LEWISTON — Late this month, the Maine Human Rights Commission is scheduled to take action on a complaint filed by Roger McIntire of Phillips against his former landlord, Scott Pinkham, also of Phillips. McIntire, who is transgender, has alleged that Pinkham evicted him last March because of McIntire’s sexual orientation. An investigation into McIntire’s complaint […]
2011
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Surprised you were so brave?
For this week’s query, we’d like you to brag a little. What is the most heroic thing you’ve ever done? Did you push a stranger out of the path of an oncoming bus? Stand up to a bully? Or was it something more emotional, like getting out of an abusive relationship? Boast about your acts […]
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Patricia H. Lane
AUBURN — Patricia Helen (Wallace) Lane, 79, of Auburn, died peacefully, surrounded by family after a long, hard fought battle with heart disease, Tuesday, Jan. 4. She was born in Portland, May 22, 1940, to Owen L. and Leora H. (Robbins) Wallace. She graduated from Windham High School, Class of 1958. She moved to Auburn […]
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Town office to be closed for school vote
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen approved a request to close the town office on Tuesday, Jan. 25, during a school consolidation referendum. Interim Town Manager Kristal Flagg told the board Monday night that the three-member staff will be reduced to two on that day due to one employee scheduled to be away. Flagg and Registrar of […]
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Libby R. Goldman
LEWISTON — Libby Goldman, a beloved teacher in Auburn for 40 years and a 1929, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Bates College, died in Lewiston at the age of 102. Ms. Goldman began her teaching career in September 1929, at Jay High School in Livermore Falls, teaching three classes of Latin, two of French and […]
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UMF gallery will show works by sculptural artist
FARMINGTON — The UMF Art Gallery will kick off the new year with an exhibit of vast sculptural works by Boston artist E.S. Finney. Dramatic in its subject and scale, the exhibition will run from Jan. 20 to Feb. 20, with an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 20. Active in […]
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Options for Wilton Primary School discussed
WILTON — Selectmen unanimously decided to research three options for the former Wilton Primary School and present them to town voters. After grappling with what to do with the school for about four years, costs associated with asbestos removal, demolition or development, the issue left the board and the town with no easy answers. Town […]
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‘Infidelities!’ amok in Monmouth
MONMOUTH — Monmouth Community Players will present Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore’s funny sex farce “Infidelities!” later this month at Cumston Hall. Van Zandt and Milmore are well-known playwrights, co-authoring many other comedies including “Love, Sex, and the I.R.S.” and “Till Death Do Us Part.” “Infidelities!” revolves around the life and undoing of Harold […]
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Joyce L. Palman
LEWISTON — Joyce L. Palman, 77, of Lewiston, passed away on Jan. 4, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. She was born May 17, 1933, in Lewiston, the daughter of Allan and Marie (Brown) Clark. Joyce was a graduate of Lewiston High School, Class of 1951. She married Raymond Palman in 1952, and they are […]