There’s a picture of the old Sonny Boy bread truck from 1964, an undated shot of the Rollodrome and a 1950s-era fellow with a cigarette dangling out of his mouth, clutching stilts with both hands. They’re posted to a Facebook page created June 22, “Growing up in Auburn,” that has drawn 2,617 members and scores […]
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Lakeside Chapter OES to hold supper, meeting
WALES — The Eastern Star Training and Religious Scholarship fundraising supper will be held Tuesday, Aug. 13, at Lakeside Chapter 60, Order of the Eastern Star. It will be at the Grange/Masonic Hall, 322 Centre Road, at 6 p.m. sharp. Lakeside will be hostess and provide the main dish for the supper. Pioneer Chapter of […]
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Constance L. Boilard
1929 – 2013 AUBURN — Constance L. Boilard, 83, of St. Mary’s Residence and formerly of Greene, died Monday, Aug. 5, at Clover Manor, with her family by her side. She was born in Lewiston on Aug. 17, 1929, a daughter of the late Arsene and Valeda Pelletier Lussier. Connie was educated in Lewiston schools […]
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American Legion meets Aug. 14 LEWISTON — American Legion Post 210 will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, at the Armory on Central Avenue. All interested parties and current members are welcome to join us the group prepares for the next year. Contact Post Adjutant Chris Rushton at 754-8014 with any questions or concerns. […]
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Valencia Cody
1920 – 2013 AUBURN — Valencia Cody, 93, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 6, at Odd Fellows and Rebekah’s Home of Maine. She was born on July 8, 1920, in Lewiston. She worked at Clarks Shoes and later retired from Knapp Shoes. Val spent her retirement volunteering at Togus and was very active with the VFW, […]
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Dorothy June Nelsen
1932 – 2013 AUBURN — Dorothy June Nelsen, 81, formerly from Scarborough, died Monday, Aug. 5, at Clover Nursing Home in Auburn with her family at her side. She was born on Jan. 18, 1932, a daughter of the late Myrtle M. Hayman Woodman Libby and Maurice L. Woodman. She was a loving wife of Theodore […]
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Alden R. Prada
1953 – 2013 AUBURN — Alden R. Prada, 59, of South Paris was called home to his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Aug. 6. He was born in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on Aug. 17, 1953, the son of Raymond and Alita Moriarity Prada. He graduated from Oxford Hills High School in 1972 and attended the […]
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Auburn officials see two sides of Court Street during walking tour
AUBURN — Great Falls Plaza is home to a hotel, a high-rise office building and a few smaller office buildings — and those buildings are all full of people. “So why don’t we see those people out filling the streets of Auburn?” asked Al Manoian, the city’s economic development specialist. Manoian led city and economic […]