LEWISTON ( AP) — Maine’s second-largest city has a new mayor, with the winner garnering just 70 votes more than his dead opponent. Bob Macdonald garnered 2,543 votes in Tuesday’s runoff election, compared to 2,473 votes for the late Mark Paradis. The results are unofficial. Paradis died of complications from pneumonia on Friday two days […]
2011
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Bomb threat probe narrows
FARMINGTON ( AP) — Authorities say they are closing in on the culprits of a series of bomb threats at Mount Blue High School that have disrupted classes and wasted the town’s money. Police and school officials are following leads into the three threats made since last month, which have triggered mandatory emergency measures. Superintendent […]
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Mildred B. Betts
THOMASTON — Mildred B. Betts, 87, of Bath, formerly of Thomaston, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 13th at the Hillhouse. She was born in Augusta, on March 4, 1924, the daughter of Peter and Elsie ( Moore) MacLaurin. She grew up in Augusta and graduated from Cony High School class of 1942. After high […]
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John Silas Ackley
BOWDOINHAM — John Ackley, 73, passed away at home after a long illness on December 12, 2011. There will no funeral services. A memorial for family and friends will be held in January.
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Ronald S. Hodgdon
WISCASSET — Ronald S. Hodgdon, 83, of Birch Point Road died Monday, December 12, 2011 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta. A funeral service will be held at 2 PM, Friday, December 16, 2011 at Daigle Funeral Home, 819 High Street, Bath. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Woolwich with full military honors.
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Dave Astor, creator of Maine’s ‘American Bandstand,’ dies
FALMOUTH ( AP) — The creator and host of Maine’s version of “American Bandstand” has died at 92. “ The Dave Astor Show” launched in 1956 and ran for 16 years on Maine television. Astor’s family says he died Saturday from an apparent heart attack. Astor said his show was “for teenagers only” because he […]
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Former Harvard football coach Restic dies
BOSTON ( AP) — Joe Restic, who won or tied for five Ivy League football championships during 23 years as coach at Harvard, has died. He was 85. Restic coached the Crimson from 1971 through 1993. The university said he died Thursday at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. He retired as the winningest coach […]
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Panetta: U.S. at turning point in Afghan war
PAKTIKA, Afghanistan Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, standing less than 34 miles from the Pakistan border, told U. S. troops today they have reached a turning point in the war, even as he demanded that Islamabad must do more to secure its side of the border. Visiting with forces in Paktika, Panetta asserted that, “I really […]
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Police: Fake bills were simple photocopies
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — It didn’t take special training for workers in South Dakota to spot the fake $20 bills that were being passed off as real money this week. Police say the phony bills were simply low-tech color photocopies. Sioux Falls police spokesman Sam Clemens says the reason someone was able to get […]