MEXICO — Fire destroyed a home at 107 Swift River Road on Saturday morning, but all occupants got out safely, Chief Richard Jones said. He said the call came in at 7:54 a.m. When the fire departments from Rumford and Mexico arrived, the two-story house was engulfed in flames. Jones said there were two people […]
2017
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Bill calls for ban on signature gathering at polling places in Maine
Clean election and ballot access advocates on Friday condemned a bill that would virtually ban the gathering of voter signatures at the polling place on Election Day. The bill would also push candidates who are on the ballot back away from the polling place, ending a tradition of candidates greeting voters at the polls. The […]
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Who’s afraid of freezing? For diehard runners, it’s never too cold to get outside.
Ed Tumavicus claims he is not clinically insane, and he should know. He’s a physician. Yet on Friday morning, when the air around Back Cove hovered around minus 10, and before the sun could burn off the last tendrils of sea smoke, there was Tumavicus, 54, defying common sense to get in the first half […]
Posted inThe Penobscot Times
Area students invited to serve as voluntary pages for a day
AUGUSTA – With the Second Regular Session of the 128th Legislature just around the corner, Senator Kim Rosen would like to once again invite all area students to join her at the State House for a day to serve as a page in the Maine Senate. As a page, students have the opportunity to participate […]
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Franklin McDonald Sr.
BRUNSWICK — Franklin ”Old Grump” McDonald Sr., 94, of Arrowsic Road, died Friday, Dec. 22, at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. He was born in Bath on June 28, 1923, a son of Joseph L. and Alice Mae (Harrison) McDonald. He entered the U.S. Marines in 1943 during World War II. He was employed at Bath […]
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The Ark offering January classes, docu-series
LEWISTON — The Ark & Olive Branch Cafe, 791 Lisbon St., is offering the following events during January: Indian Festival Cooking Class: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, presented by Martin Raj. Register: 603-759-1994. “ACHOOO!” Prevention & Treatment of Colds & Flu — Better than a Flu Shot!, Herb Class: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, with […]
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Birth announcements
Central Maine Medical Center Hailyn Rose Kroesser, a girl to Sierra Katherine Kroesser of Richmond, Oct. 26. Grandparents, Karin Hall and Larry Austin, Richmond, Jennifer and Keith Kroesser, Richmond; great-grandparents, Linda and Ronald Gallant, Cocoa, Fla., Janice and Ken Kroesser, Washington. Bailey Grace Driscoll, a girl to Abigayle and Mark Driscoll of Lewiston, Oct. 27. […]
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Looking Back on December 30
100 years ago, 1917Shirkers will not find the Lewiston fire department an agreeable organization to ally with from here on. There has been no general claim that such persons have heretofore belonged to the department, so the action of the Lewiston fire commissioners, in session Friday night, may only be in the line of a […]
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Phyllis P. Alanskas
NORWAY — Phyllis P. Alanskas, 71, passed away Sunday, Dec. 24, at Stephens Memorial Hospital. She was born in Lewiston on Oct. 11, 1946, to Phillip and Loretta (Martel) Therriault. In her younger years she worked in the shoe shop. Phyllis owned and operated PJ’s Diner in Albany Township for 10 years with her huband. She […]
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Minot Center Church traditional holiday service to honor Eda Tripp
MINOT — The annual after-Christmas evening service at the historic Minot Center Congregational Church on Center Minot Hill Road will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 31. The original church on the site, built in 1805, was torn down and rebuilt as the present church in 1846. Services have continued to be held at […]