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$10K gift allows St. Dom’s to buy iPads
AUBURN — A surprise donation a few days before Christmas is allowing Saint Dominic Academy to buy iPad mini tablet computers for students in elementary classes, Principal Donald Fournier said Thursday. On Dec. 20, a husband and wife came to see Fournier, expressing their wish to give the school $10,000 to be used for a specific […]
CMP makes significant progress restoring power Thursday
LEWISTON — As linemen made a big push Thursday to restore power, no one in Lewiston-Auburn was without electricity as of the supper hour, according to Central Maine Power. The number of households without power dramatically improved Thursday after the Ice Storm of 2013, thanks to hundreds of linemen and tree-cutting crews from Canada and […]
Auburn Middle School honor roll
AUBURN — The following are the honor roll students for the first trimester at Auburn Middle School. High honors Bradbury (grade 7): Emily Allen, Cameron Audette, Isaaq Bashir, Kaelee Bolduc, Benjamin Cassidy, Leila Chirayath, Nicholas Davis, Baylee Frechette, Michael Gary, Hannah Koval, Jaylyn Metivier, Carter Shaw, Sophia Wood. Cadillac (8): Evelyn Bilodeau, Katelyn Breton, Johana […]
No curbside Christmas tree pickup in Twin Cities
LEWISTON — Twin Cities residents can’t leave their Christmas trees at the curb this year, according to officials. Both Lewiston and Auburn have set up drop-off locations for residents to bring their used trees. There will be no city curbside Christmas tree collection in either city this year. In Lewiston, residents can bring their trees […]
Day 2 of ice storm hits Maine
Broken pole in Centerville, near Jonesboro in Washington county. This is what our line crews have been working on. pic.twitter.com/AyFSJwbceT — Bangor Hydro/MPS (@bangorhydro_mps) December 23, 2013 UPDATED 3:55 PM: GRAY — The National Weather Service has extended its ice storm warning until 7 p.m. for Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford and Somerset counties. UPDATED 3:49 […]
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Hope Haven free Christmas dinner LEWISTON — A free Christmas dinner for those in need will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 25, at Hope Haven Gospel Mission, 209 Lincoln St. For delivery to shut-ins, call 783-6086. ‘White Light’ Memory Tree Ceremony MONMOUTH — The first “White Lights” Memory Tree Ceremony […]
Bert D. Mathieu, nearly eight decades in shoe shops
LEWISTON — Every weekday at 5:50 a.m., Bert D. Mathieu stops into Labadie’s Bakery for two plain donuts and coffee and heads into work at Pamco Shoe Machinery. He’s 91, and, strictly speaking, a volunteer. “I locate all the parts needed so they don’t have to chase around and look for them,” Mathieu said. “I’m […]