June 2014
Diocese to bless, dedicate pipe organ in Lewiston on Saturday
LEWISTON — The pipe organ originally housed in Notre Dame de Lourdes Church in Saco will be blessed and dedicated at its new home in the crypt chapel of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul during a Mass in the chapel at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 28. The Mass will be celebrated in French. […]
Sue Conroy, key player in Moxie Festival, dies
LISBON — When you start talking to folks about Susan Conroy, a few themes begin to emerge: She was a people person. She worked tirelessly and she never wanted to claim credit for her achievements. You might even say Susan Conroy had moxie. A key figure behind the annual Moxie Festival, Conroy died unexpectedly Wednesday […]
Austin Bay: World War I enters its next phase?
On June 28, 1914, Serbian ultra-nationalist Gavril Princip assassinated Austro-Hungarian Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Police quickly arrested Princip and the rest of a ragtag band of Serb terrorists who had come to the Balkan city to provoke hate and create chaos. Terrorist is an accurate description — and one with dangerous resonance for June […]
Free barbecue, open mic at new Jay business
JAY — Custom Chrome on Main Street is having an open house at 5 p.m. on Friday, June 27, with a free cookout and open mic night. The new auto dealership, formerly Jay Auto Sales, is owned by Richard Cushing and Allen Adams. It is located across from McDonald’s and beside the Jay Car Wash.
Micklon hopes to continue on Otisfield board in Saturday election
OTISFIELD — Selectman Rick Micklon will run for a second term on the board at the annual town election Saturday. Voters will elect a member to the Board of Selectmen, a chairman for the Board of Selectmen and a road commissioner after the annual town meeting gets underway June 28 beginning at 9 a.m. at […]
Golf roundup
Fairlawn Couples League 1st Place = TEAM 6 (Giberson/Therrien) @ 96.5 pts; 2nd Place = TEAM 11 (Barkhouse/Lever) @ 96.0 pts; 3rd Place = TEAM 16 (Marcouxs) @ 91.5 pts; Closest to the pin winners = Denny Davidson and Karyn Papineau. Senior’s Wednesday Play 2-ball 1. Frank Paineau, Dick Cote, Ken Austin, Pat Cailler -40; […]
Looking Back on June 27
100 years ago, 1914Mr. and Mrs. John W. Lufkin of Boston have opened their summer home, Dreamland, in Wayne, motoring to Maine from Boston in their Detroit electric. They are the first to make the trip to Maine, so far as we know, by an electric automobile. They made Lewiston in three days, charging their […]
Bail hearing scheduled for Rumford official in child pornography case
PARIS — A Rumford man arrested in March on a child pornography charge is set to appear in court next month. Jeremy Vashaw, 41, of Somerset Street in Rumford, is scheduled to appear in Oxford County Superior Court on July 8 in a hearing to amend bail conditions. Vashaw is charged with one count of dissemination […]