Community block party set LEWISTON — Young People in Recovery is pairing with Maine Inside Out to host the first Community United for Change Block Party. It will be from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, on Middle Street. Middle Street will be closed during this time. The party will include live music, recovery speakers, […]
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Community Little Theatre to hold annual meeting
AUBURN — The L-A Community Little Theatre will hold its annual meeting on Monday evening, Sept. 24, at the Great Falls Performing Arts Center on Academy Street. The meeting agenda includes committee and financial reports, nominations and election of board members, and volunteer recognition and awards. Following the official business will be a retrospective of […]
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Cecile J. Leclair
AUBURN — Cecile J. Leclair, 98, of Auburn passed away Sunday, Sept. 16, at the Sarah Frye Home with her loving family by her side. She was born in Lewiston on May 29, 1920, a daughter of the late Arthur and Alma (Philion) Sirois. She was a member of Prince of Peace Parish, Holy Cross Church […]
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Rena F. Laplante
AUBURN — Rena Fernande Laplante, 87, of Lewiston died Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 12, at Clover Manor in Auburn following a long illness. She was born May 16, 1931, the youngest daughter of (Napoleon) Paul and Rosette Lapointe. She attended Lewiston schools and worked most of her life in the footwear industry. Until her illness of dementia, […]
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Joseph A. Unnold
AUBURN — Joseph A. Unnold, 89, a resident of Lewiston, passed away peacefully Thursday, Sept. 13, at the Hospice House in Auburn. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1929, the son of Joseph and Antoinette (Saydoc) Unnold. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson Vocational High School in Queens, N.Y., and went on to work as […]
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Tinpanic Steel Band to perform as part of Art Walk LA
Tinpanic Steel Band will perform as part of Art Walk LA at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at Auburn’s Festival Plaza. Tinpanic will play a repertoire of high energy calypso music along with popular hits. This event is free and open to the public.
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Auburn seeks 'perfect holiday tree' for Festival Plaza
AUBURN — The City of Auburn and the Auburn Public Services Department are seeking a local tree to use in Festival Plaza this holiday season. The ideal tree will be a spruce or fir evergreen in Auburn, is at least 25 feet tall, relatively “accessible” and not close power lines or other obstructions. The winning […]
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Local organizations receive children's health grants
BELFAST — The Sadie and Harry Davis Foundation has awarded grants to 10 Maine organizations through its Children’s Health Small Grants Program. The awards total $95,000. The list of local recipients and their children’s health projects are: • Community Clinical Services, Lewiston, $14,000.Increasing Childhood Immunizations: To partner with Healthy Androscoggin to increase immunization rates for 2-year-old children in central […]
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Maggie Trafton Authors for Young Readers presents Melissa Kim
AUBURN — In recognition of the International Year of the Bird, author Melissa Kim and Audubon educator Molly Woodring will have an author visit from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, at the Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring St. Kim is the author of “A Snowy Owl Story,” the first title in the “Wildlife on the […]
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With mayor in China, Auburn council to continue agriculture talks
AUBURN — While Mayor Jason Levesque is in China, the City Council is expected to put its support behind his new committee on agriculture and a strategic planning process spearheaded by the city manager. The temporary committee will be asked to create draft ordinances on the current income and minimum land-use requirements in the city’s […]