RUMFORD — While most people may not be familiar with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, they have likely seen one of its alums at the movies or on television. Three-time Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis attended the school, as did the titular character of the 1971 “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” Gene Wilder; and […]
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Ruth V. Martin
1926 – 2015 AUBURN — Ruth V. Martin, 89, went to be with the Lord peacefully on Wednesday morning, Sept. 2, at Clover Health Care. She was born on March 9, 1926, in Concord, N.H., the daughter of Ruth L. and Benjamin F. Martin. She moved to Brooklyn, N.Y. Ruth was a member of the […]
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Jamie Hook on the art of picking the right act
Jamie Hook is an artist, performer and filmmaker, part-time Mainer and one busy fellow. Hook, who grew up in Denmark, Maine, is artistic director of the Denmark Arts Center there. We asked him about splitting his time between Maine and New York, picking just the right acts for the center and what sort of art he […]
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Lorraine Y. Maurais
1933 – 2015 CORINTH, N.Y. — Lorraine Y. Maurais, 82, of Harris Road, Corinth, N.Y., passed away Saturday evening, Aug. 22, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Born on March 30, 1933, in Lewiston, she was the daughter of the late Sidney and Yvonne (Tancrel) Leger. She married Gerard G. Maurais on July […]
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Police say drunk father had 10-year-old drive car
STILLWATER, N.Y. — Police say an upstate New York man had his 10-year-old drive his pickup truck while he was sitting in the passenger seat drunk. The Times Union of Albany reports police in the Saratoga County town of Stillwater were contacted by a motorist on Saturday who saw the child driving the truck on […]
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Eleonore ‘Ellie’ M. Williams
1933 – 2015 FARMINGTON — Eleonore “Ellie” M. Williams, 82, a resident of Livermore, passed away Thursday, Aug. 13, at Edgewood Rehabilitation and Living Center. She was born July 24, 1933, in Offenbach, Germany, the daughter of Konrad Loesel and Maria (Wittman) Loesel. She attended school in Germany. Ellie was a nanny in Syracuse, N.Y., […]
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Hunt for N.Y. prisoners cost more than $1 million per day
ALBANY, N.Y. — Payroll records suggest the hunt for two escaped killers in northern New York cost more than $1 million a day, with overtime alone for state troopers and corrections officers $22 million higher than last year. State comptroller records obtained Friday by The Associated Press for June and July show overtime totaled $41 […]
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Lewiston native shot on way to church ministry
A Lewiston native was shot in the arm on her first day of volunteering at a church ministry in Rochester, N.Y. Breana Martin, 27, was shot outside 441 Ministries as she approached the building. “I thought it was firecrackers,” Martin said in a phone interview Tuesday night. “It stung really bad, but I initially thought […]
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Harold A. Parsons
1928 – 2015 AUBURN — Harold A. Parsons, 87, of Minot died Tuesday, Aug. 4, at Clover Manor Health Care with his family by his side. Born in Auburn on June 22, 1928, he was a son of the late Howard and Ruth Boothbay. Harold was a member of the Frances Lodge of West Minot […]
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Robert Douglas Haddock
1946 – 2015 NORWAY — Robert Douglas Haddock, 68, of Bethel, died Monday, July 20. Born Aug. 4, 1946, in New Rochelle, N.Y., Bob graduated from Ridgefield High School in Connecticut in 1964; studied psychology at St. Bonaventure University in Olean, N.Y., ranking fourth in a class out of 405; and graduated in 1969 from […]