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PORTLAND — The slaughter of innocent civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo earlier this month is having repercussions in Portland and around the U.S. as the victims’ family members and friends struggle to come to grips with what has become known as the Fizi Massacre.

ANKARA, Turkey — Cries of panic and horror filled the air as a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey, killing at least 138 people as buildings pancaked and crumpled into rubble. The death toll was expected to rise as rescuers sifted through the rubble and reached outlying villages.

SACO — Joe LoCicero’s 1990 Honda Accord slipped into a parking spot in front of City Hall with its engine purring, much as it did two decades ago after it rolled off the assembly line in Marysville, Ohio.

AUGUSTA — Amanda Fontaine swung open the cupboard doors above her washer and dryer to reveal shelves packed full of deodorant, shampoo and body wash.

WATERVILLE — It gets better.

OAKLAND — Police Chief Mike Tracy thinks it’s a good time for the Oakland Police Department to leave the temporary station it moved into 20 years ago.

ANSON — Three people are competing for one selectman seat on the Nov. 8 ballot.

Landwehr, Dorothy “Sue,” 73, of Waterville, died Oct. 20 in Bangor. Death notices appear at no charge. Obituaries are published as paid announcements.