1928 – 2015 LEWISTON — Hubert I. Marcotte, 86, of 12 O’Connell St., Lewiston, died Sunday, March 15, at the d’Youville Pavilion in Lewiston. He was born in Suncook, N.H., on June 27, 1928, the son of Joseph H. and Marie Michaud Marcotte. On Oct. 16, 1950, he married the former Elaine Joan Gilbert. She […]
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Philip Fyfe Sr.
1929 – 2015 AUBURN — Philip Fyfe Sr. of Auburn passed away Wednesday, March 4, at the Androscoggin Hospice House after a period of failing health, surrounded by family and friends. Phil was born on Aug. 16, 1929, in Auburn, the youngest child of William and Wilhemina Fyfe. He was a graduate of Edward Little […]
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Clifton William Ledger
1925 – 2015 TURNER — Clifton William Ledger, 89, passed away Friday, March 13, at his home in Turner. He was born in Milford, N.H., on Sept. 10, 1925, the son of Clifton A. Tevyaw and Alice Leger. Upon his father’s death, his mother married Clifford Anderson, who became a wonderful father figure to him. […]
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Hiking Mount Washington: ‘It might as well be a different planet’
“It’s kind of like Heartbreak Hill on the Boston Marathon,” says Gustafson, 58, of Conway. “(Heartbreak’s) really not much of a hill but it’s where it hits you … that makes it such a tough obstacle. That’s kind of what the summit cone is like. You can see the top and you want to just […]
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Killer of Pamela Smart’s husband granted parole
CONCORD, N.H. — The triggerman in the Pamela Smart murder trial was granted parole Thursday, nearly 25 years after he killed his school instructor’s husband and launched a global spectacle packed with lurid details of sex and manipulation. William Flynn was 16-year-old “Billy” in 1990 when he and three teenage friends carried out what prosecutors […]
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Wilton Fire and Rescue’s new ladder truck arrives
WILTON — A new ladder truck for Wilton Fire and Rescue arrived on Saturday. For more than two years, the Firetruck Committee, Town Manager Rhonda Irish and members of the department have addressed the need for ladder coverage of the town’s buildings, fire Chief Sonny Dunham said Monday. The 76-foot ladder HME truck is “big […]
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States fight for wood heat
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Smoke wafting from wood fires has long provided a familiar winter smell in many parts of the country — and, in some cases, a foggy haze that has filled people’s lungs with fine particles that can cause coughing and wheezing. Citing health concerns, the Environmental Protection Agency now is pressing […]
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Street Talk: The winter of jungle cats and wet feet (or something)
In an Evernote notebook dated Jan. 14 lies a truncated mutant of a column which rants on about the feeble nature of winter to that point. “Hardly any snow!” the archaic column raves. “Why, it’s practically spring already!” The column was never finished and I think you know why. Winter came, winter saw — and […]
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Hebron students go to class on Mount Washington
PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. — The wind was howling at nearly 65 miles per hour and blowing snow across the mountaintops. Despite the brilliant midmorning sun, the temperature had dropped to 17 degrees below zero. “It was awesome,” Hebron Station School student Arianna Durepos as she climbed out of one of two Mt. Washington SnowCoaches at […]
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Rescuers brave 108 mph winds, but hiker found dead in extreme N.H. cold
LANCASTER, N.H. (AP) — A hiker who activated an emergency personal locator beacon in New Hampshire’s White Mountains amid brutal weather conditions has been found dead. The state’s Fish and Game Department says New York City resident Kate Matrosova’s body was found Monday afternoon between Mount Madison and Mount Adams near Star Lake. Matrosova activated […]