ENGLEWOOD, FL — Lucienne P. Fontaine, 85, of Englewood, Florida, passed away November 17th due to complications of pneumonia. Lucienne (Lou) was born July 2, 1931 in Lille, Maine to Fred and Odélie (St. Jean) Plourde. In 1943, the family moved to Greene, Maine, where Lou would attend the Lane School and meet her future […]
December 2016
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Edward N. Simpson
WISCASSET — Edward Noble Simpson, 84, of Wiscasset, passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 8, 2016 at the Bodwell House in Brunswick. He was born in Belfast, Maine, on September 17, 1932, the son of Orville & Mabel (Noble) Simpson. He grew up in Bath and graduated from Morse High School, Class of 1950. After […]
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Police: Woman OK after she’s accidentally shot in the head
ELLSWORTH (AP) — Police say a man was arrested and a Maine woman escaped a serious injury after he accidentally shot her in the head over the weekend. Ellsworth Police Chief Peter Bickmore says the .32- caliber revolver accidentally went off around 5 p.m. Saturday. The woman was taken to a local hospital and airlifted […]
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After health-care repeal vote, some in GOP fear political cliff
WASHINGTON Republicans are eagerly planning initial votes next month on dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law, a cherished GOP goal. But many worry that while Congress tries to replace it, the party will face ever-angrier voters, spooked health insurers and the possibility of tumbling off a political cliff. Republicans have said they first want […]
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Early audience reactions from ‘Rogue One’ premiere
LOS ANGELES The force is strong with “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” according to early reactions from the film’s premiere Saturday night in Los Angeles. Official reviews are under embargo until Tuesday morning in advance of the Dec. 16 release, but the crowd at the Pantages Theater went wild with applause as the credits […]
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Egypt mourns 25 Christians killed in church bombing
CAIRO Egypt’s Coptic community held a funeral service today for 25 Christians killed in a bombing the previous day at a church next to the main cathedral in Cairo — one of the deadliest attacks targeting the country’s religious minority in recent memory. The bomb went off during Sunday Mass at a chapel adjacent to […]
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Militants retake ancient city of Palmyra from Syrian forces
BEIRUT Islamic State militants recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from Syrian troops Sunday, according to both sides in the battle, scoring a major advance after a year of setbacks in Syria and neighboring Iraq. In winning back Palmyra, the extremist group appeared to be taking advantage of the Syrian and Russian preoccupation with Aleppo, […]
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MSAD 75 straw vote postponed
TOPSHAM — A straw vote on MAINE School Administrative District 75’s high school project scheduled for tonight, has been canceled due to weather conditions. The meeting will be held on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Mt. Ararat High School in the Commons.
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Benoit’s emergence lifts Dragons
BRUNSWICK Todd Hanson said during the preseason that senior guard Nate Benoit “has been a pleasant surprise.” After having spent his sophomore and junior seasons improving his game on the Brunswick High School jayvee boys basketball team, Benoit had his coming-out party on Friday in the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference season opener against rival Morse. […]
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Brunswick girls roll past Morse, 65-30
BRUNSWICK Athletes tend to have a very good memory. For the Brunswick High School girls basketball team, memories of last year’s Class A South quarterfinal loss to rival Morse was a driving point coming into Friday night’s Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference opener against those Shipbuilders. The Dragons played with fire, out-scoring Morse 22-3 in the […]