WATERVILLE (AP) — Six-time Oscar nominated actress Glenn Close has been honored by the Maine International Film Festival. Close called the Mid-Life Achievement Award — a moose statuette— she received Sunday night in Waterville “the best award I’ve ever received.” The ceremony followed a showing of “Albert Nobbs,” a 2011 film Close starred in and […]
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Suspect pleads not guilty to slaying 92-year-old Waterville man
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine man charged with killing a 92-year-old Waterville man he once worked for has pleaded not guilty. Roland Cummings was held without bail Wednesday after pleading not guilty to murder and other charges in connection with the May stabbing death of Aurele Fecteau. The 44-year-old Cummings was arrested after police matched […]
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Waterville police crack down on loud exhausts
WATERVILLE (AP) — Waterville police have launched a crackdown on loud vehicle exhausts after getting several complaints in the past month. Chief Joseph Massey said officers will be looking for all vehicles that violate the state law on excessive or unusual exhaust noise. The six complaints the department has received in the last month have […]
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Waterville mother of slain infant sues baby sitter
AUGUSTA (AP) — The mother of a 3-month-old girl who died while in the care of a baby sitter has filed a lawsuit against the caretaker and her 12-year-old daughter. The suit filed by Nicole Greenaway in Kennebec County Superior Court alleges negligence on the part of the Fairfield woman who was entrusted with the […]
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Roland F. Johnsen
1931 – 2014 LEWISTON — Roland F. Johnsen, 82, of Farwell Street, died Saturday, June 14, at his home with his family by his side. He was born in Waterville on Sept. 3, 1931, a son of the late Rolf and Mary Saucier Johnsen. He attended Brunswick schools and served in the U.S. Army during […]
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Seven River Valley youths going to Boys State in Waterville
RUMFORD — Seven Mountain Valley High School students will participate in the upcoming American Legion Boys State program in Waterville. Kirk Thurston, American Legion District 5 commander, said Monday in an email the students are Dalton Milledge, Logan Benedix, Corbin Arsenault, Bradley Marshall, Thomas Marshall, Caleb Gauvin and Andrew Cole. Maine Boys State will be […]
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Suspect in slaying of 92-year-old Waterville man heading to court
WATERVILLE (AP) — The suspect in the fatal stabbing of a 92-year-old Waterville man is headed to court this week. Authorities said 44-year-old Roland Cummings is scheduled make his first appearance on a murder charge either Monday or Tuesday in Kennebec County Superior Court in Augusta. Cummings was arrested Friday in connection with the May […]
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Family: 92-year-old man feared he’d be victimized
WATERVILLE — A 92-year-old whose death was declared a homicide by state police had feared a violent end, a family member said. The death of Aurele Fecteau, whose body was discovered in his home on Friday, was declared to be a homicide over the weekend, based on the medical examiner’s findings. Lorraine Fecteau, the victim’s […]
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Waterville death deemed a homicide
WATERVILLE — Someone took the life of a nonagenarian found deceased Friday afternoon in his Brooklyn Avenue home, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. “That determination was made by the State Medical Examiner’s Office Saturday, but no other information on the autopsy is being released at this time,” McCausland […]
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Police collect evidence at scene of suspicious death in Waterville
WATERVILLE — While the medical examiner works to determine the cause of death of a nonagenarian found deceased in his Brooklyn Avenue home in what police are calling a suspicious death, Maine State Police investigators continued to collect evidence at the scene and search for people who may know something about what happened to the […]