1935 – 2015 PORTLAND — Gilbert G. Levasseur, 80, of Sanford died on Friday, Oct. 9, at the Maine Medical Center in Portland, following a period of declining health. Gil was born on Sept. 9, 1935, to Alfred and Adrienne (Allaire) Levasseur in Sanford, where he grew up and attended local schools. In 1957, he […]
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Portland police arrest bank robbery suspect
PORTLAND — Police say a Portland man armed with a handgun robbed a bank— the latest in a rash of eight bank robberies in the city since May. Police say 58-year-old Francis Ready entered the Bangor Savings Bank branch at around noon Monday and demanded cash from tellers. Ready then allegedly fled with an undisclosed […]
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Portland considers permits for short-term rentals
PORTLAND — The Portland Council’s Housing and Community Development Committee plan to discuss potential regulations for short-term rentals amid Airbnb’s growing popularity. Airbnb allows people to advertise their rooms, apartments and homes for a relatively short period. It’s raised concerns about the safety of guests, and whether the service is fair to hotels and inns […]
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High school football: No. 1 Portland smacks Lewiston behind five Esposito scores
LEWISTON — It doesn’t take more than five minutes as a spectator to see that the difference between Lewiston and mightier Class A football programs to the south is as much mental as physical, right now. The Blue Devils believed they could beat Oxford Hills and Bangor, two rivals they know well from their former days […]
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From Somalia to North Yarmouth, radio star settles into new American life
NORTH YARMOUTH — Abdi Nor Iftin’s journey to Maine started in a tiny shack in Mogadishu, Somalia, watching Arnold Schwarzenegger in “The Terminator.” It was there, packed in a room with about 30 other people, that he learned his first three English words: “I’ll be back.” At an event at SPACE gallery in Portland on […]
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Colton James-Brian Guay
2014 – 2015 PORTLAND — Colton James-Brian Guay, 20 months old, left us to be with the angels on Monday, Oct. 5. He was born on Jan. 29, 2014, the beautiful, beloved son of Jon Christopher and Bethann Guay. Colton lost a valiant battle against HUS, hemolytic uremic syndrome, caused by a severe bacterial infection […]
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Auburn boy still battling E. coli complications
PORTLAND — A 17-month-old Auburn boy battling hemolytic uremic syndrome remained in stable condition Wednesday night at Maine Medical Center. Myles Herschaft is fighting the same infection that claimed the life of a Poland boy earlier this week, according to the child’s family. Early Wednesday night, the toddler’s father, Victor Herschaft, posted an update on Facebook […]
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Sen. Angus King opens broadband summit in Portland
PORTLAND — Sen. Angus King says too many Mainers are being denied a “gateway to economic and educational opportunity in the 21st century” by lack of high-speed Internet in the state. The independent from Maine spoke Monday at a regional broadband summit hosted by Next Century Cities and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The […]
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Whole Foods to cut 1,500 jobs
NEW YORK — Grocery chain Whole Foods is cutting about 1,500 jobs over the next eight weeks as it looks to lower prices and keep up with competition. Whole Foods has a store in Portland. The cuts represent about 1.6 percent of its workforce. But Whole Foods Market Inc. said in a regulatory filing on […]
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Marguerite Maxwell Houlihan
1915 – 2015 PORTLAND — Marguerite Maxwell Houlihan passed away peacefully on Friday, Sept. 25. The daughter of Edward Maxwell and Virginia White Maxwell, she was born on Jan. 22, 1915, in Livermore. She was a longtime resident of Falmouth and most recently, she resided at Fallbrook Woods in Portland, where she received the utmost […]