Devin Urquhart of Lewiston, whose alias is “Blunt Man” dances in front of Legal Peaces, a head shop on Lisbon Street in Lewiston on Friday morning. “It’s 4/20, my favorite holiday and I’m just rocking out here to get some attention for the business,” Urquhart said. The figure 4:20, also written as 420 or 4/20, […]
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Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame introduces quartet of new inductees
Three of the four newest members of the Auburn Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame that will be inducted in a May 6 ceremony at the Ramada Inn in Lewiston, got together at Gippers in Auburn Friday afternoon for a luncheon officially announcing the inductees. They are from left to right, Ray DeBlois, Carolyn Court and […]
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Auburn bacon and fondue restaurants spice things up with burlesque and comedy
Bacon and fondue were already a unique combination for two co-owned businesses in the same downtown Auburn building. But when the owners of Lava and House of Bacon added comedy shows, a bloody Mary bar, paint classes, princess parties and burlesque dancing to the two businesses, the duo offered up something unlike anything Maine has […]
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Stephen J. Comeau
PORTLAND — Stephen J. Comeau, 67, a resident of Poland Road in Auburn, passed away peacefully, Tuesday, April 17, with his loving family by his side, at Maine Medical Center, following an eight-year battle with neuroendocrine cancer. He was born in Lewiston, March 13, 1951, the son of Albert and Angelique (Vermette) Comeau. Stephen was a […]
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Auburn roofing company on hiring challenges and successes
AUBURN — Alan Hahnel has 140 employees at Hahnel Bros. and if he could hire 15 to 20 more tomorrow for his roofing company, he would. It’s just not that easy. Not too long ago, he hired a man who passed the employment physical and then sat through safety training. “The first day on the […]
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Sapphire Nightclub brawl victims didn’t report assaults to police
AUBURN — A security guard at Sapphire Nightclub was punched, kicked and spat on after falling face-first into the front of a car during a Tuesday night melee in the parking lot, witnesses said Thursday. The 26-year-old suffered a broken nose, a fractured elbow and injuries to both knees when he was attacked by a […]
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Suspects on the run after a chase through Lewiston, Auburn and Minot; car found in Buckfield
LEWISTON — A car driven in a high-speed chase through the Twin Cities on Thursday morning was found abandoned in Buckfield a short time later. The silver Pontiac G6, four-door sedan was discovered off Sodom Road, Lewiston Lt. David St. Pierre said. Investigators initially believed it was the car used in an attempted robbery in […]
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Dorothy I. Sawtelle
AUBURN — Dorothy I. Sawtelle, 90, a former resident of North Jay, passed away Saturday, April 14, at Odd Fellows’ & Rebekahs’ Home of Maine in Auburn. She was born July 27, 1927, in Oakland, the daughter of Roy and Georgia (Gerry) Sawtelle. She was a graduate of Wilton Academy. Dorothy worked in insurance sales for […]
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Kenneth E. Sleeper
AUBURN — Kenneth E. Sleeper’s long journey came to an end peacefully while he slept. He died Tuesday morning, April 17, at the age of 90. He was born in Lewiston, Oct. 17, 1928, to Elmer and Mable Sleeper, one of seven children: Shirley, Janice, Raymond, Robert, Harold and Elmer Jr. He attended Edward Little High […]
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Roger G. Belanger
AUBURN — Roger Gerard Belanger, 63, of Auburn, died Tuesday, April 17, at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice in Auburn, surrounded by loved ones. Roger was born in Lewiston on Sept. 1, 1954, the son of Lucien and Constance Arnoldy Belanger. Educated in local schools, he was a graduate of Lewiston High […]