AUBURN — Rose R. Moreau, 92, of Schooner Estates, Auburn, died Sunday, Feb. 18, at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice Services in Auburn. Born in Lewiston on Oct. 18, 1925, she was the daughter of Albert and Bernadette Picard Ratté. Educated locally, she married Rene Yvon Moreau on Nov. 22, 1947. Mr. […]
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Beloved Auburn farm stand owner dies
Normand “Blackie” Labbe Sr., the friendly, well-known, always-there owner of Blackie’s Farm Fresh Produce in Auburn, has died. He was 87. “He will be missed by many, more than we will ever know,” daughter Sandy Haley said. Labbe died Monday night after suffering complications from a broken hip he suffered in a fall last week. […]
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Library sponsoring farmer’s market AUBURN — The Auburn Public Library Indoor Farmer’s Market will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, at the Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring St. The festive event will feature live music, a special children’s program, vendors and some surprise barnyard guests. There will be homegrown and homemade […]
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Hockey history: Lions Tournament wraps up 46th year
AUBURN — Inside the Norway Savings Bank Arena on Monday, the score was 1-1 and youth hockey was in overtime. It was not the first overtime, or the second, or even the third. It was the fourth. Parents in the stands were cheering, clapping and yelling as their Mite hockey players — typically 7 or 8 […]
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Wednesday 'one-hit wonder' may bring temps 35 degrees above average
Leon Reyes taps a maple tree Monday along Stonewall Road in Sabattus. The sugaring season is a week to 10 days ahead of schedule because of the warm weather, according to Ed Jillson of Jillson’s Farm & Sugarhouse. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Get out the sunblock and, for the bold, consider a tank top: Maine […]
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Kudos: Foster grandparent a 'nurturing figure'
Foster grandparent Roberta Greenlaw volunteers at the Walton School in Auburn and helps Trent Hartford with his school work Thursday morning. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Roberta Greenlaw always dreamed of being a school teacher, but it didn’t happen the traditional way. After retiring and volunteering as a foster grandparent, she’s made her way back […]
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Smartphones and kids … a good mix?
With more teens feeling hopeless and suicidal, Maine schools, kids and parents struggle to deal with a technology that’s changed a generation. As principal of Oxford Elementary School, Tiffany Karnes has seen smartphone users start young. Like 7 years old young. “It would not be unusual to see a first- or second-grader who has a […]
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Cheryl A. Bathurst
AUBURN — Cheryl A. Bathurst, 63, of Lisbon, passed away at the Hospice House in Auburn on Sunday, Feb. 11. She was born June 21, 1954, in Brunswick, to parents Kenneth and Jacqueline (Skelton) Alexander. Condolences may be expressed at www.funeralalternatives.net.
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NH high court upholds verdict against former Auburn energy company
New Hampshire’s high court has upheld a lower court civil award against an Auburn company for stealing trade secrets in the energy sector. A jury awarded Freedom Energy Logistics of Auburn, N.H. more than $800,000 in damages and attorneys fees two years ago; the New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld that decision last week. August Fromuth, […]
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Joseph A. N. Sirois
AUBURN — Joseph Armand Normand Sirois, 82, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 13, peacefully at his home in Auburn, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Lewiston on May 29, 1935, to George and Marie (Boucher) Sirois. While serving in the Air Force during the Korean War, he met and married the love of his […]