Senior Homes in Maine

Maine Senior News

• Elderly woman killed, brother hurt in Everett fire (WCSH 6 Portland)

  EVERETT, Mass. (AP) -- Authorities say an 80-year-old woman died and her 76-year-old brother was critically injured in a two-alarm fire at their Everett home that was likely started by careless disposal of a cigarette.

• Contractor finds woman's body off private road in Kennebunk (York County Coast Star)

  KENNEBUNK — Susan Danis' new start to life came to a tragic end Tuesday, March 9 when a contractor found her body down an embankment on Erica's Way, according to police.

• Power restored after drenching rain storm (York County Coast Star)

  Residents were getting back to normal this week after a late-winter storm raged through the region, dumping several inches of rain and bringing with it winds in excess of 60 mph that toppled trees and power lines.

• History Day brings out creativity (The Lewiston Sun Journal)

  BUCKFIELD — Kristen McBride was intrigued when she started digging into the history of the Shakers. Then she discovered that the last active community of Shakers in the world is in New Gloucester.

• Witness recounts seeing slain mother (Bangor Daily News)

  DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine -- A daughter tearfully recalled Wednesday finding her mother's battered body in late 2008 and fighting the urge to remove a plastic bag that had been secured over her ...