CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: David Boudia, 32; Kelly Clarkson, 39; Djimon Hounsou, 57; Barbra Streisand, 79. Happy Birthday: Head in the most progressive direction possible. Stand tall, set your sights on your long-term goals and make the necessary adjustments to ensure success. Refuse to let negativity set in or those opposed to your ideas […]
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Sports on TV: Saturday, April 24, 2021
(All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, April 24 AUTO RACING 1 p.m. FS1 — ARCA Menards Series: The General Tire 200, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala. 4 p.m. FOX — NASCAR Xfinity Series: The Ag-Pro 300, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala. 7 p.m. NBCSN — AMA Supercross: FIM World Championship, Salt Lake City […]
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Obituary: Carole K. French
LEWISTON – Carole K. French, 78, passed away peacefully at her home on April 19, 2021
Born in Lewiston, Feb. 7, 1943, …
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Obituary: Gerard R. “Jerry” Martel
LISBON – Gerard R. “Jerry” Martel, 73, of Lisbon, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 16, 2021 at Central Maine Medical …
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Obituary: Lola L. Newton
CANTON – Lola L. Newton, 77, of Augusta, passed away peacefully at Pinnacle Healthcare on Saturday, April 17, 2021.
She was born …
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Obituary: Wilfred R. “Bill” Guinard
JAY – Wilfred R. “Bill” Guinard, 74, a resident of Jay, passed away peacefully Thursday morning, April 22, 2021, at his …
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Looking Back on April 24
100 Years Ago: 1921 For the first time since his recent severe illness Enrico Caruso, tenor, left his hotel Thursday for an automobile ride thru Central Park. The tenor plans to leave for Italy with his wife and secretary on May 28. 50 Years Ago: 1971 The Martindale Country Club was the scene Wednesday afternoon […]
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Tom Hart: Amendments must be preserved, followed
I cannot believe that some of the Democrats want to defund and get rid of the police — especially Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Maxine Waters, and Chris Cuomo. They are going to ruin this nice country. Too bad we don’t have a good president. He listens to them. He has no backbone. We need Trump back. Because […]
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Council seeks donations for Lewiston nutrition center
The Lewiston Youth Advisory Council’s “Community Connections … LYAC Fighting Food Insecurity” plans to donate and raise funds to purchase foods the nutrition center isn’t always able to provide — namely tomatoes, cassava leaves, plantain, bananas, oranges and eggs. The council will have a table at the center’s Friday, May 14, outdoor food distribution center […]
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Carmen Comeau Cohen: Canal photos evoke childhood memories
The “Canal cleaning before construction” photo in the April 20 Sun Journal brought back fond childhood memories. Having lived in Pittsfield in the 1940s, and having occasional train rides (steam engine and Maine Yankee trains) to Lewiston to visit our grandparents (Joseph and Leopoldine Samson) — who lived with two of their daughters at 105 […]