1934 – 2015 PORTLAND — Cynthia L. Dyke Osgood, 80, of Farmington, died the afternoon of Monday, May 25, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Her passing was the result of complications following heart surgery. She was born on June 29, 1934, in East Dixfield. The daughter of Milford and Thelma (Butterfield) Dyke. She received […]
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Westbrook man fatally shot at Portland music studio in Old Port
WCSH 6 is reporting that Trey Arsenault of Westbrook died Tuesday morning. Another person was shot at the scene too. According to a release from the Portland Police Department, police were called to Da Block Studios on 371 Fore St. for a report of shots fired just before midnight. Officers found two people had been shot. […]
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Ethelynn N. DeCosta
1925 – 2015 GORHAM — Ethelynn N. “Norma” DeCosta, 89, of Gorham, passed away on Friday, May 15, at the Gorham House Cottage with many beloved friends by her side. Born on Dec. 1, 1925, she was the daughter of Jarvis and Jennie Hand. Norma grew up in Etna with her parents and siblings, Eugene, […]
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Woman’s body found on shore of Portland’s East End
PORTLAND — Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was discovered in the Fore River near 58 Fore St. early Friday morning. Lt. James Sweatt said the woman, described as an Asian female between 50 and 60 years old, was discovered by a pedestrian on the East End Trail at about 6:10 […]
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Katheryn M. Eames
1923 – 2015 PORTLAND — Katheryn M. Eames, 92, of Portland, formerly of Bethel, passed away peacefully on the evening of Tuesday, May 12, at her residence of Seaside Nursing and Retirement Home in Portland, surrounded by her loving family. Katheryn was born on Feb. 28, 1923, in Reed Plantation to Ernest A. McKay and […]
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Roger K. Robinson
1928 – 2015 LEWISTON — Roger K. Robinson, 87, formerly of Fortin Way, Lewiston, and of Schooner Estates, Auburn, died on Sunday, May 17. He was born in Portland on Feb. 16, 1928, husband of Martha Jack Robinson and son of George E. and Janet G. (Hanson) Robinson. He was a graduate of Portland High […]
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Yolande Roux Gagne
1923 – 2015 SCARBOROUGH — Yolande Roux Gagne, 91, formerly of 59 Tampa St., Lewiston, and a resident of Birchwoods Assisted Living Community in Portland for the past three years, died Friday, May 8, at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House of Scarborough. Yolande was born in Lisbon on Aug. 22, 1923, the daughter of Roland […]
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Gracie-Belle R. Leclair
2014 – 2015 PORTLAND — Gracie-Belle Regina Leclair, of Lewiston, peacefully passed away Saturday morning, May 9, at Maine Medical Center in Portland, after courageously battling illness since her birth. She was born in Miami, Fla., on May 5, 2014, and has been loved and cared for since by Marcel and Eryn (Soule) Leclair in […]
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‘It is a plague. It is merciless’: A son’s overdose, a mother’s plea for action
PORTLAND — She endured years of troubles, heartaches, courtrooms and counselors while trying to help her son regain a safe, sober life. Now Massachusetts resident Mary Gibson wants to spread a message about the horrors of heroin addiction. Her son, Andrew Gibson, 21, was found dead April 11 at his Cumberland Avenue apartment. “It is […]
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Portland Council approves making a ‘folly’ of Federal Street
PORTLAND — Let the follies begin. A 100-foot-long block of Federal Street between Market and Exchange streets will be closed to vehicle traffic from July 3 to Oct. 12 after City Councilors on Monday approved a permit for the so-called Federal Street Folly outside the new Press Hotel. The approval came a week after councilors […]