STRONG — Selectmen agreed Tuesday night to consider excluding heavy trucks from using River Road, because the road and a culvert are being damaged. Selectmen Mike Pond suggested the ban, which selectmen agreed to consider at their next meeting. The road starts at the south end of Main Street near the Sandy River bridge and […]
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Fire quickly quelled on Lisbon Street in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Firefighters made quick work of a kitchen fire at a three-story apartment house on Lisbon Street on Thursday, but the fire clogged traffic over several neighborhoods. Fire crews went to 928 Lisbon St. at about 2 p.m. after reports of smoke pouring from a third-floor apartment. While police closed a section of Lisbon […]
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Elinor Goodwin
1917 – 2015 NORWAY — Elinor Goodwin, 97, of Norway passed away Sunday, Nov. 8, at her residence. Elinor was born Nov. 27, 1917, in Oxford, to Joseph Robinson and Elsie Watt Robinson. She grew up riding horses through Oxford’s hills, swimming in the waters of Lake Thompson and reading on the floor of Oxford’s […]
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Lorraine Y. Maurais
1933 – 2015 CORINTH, N.Y. — Lorraine Y. Maurais, 82, of Harris Road, Corinth, N.Y., passed away Saturday evening, Aug. 22, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Born on March 30, 1933, in Lewiston, she was the daughter of the late Sidney and Yvonne (Tancrel) Leger. She married Gerard G. Maurais on July […]
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Patricia Ann Swett
1941 – 2015 STANDISH — Patricia Ann (Flynn) Swett died peacefully Saturday evening, Aug. 22, just before sunset, at her home on Sebago Lake in Standish, following a decades-long battle with multiple sclerosis. She was born in Auburn, on May 20, 1941, daughter of late the Raymond and Doris (Davis) Flynn. She was educated in […]
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L-A Harley Davidson hosts annual blood drive
LEWISTON — The Red Cross teamed up with L-A Harley Davidson in Lewiston on Saturday to host a blood drive. Red Cross officials told WGME they’re in critical need of blood right now and the annual event at with L-A Harley Davidson is usually one of their most successful blood drives across the state. The blood drive […]
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People You Know: Jennifer Gaylord — Her job is disaster
LEWISTON — Moving back to Maine hadn’t been a good thing. After a divorce in 2007, Jennifer Gaylord said she returned to her home state to be closer to family — but inside, it felt like “the end of the world. Life as we knew it was over.” It was — but it got better. […]
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Electrical fire guts Mexico trailer, displaces couple
MEXICO — An electrical fire quickly spread through a trailer Thursday night on Young’s Park Road before firefighters extinguished it. There were no injuries. Owners Larry and Janice Scott will be temporarily staying at the Linnell Motel in Rumford, Mexico fire Chief Gary Wentzell said on scene. He said the American Red Cross said they […]
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Woman collects goods for fire victims. Now what?
LEWISTON — Kasie Kolbe is baffled. For more than a week, the local woman has been collecting furniture, clothes and other items to help families displaced in a Birch Street fire late last month. But now, with enough stuff to outfit seven apartments, Kolbe has no idea how to get it to the victims. She’s […]
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Farmington sends Red Cross to Franklin County for funding
FARMINGTON — Selectmen decided not to include the American Red Cross request for a municipal allocation of $1,200 in the 2015 budget. The board did not include any outside agency requests in the current budget, Town Manager Richard Davis said. The board directed the agency to ask Franklin County to include the request in its […]