LEWISTON – Frederick C. Woodcock III, 81, a lifelong resident of Lewiston, Maine, passed away peacefully at Central Maine Medical Center …
2022
Obituary: Claire S. Tardif
LEWISTON – Claire S. Tardif, 74, formerly of 34 Bartlett Street, Lewiston, died Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, at Bolster Heights Residential …
Obituary: Alfreda (Giroux) Arsenault
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. – Alfreda (Giroux) Arsenault, 101, died at Vero Health and Rehab in South Hadley, Mass., on April 16, …
Obituary: Blaine Mark Brooks
SHAPLEIGH – Blaine Mark Brooks “Chuck,” born in Hartford, Conn. on August 6, 1948, passed away on March 3, 2022. Chuck …
Obituary: Leocadia Betty Anne White
LISBON FALLS – Leocadia Betty Anne White, a longtime resident of Lisbon Falls, passed away peacefully June 2, 2022, following a …
Obituary: Jean P. Gagne
LEWISTON – Jean P. Gagne, 92, passed away at St. Mary’s Hospital on June 2, 2022.Born in Maine, Jan. 13, 1930 …
Recovering alcoholic feels helpless as cousin implodes
DEAR ABBY: I was an alcoholic. I have been sober since 1994. I live with my elderly aunt and assist her while working in ministry. Her son lives with us and is, basically, a hopeless alcoholic. He drinks all day and lies on the couch. I know that if this continues, it will be fatal. […]
Stepfather has never been treated with much respect
DEAR ABBY: I’ve been the stepfather of two girls for 18 years. They are 22 and 24 now. My wife and her ex-husband adopted them at birth. When they were 2 and 4, he had an affair and left them for a woman who had two children. Why do these two girls look at HIM […]
Looking Back on June 7
100 Years Ago: 1922 Members of Mary Dillingham Chapter are anticipating with much pleasure the annual outing to the Bryant home on Webster Road Saturday all day. Auburn members will meet at Getchell’s Drug Store at 10 o’clock (daylight savings time) and Lewiston, at Peck’s store, five minutes later. Transportation will be by Leonard Ott’s […]
When shingles lingers, the pain is called postherpetic neuralgia
Dear Dr. Roach: My spouse, now 61, had shingles two years ago. Though the rash cleared up quickly, the nerve pain has never subsided. Is the virus still at work, or does she have permanent nerve damage? Because her doctor has always kept her vaccines up to date, we are not sure how she missed […]