NORTH BERWICK — Gov. Paul LePage used a celebration of employees at jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney’s North Berwick facility Friday morning to remind the airplane manufacturers and corporate executives in attendance that there are more workers available elsewhere in Maine as well. Pratt & Whitney is producing in the York County town the […]
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LePage jokes about blowing up newspaper building
NORTH BERWICK — Gov. Paul LePage, who has long derided the state’s journalists, targeted the Portland Press Herald Friday morning when he climbed into the cockpit of a fighter jet simulator in North Berwick. As he strapped into the F-35 Lightning II demonstrator machine, set up for attendees of Pratt & Whitney’s annual employee appreciation […]
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Missing sailor who left Maine Aug. 1 found safe 70 miles off Long Island, N.Y.
BOSTON (AP) — A sailor making a Maine-to-Florida solo trip who was reported missing by his sister when he had not been heard from in several days has been found safe. A U.S. Coast Guard spokesman says 61-year-old Stephen Crane was spotted by an aircraft on Friday morning about 70 miles off Long Island, N.Y. […]
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Dorothy June Nelsen
1932 – 2013 AUBURN — Dorothy June Nelsen, 81, formerly from Scarborough, died Monday, Aug. 5, at Clover Nursing Home in Auburn with her family at her side. She was born on Jan. 18, 1932, a daughter of the late Myrtle M. Hayman Woodman Libby and Maurice L. Woodman. She was a loving wife of Theodore […]
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Flying Squirrels swoop in to snatch victory from Sea Dogs
PORTLAND — The deeper he went into his game-changing eighth inning at bat, the fewer pitches Adam Duvall liked. Richmond’s third baseman found the eighth one suitable, though, and sent it into orbit over I-295. Duvall fouled off the first five pitches he saw from Portland reliever Rafael Perez, passed on two balls out of […]
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Harold R. ‘John’ McPeek
1945 – 2013 PORTLAND — John McPeek, 68, of Mexico, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, Aug. 1, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. John was born in Sydney, N.Y., on June 25, 1945, the son of Robert W. and Vergie M. (Spangenburg) McPeek. He graduated from Guilford High School in New York and attended college […]
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Henry N. Paradis
1932 – 2013 SCARBOROUGH — Henry N. Paradis Jr., 81, of Rackleff Street, Portland, died Saturday, Aug. 3, surrounded by family and friends at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough. He was born Jan. 22, 1932, in Lewiston, the son of Henry N. Paradis and Adrienne I. Janelle and brother of Joan Patricia Paradis. He […]
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Robert ‘Bob’ C. Gray
1947 – 2013 LEWISTON — Robert “Bob” C. Gray, 65, of Lewiston, passed away following a long illness at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, at his home in Lewiston with his best friend by his side. He was born on Dec. 10, 1947, in Portland, to parents Irving Gilbert Gray and Constance Ruth Clark. […]
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Herman W. Bonney
1922 – 2013 HARTSDALE, N.Y. — Herman W. Bonney, 91, a resident of Hartsdale, N.Y., died Monday, July 22, in Hartsdale. Herman was born on April 8, 1922, in Portland, to Alton and Amanda (Hackett) Bonney. He was a graduate of the University of Maine. Herman was an engineer employed by Syska Hennessey Co., in […]