PORTLAND — A 28-year-old Auburn woman has died in an early-morning car crash in Wells. The Portland Press Herald reported that Amanda Lavoie was traveling south near the Moody Post Office when her green Honda Accord left the road and struck a tree at 12:51 a.m. Saturday. According to the Press Herland, Wells Police said rescue workers […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Americana chic perfect for Mother’s Day
The sign out front, off Center Street in Auburn, says Bear Necessities Primitives. Online, it’s referred to as The Bear Necessities and Old Farmhouse Primitives, a sort of two-in-one combo. Call it what you will. It’s Americana chic meets 1800s rustic, minus the risk of cholera. In a great way. Located in a converted home […]
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Taber’s Golf searching for legendary lost mini golf course-maker
AUBURN — Wanted: A man whose name is Joe but who is better known as “Frenchy” to his friends. The candidate would have a French accent, would be a former football coach, would have lived on Skillings Corner Road and would be handy with a hammer and tape measure. Purpose: A ceremonial ribbon-cutting at Taber’s […]
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Inge D. Bradbury
1932 – 2015 AUBURN — Inge D. Bradbury, of Leeds, a devoted wife, loving mother and first-generation American who treasured her German heritage, died Tuesday, April 28, at Clover Health Care in Auburn, after a futile battle with dementia. She was 82. Inge was born in the village of Sulz, Germany, on June 8, 1932, […]
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The Buzz: A new shoe store and new life for a bottling plant
Lewiston has a new factory store that’s not a factory store, though there is a perma-sale. Rancourt & Co. this week turned its conference space into a showroom-meets-retail-spot to start selling its high-end, handmade leather shoes direct to the walk-in public at 10 percent off, all the time. “It’s funny; it’s a confusing term because […]
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Keiko E. Ingerson
1932 – 2015 LEWISTON — Proud owner of Keiko’s Family Hair Care and longtime Lewiston-Auburn barber stylist Keiko Endo Ingerson died peacefully at her home on Wednesday, April 29, surrounded by family after a brave battle with cancer. Keiko died as she lived her life — with grace and dignity. Keiko was born in Tokyo, […]
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Eudore J. Berube
1920 – 2015 AUBURN — Eudore J. “Lou” Berube, 94, formerly of 10 Oak Park, Lewiston, died Tuesday, April 28, at the Bolster Heights Residential Care facility in Auburn, where he had been a resident for the past five years. Born in Lewiston on Oct. 22, 1920, he was the son of Elzear and Eugenie […]
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Carole Ann Lemieux
1944 – 2015 LEWISTON — Carole Ann (Long) Lemieux, 71, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 19, in Lewiston. She was born on Feb. 9, 1944, in Lewiston and was a lifelong resident of the Lewiston-Auburn area. She graduated from Edward Little High School in 1962. In 1967, she married Jos. Edward Omer Lemieux. Carole worked […]
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Collins supports federal bill to help homeless youth
An Auburn woman joined iconic 1980s pop singer Cyndi Lauper, among others, Wednesday to testify before a congressional committee in Washington, D.C., on the issue of youth homelessness in the United States. Brittany Dixon spoke to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee about her experience with homelessness in Maine, urging lawmakers to support […]
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Eleanor B. Thayer
1934 – 2015 AUBURN — Eleanor Belle Boothby Thayer, 81, died peacefully at Clover Health Care in Auburn on Monday, April 27, after battling multiple illnesses for many years. Eleanor was born in Lewiston on March 12, 1934, and grew up in Livermore. She attended the one-room Soper School and then attended and graduated from […]