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Lewiston police urge patience in downtown tension

LEWISTON — Police Chief Brian O’Malley asked people for patience and support Tuesday as state police continued to investigate the death last week of Donald Giusti. In front of dozens of residents who converged on the council chambers to hear and respond to the briefing, O’Malley defended his department’s response to the recent violence, saying […]

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Girls soccer: Injuries keep Leavitt’s O’Malley from her passion, but she wouldn’t change anything

TURNER — Shannon O’Malley felt the pain and despair of suffering a season-ending knee injury twice in an eight-month span. Leavitt’s senior striker wouldn’t care to relive the day she tore her left ACL, MCL, LCL and meniscus, or the day, 10 minutes into her first game back from surgery, she tore her right ACL. […]

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Maine represented at NYPD officer funeral

SCARBOROUGH — At least 46 law enforcement officers from two-dozen agencies in Maine are attending the funeral of slain Officer Rafael Ramos in New York City. Scarborough Police Sgt. John O’Malley, who organized transportation, says agencies represented include Auburn, Belfast, Ellsworth, Kittery, Portland, Scarborough, Waterville and Winslow police departments. He says the officers and a […]

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Boston honors fallen firefighters

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick says “my heart and my condolences” go out to the families and colleagues of two Boston firefighters killed at a fire in the Back Bay. Lt. Edward Walsh and Firefighter Michael Kennedy died Wednesday after becoming trapped in a burning apartment building. Patrick said the “terrible tragedy” is a […]

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Class C Football Championship: Nothing stops Leavitt’s O’Malley

TURNER — Speed and power. They’re the ingredients, packaged in one form or another, that spell success for almost every football player at every level. Stir in healthy doses of persistence, vengeance and passion for the game and you probably have something special. And you’ve described Conor O’Malley to the letter. If Leavitt is to […]