Geiger Elementary School of Lewiston participated in a fundraiser this winter and spring to raise money for the American Heart Association, and also to better understand the link between exercise and their health. As a whole, the school raised $2,000. Tessa Blais, a fourth-grader in Jennifer Groover’s class, was the top fundraiser with $255.
2017
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Mary Ann Roderick
WEST PARIS — Mary Ann Roderick, 82, of Oxford passed away peacefully Thursday, May 11, at Ledgeview Living Center. Mary Ann was born in Lewiston on Feb. 7, 1935, daughter of Albion and Esther Pratt and the stepdaughter of Joseph Heslop. She had a brother, John, and his wife, Joan, whom she loved dearly. She […]
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Barbara McLeary Vannah
BEAUMONT, Texas — Barbara McLeary Vannah passed away Sunday, May 14, in Beaumont, Texas. She was 98 years old. She was born and grew up in Farmington, the daughter of Frank Edwards McLeary and Emma Demuth McLeary. She graduated from the University of Maine in 1938. In 1941, she married a college classmate, Sherman Vannah, […]
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Joyce I. Hodgman
LEWISTON — Joyce I. Hodgman, 81, of 1108 Lewiston Road, New Gloucester, died Wednesday, May 17, at CMMC with her family by her side. A lifelong resident and icon of New Gloucester, she was born March 19, 1936, a daughter of the late Foye and Ada Morrison Wescott. She graduated from Mechanic Falls High School. […]
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Janice M. Arsenault
LEWISTON — Janice M. Arsenault, of Lewiston, was taken by the Lord on Sunday, April 16. She was born in Fort Kent on July 24, 1956, to Janet Albert and Joespe Godin before her family moved to Lewiston. She was married to Richard LaPointe. She worked in local shoe shops, and is remembered as being […]
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Brenda McLean
BRUNSWICK — Brenda Coffin McLean, 71, died Wednesday, May 17, at Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick. She was born May 22, 1945, in Portland, a daughter of Dr. J. Kenneth and Christine Dow Coffin. She graduated from Brunswick High School, Class of 1963, received an MS from the University of Maine Orono ’67, and an MA […]
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Bates, L/A Arts team up for short-film fest
LEWISTON — L/A Arts and the Maine Film & Video Association announce the Lewiston premiere of the 2017 Maine Short Film Festival at the Olin Arts Center, Bates College, 75 Russell St. on Sunday, May 21, at 5 p.m. Tickets are $8, free for students with ID. They are available at Brown Paper Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2951912 This […]
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Therese D. Valliere
AUBURN — Therese D. Valliere, 94, formerly of Lewiston, died Wednesday, May 17, at the Androscoggin Hospice House with her family by her side. Born in Biddeford on Dec. 8, 1922, a daughter of the late Hermenegilde and Fedora Gagne Drouin, she was educated at St. Joseph’s School in Biddeford. She was married to Leopold […]
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Influential economist’s prediction hasn’t occurred
WASHINGTON — The death on May 8 of Allan Meltzer, 89, deprives the country of one of its most influential economists in the past half-century. A professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh since 1957, Meltzer played a crucial role in convincing much of the economics profession to abandon policies that led to rising inflation […]
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Churches to worship together PARIS — Anita White will conduct the worship service Sunday, May 21, at the First Universalist Church on Pine Street. The West Paris Universalist Church will join the 10 a.m. service. Music will be under the direction of Donna Hurd. Coffee, friendship and fellowship will follow the worship service, and all are welcome. Childcare […]