angelou’s story awed millions. A childhood victim of rape, she broke through silence and shame to tell her tale in one of the most widely read memoirs of the 20th century. A black woman born into poverty and segregation, she recited the most popular presidential inaugural poem in history. “I’m […]