2011
Celtics: Pierce scores 30 with help from Rondo
TORONTO (AP) — It was a lot easier for the Boston Celtics with Rajon Rondo back in the lineup. Paul Pierce scored 30 points, Ray Allen had 23 and the Celtics marked Rondo’s return with a 93-79 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night. “With him, because he knows everything we run, we were […]
LePage sets one-day inauguration events
AUGUSTA — Decades ago, delivery truck driver Bruce Myrick took in the homeless Paul LePage when the penniless boy roamed the streets of Lewiston. On Wednesday, Myrick will have a place on the state’s biggest stage as LePage is sworn in as Maine’s newest governor. That’s one of the highlights of inaugural events that will […]
Funeral notices for Jan. 3
ALBERT — Simone, 83, of Lewiston, died at her home on December 30. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Monday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., followed by a prayer service at 8 p.m. Interment, St. Peter’s Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to […]
Check it out for Jan. 3
Items submitted to Check it Out must be events that benefit nonprofit organizations and be open to the public. Submissions should be received at least seven days in advance of the event. Farmington area Farmington, Saturday, Jan. 1: Farmers’ market, 9 a.m. to noon, Grange Hall. New Sharon, Saturday, Jan. 1: Pies Plus, 9 a.m. […]
Maineiacs: Parisien coming to Lewiston
They can talk about it now, and the Lewiston Maineiacs are all smiles. After waiting a couple of days for Quebec Major Junior Hockey League approval, the Maineiacs learned Sunday their trade for defensive help has gone through. In a deal with Baie-Comeau, Lewiston officially acquired 19-year-old defenseman Jonathan Parisien on Sunday from the Drakkar […]
College basketball: Barnies paints a senior portrait for Black Bears
If the University of Maine men are are going to secure their first ever NCAA tournament berth, they will need more wins like Sunday’s conference-opener over America East preseason favorite Boston University. And if the Black Bears are going to emerge victorious from games like their physical affair with the Terriers and, ultimately, their senior-laden […]
U.S. Cross Country Nationals: Koos, Brooks kick week off with wins
RUMFORD — No one was going to catch Holly Brooks. Not this time. Brooks, who burst onto the U.S. skiing scene in a big way less than two years ago as a surprise Olympic qualifier for the 2010 Games in Vancouver, continued her storybook rise in the sport Sunday in the opening event of the […]
Mildred Mary Flaherty Whittingham 1920 – 2011
LEWISTON — Mildred Mary Flaherty Whittingham, 90, a longtime resident of 12 Whipple St., Lewiston, died Saturday, Jan. 1, at her new home in Montello Heights, Lewiston. Born in Auburn on Nov. 15, 1920, she was the daughter of John C. and Mary Walsh Flaherty. Educated in local schools, she was a graduate of Lewiston […]
Police log
Charges Lewiston * Uweis Ali Mohamed, 34, of 299 Bates St., obstructing government administration, 6:55 p.m. Saturday at 305 Bates St. * Thomas Richard Blancato, 45, of 5 Wood St., warrant, 12:35 a.m. Sunday at that address. * Brian Scott Plourde Sr., 37, of the Travel Inn, warrant, 12:10 a.m. Sunday at 1327 Sabattus St. […]