LEWISTON — Donald R. Grondin, 71, passed away peacefully with his loving family by his side on Saturday, Nov. 4, at CMMC in Lewiston. He was born in Lewiston on Sept. 24, 1946. Donald lived in Maine most of his life. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, looking for bears, his grandkids and spending time with his family. […]
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Staying informed on hunting safety
Hunting may be a way of life in Maine, but many people are not always aware when seasons begin. Karen Wrentzel, 34, was shot and killed by a hunter on her property in Hebron on Oct. 28, the opening day of deer season. Her grandmother, Beverly Spofford, said Wrentzel and several family members did not […]
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Kenneth "Spider" Durrell
FARMINGTON — Kenneth “Spider” Durrell Jr., 89, of Farmington, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Thursday, Oct. 26. Spider was a miracle from the day he was born. On December 26, 1927, his mother Marguerite VanTassel gave birth to him prematurely: weighing in only a little over two pounds. The doctor told Marguerite […]
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Woman killed in hunting incident in Hebron Saturday
HEBRON — A 34-year-old woman was shot and killed Saturday by a hunter on the first day of deer hunting season in a heavily wooded area about 250 yards from Greenwood Mountain Road. The woman, believed to from the area, was pronounced dead at the scene, Maine Warden Service spokesman John MacDonald said. He said the […]
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Keith "Bucky" Irving
LIVERMORE FALLS — Keith “Bucky” Irving, 52, a resident of Livermore Falls, formerly of North Monmouth, was born June 3, 1965, in Augusta, the son of Richard Irving and Elizabeth (Anderson) Irving. The evening of Wednesday, Oct. 25, Bucky got a long distance phone call, a sort of call you can’t refuse. It was for an […]
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Portrait of Bonny Eagle senior with his gun won’t be in high school yearbook
Bonny Eagle High School has refused to publish a senior yearbook photo because it shows the student holding a shotgun. “So here’s what I wanted to have as my senior picture but was informed, ‘No you can’t put something like that in the yearbook,’ ” Wade Gelinas wrote in a Facebook post Tuesday that featured […]
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Eli C. Morrill
RANGELEY — Eli Christopher Morrill, 12, of Rangeley, was born on Dec. 29, 2004. He passed on from this life on Thursday, Oct. 12. He was the beloved son of Bobbi and Steve Morrill Jr., of Rangeley. Eli’s life was filled with a love of the outdoors and sports. He attended Rangeley Lakes Regional School, where […]
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Ernest Allen Jr.
FARMINGTON – Ernest Allen Jr., 78, of East Dixfield Road, Jay, died Thursday, Oct. 5, at the Sandy River Center in Farmington. He was born April 21, 1939, in Norwalk, Conn., a loving son of Ernest and Edna (Harrington) Allen. On June 28, 1960, he married Rejeanne, the love of his life, in Pound Ridge, N.Y. […]
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Man, woman injured in separate hunting-related shootings
UPPER CUPSUPTIC TOWNSHIP — A Penobscot man was shot early Friday night while hunting with a friend when both shot at the same partridge in northern Oxford County. Game wardens are investigating this hunting-related shooting and a second shooting involving a Kennebunkport woman who also was hunting partridge Monday in Piscataquis County. The shooting in […]
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Richard Ray
SCARBOROUGH — Richard (Dick) Ray, 80, of Scarborough, formerly of Harpswell and Winthrop, died Wednesday morning, September 20, 2017 surrounded by loved ones at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House after a long period of failing health. He was born in Lewiston on Jan. 19, 1937, the son of Mr. & Mrs. Floyd R. Ray of Auburn. Dick […]