1947 – 2014 TAMPA, Fla. — William ‘Bill’ O’Donnell, 66, died on Thursday, Jan. 2, at the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa, Fla. Bill was born in Nova Scotia on Dec. 29, 1947, a son of Cyril and Catherine (Poirier) O’Donnell. The family moved to Bangor when Bill was 2 years old. He […]
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Saco man dies in York sheriff’s office custody
ALFRED (AP) — An investigation is underway after a man died while in the custody of the York County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities say 49-year-old Jeffrey Andrew Noonan of Saco died shortly after going into medical distress at about 6:30 a.m. Sunday. He had been taken for medical treatment the previous day. Noonan had been arrested […]
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Defense wants charges dismissed in Biddeford case
BIDDEFORD (AP) — Attorneys for two Biddeford men charged with stabbing and using a brick to beat another man allege prosecutors deliberately withheld evidence and are asking that charges against their clients be dismissed. Just days before 23-year-old Tamer Tilahun and 22-year-old Jonathan Dowd were scheduled to stand trial in November on attempted murder and […]
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Saco man charged in the theft of N.H. lottery tickets
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — A Maine man has been accused of stealing $400 worth of lottery tickets in Portsmouth, N.H., which has been investigating a pattern of lottery ticket thefts in the area. Thirty-four-year-old Nathaniel Glavin of Saco has been charged with the Dec. 27 of the tickets from the Big Apple Store. Police say the […]
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Portland Pirates may move to another rink next season
PORTLAND — Unless an agreement is reached soon, the Portland Pirates hockey team could be moving to Saco, or leaving Maine entirely. With attempts to re-open lease negotiations between the Cumberland County Civic Center and its anchor tenant – and to bring new blood to the arena’s board of trustees – as frozen as the […]
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Saco man to serve 4 months for role in marriage scam involving Lewiston woman
PORTLAND — A Ugandan man who helped arrange a scam marriage in Maine so another man could become a legal permanent resident of the United States is going to jail. A judge on Friday imposed a sentence of fourth months’ imprisonment and fourth months of home confinement for 35-year-old Ronald Serunjogi of Saco. Serunjogi was […]
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Dr. John H. Gould
1934 – 2013 AUBURN — Dr. John H. Gould of Turner passed away on Monday, Oct. 14, at Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice in Auburn. Dr. Gould was born in Portland on Sept. 10, 1934, the first child of Eleanor (Webster) Gould and Richard Gould. He grew up in both Cape Elizabeth […]
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Saco library gets $50K grant from King foundation
SACO (AP) — A southern Maine library says it’s received a $50,000 grant from the charitable foundation set up by best-selling author Stephen King and his wife to partially cover the cost of a new roof. Dyer Library in Saco said it’s housed in a brick mansion that was built in 1869, and that its […]
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Saco man facing sexual assault charges
ALFRED (AP) — A Saco man already on Maine’s sex offender registry is facing new charges of raping a girl in her early teens after giving her alcohol. Arthur Grant Jr. has been indicted by a York County grand jury on charges including gross sexual assault; gross sexual assault by employing alcohol; and sexual abuse […]
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Maine drive-ins struggle to survive in digital age
SACO — For 74 summers, as the sun sets over Saco, a giant screen framed by tall pines flickers to life. The year the Saco Drive-In opened, “The Wizard of Oz,” “Gone with the Wind” and “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” premiered. This week, “The Smurfs 2” and “Planes” kept scores of families entertained under […]