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Police identify man who drowned in Scarborough
Press Herald
Police have identified the man who drowned Sunday afternoon in a lake at Wassamki Springs Campground in Scarborough. Giot Nguyen, 45, of Portland was swimming with a friend to a small island in the middle of the lake when he began to have difficulty at …
Portland man drowns in lake at Scarborough campground; police suspect …Bangor Daily News

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South Portland man kills himself during standoff
Press Herald
The man shoots himself inside his home. By David Hench Staff Writer. dhench@pressherald.com | @MaineHenchman | 207-791-6327. SOUTH PORTLAND — A South Portland man took his own life during a standoff at a home on Memory Lane on Monday.

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Railroad in explosion has its Canadian assets sold
The State
PORTLAND, Maine — The $15.85 million sale of a bankrupt railroad responsible for a deadly oil train derailment in Quebec is now complete with transfer of the company’s Canadian assets to new ownership. More than a month ago, parties completed the sale …

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Railroad in explosion has its Canadian assets sold
MiamiHerald.com
PORTLAND, Maine — With completion of the sale of the bankrupt railroad responsible for an oil train derailment that killed 47 people, attention now turns to creation of a settlement fund with hundreds of millions of dollars to compensate victims …

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NH motorcyclist killed in Bethel collision
Press Herald
His passenger, 50-year-old Patricia Ensigh of New Boston, New Hampshire, was taken by ambulance to Rumford Hospital and later by helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Gallant did not know the extent of her injuries. Thomas, 52, of …

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