LEWISTON — Amanda C. Gaudreau, 94, of Lewiston, passed away on Monday, April 9, with her family by her side. Amanda was born in St. Helene, Quebec, Canada, Dec. 18, 1917, a daughter of the late Joseph and Delvina (Guay) Paradis. She attended local schools and received her high school diploma. On Aug. 31, 1941, […]
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Telegraph brought account of Titanic
Titanic left the port of Southampton, England, just after noon April 10, 1912. A few hours later the huge ocean liner docked in Cherbourg, France, to take on more passengers. On April 12, she stopped in Ireland to pick up the last of the 1,320 passengers who would sail on her maiden voyage across the […]
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Police investigate report of man holding child over side of Longley Bridge
LEWISTON — Evidence in a case involving a local man who reportedly dangled his 2-year-old daughter off the side of the James B. Longley Bridge is being turned over to the District Attorney’s Office for review. Lewiston Police Lt. Marc Robitaille said an incident was reported at 8:31 p.m. Monday by a passersby in a […]
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Lewiston adult ed director says no more wait lists for classes
LEWISTON — The School Committee was told Monday that last year’s problem of people waiting to get into classes to learn to speak English has been solved. Lewiston Adult Education Director Eva Giles said during the recent economic downturn, her program experienced a surge in enrollments in all programs. “We were unable to meet the […]
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College Baseball: Wong is Wentworth’s weapon
It doesn’t matter which end of the 60-foot, 6-inch imaginary line Alex Wong occupies on the Wentworth Institute of Technology baseball diamond. Whether Wong is toeing the rubber and looking for a sign or digging into the batter’s box and waving his bat back-and-forth, consider this bit of friendly advice. Don’t blink. Long, drawn-out at-bats […]
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Lewiston landlord harassed woman by posting ‘no prostitution’ sign, panel finds
LEWISTON, Maine — A sign posted by a landlord publicly insinuating a tenant was a prostitute was illegal, the Maine Human Rights Commission decided unanimously on Monday. The landlord posted the sign after tenant Amanda Turcotte posted several signs asking her landlord not to enter her Lewiston apartment after she and her landlord, Roland Bisson, […]
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G. Boardman: An equitable health care system
All this talk and Supreme Court scrutiny of the individual mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act exposes the ludicrousness of a privatized health care system. The health insurance industry is so vast, with such a sinful proportion of its income going to bloated executive salaries and political influence that we have to ask ourselves: […]
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R. White: Drug court works
I am a recent graduate of the Androscoggin Drug Court Treatment Program. A little more than two years ago, I was convicted of a crime that was powered by my drug use. People all over the nation are witnessing the rise of the prescription/alcohol epidemic of which I, unfortunately, was a part of. Facing many […]