As we near the midway point of the winter sports season, local athletes in all sports continue to impress. Here’s a look at where things stand. Boys’ basketball The Western Class B boys’ basketball story has been exciting and unpredictable to date. Just when one team appears to have an edge, it stumbles. Exhibit A […]
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Portland police to host forum for gay community
Police Chief James Craig wants members of the city’s gay community to “voice their concerns and be heard.”
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Freeport Police Beat: Jan. 11
Arrests 1/4 at 8:08 a.m. Sara A. Morin, 19, of Lisbon Falls, was arrested by Officer Brandon Paxton on I-295 North on a charge of operating under the influence and operating without a license. 1/5 at 10:42 a.m. Laura Murphy, 30, of Bowdoin, was arrested by Officer Brandon Paxton on Main Street on a charge […]
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Shirley V. Griffin, 89
FALMOUTH — Shirley V. Griffin, 89, died peacefully Dec. 15 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. On May 26, 1921, she was born in Portland, one of seven children of Cora Ames Pennell and Theopholis Pennell, and attended school in South Portland, graduating from South Portland High School. For the past 69 years she lived […]
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Sylvia J. Merryman, 86
CUMBERLAND — Sylvia Jane Fortier Merryman, 86, died after a long illness Jan. 8 at Ledgeview Assisted Living in Cumberland Foreside with loved ones at her side, including her little dog Max. Born in Houlton on March 10, 1924, she was the ninth child of 10 born to Charles Thomas Fortier and Laura Beatrice Stairs Fortier […]
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Julia Holland Clarke, 90: Devoted to her family
YARMOUTH — Julia Holland Clarke, 90, died Christmas eve, Dec. 24, 2010, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House surrounded by her devoted family. Raised in St. Louis by Robert and Julia Holland, she attended the Mary Institute, Bennington College and studied art at Washington University in St. Louis. During World War II she was an […]
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Gilberte A. Davis, 94
YARMOUTH — Gilberte A. Davis, 94, of Portland, died Jan. 9 at Coastal Manor in Yarmouth. Born in Brunswick on June 5, 1916, she was the first daughter of Charles J. and Eva Gamache Charron, and attended Brunswick schools. In 1934 she married John B. Davis. While her husband served in the U.S. Navy during World […]
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Frosty windshield leads to Hollis bus crash
The Bonny Eagle bus had just taken on a student and was still stopped with its red lights flashing, authorities say.
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Yarmouth Police Beat: Jan. 11
Arrests There were no arrests reported from Jan. 3-9. Summonses 1/7 at 11:53 p.m. Richard L. McIntosh, 26, of Durham, was issued a summons by Officer Charles Perkins on East Elm Street and Leighton Road on a charge of leaving the scene of motor vehicle accident. Burglaries 1/5 at 3:35 p.m. Burglar alarm on Wills […]
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Wealthy treated themselves during the holidays
“This holiday season, it was a little bit of one for you; two for me,” luxury consultant Robert Burke says.