MANCHESTER, NH. – Tessa Theriault has been named to the dean’s list at Saint Anselm College for the 2011–12 fall and spring semesters. Tessa is a Presidential Scholar majoring in classical archaeology. She is a 2011 graduate of Poland Regional High School. BOSTON — Wentworth Institute of Technology announces the names of students who have […]
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Paddling on Runaround Pond
The Stanton Bird Club of Lewiston and Auburn will hold a paddle at Runaround Pond in Durham from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, July 14. Bonnie Soper, 782-4910, will lead. Participants should bring their own kayak and meet at Staples, Promenade Mall, Lisbon Street, Lewiston, at 8 a.m. Pictured is a great blue heron, courtesy […]
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Lisbon, Durham students honored at UMFK awards banquet
FORT KENT — Thirty-five awards and 14 scholarships were presented to deserving University of Maine at Fort Kent students at the senior class banquet and awards convocation on May 11. The annual event, held the evening prior to commencement, is designed to honor graduating students for outstanding achievement throughout their years at the university and […]
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Well done
WORCESTER, MASS. — Jeffrey Lewandowski of Lewiston received a bachelor of arts degree from the College of the Holy Cross at its 166th commencement on May 25. Lewandowski, who majored in biology, is the son of John and Elizabeth Lewandowski, and a graduate of St. Dominic Regional High School. ST. PAUL, Minn. — Helen Paille […]
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Bernice Simpson Douglas
BRUNSWICK — Bernice Simpson Douglas, of Brunswick, died June 26, at the age of 103. She was a daughter of Lizzie and Henry Simpson and a direct descendant of William and Agnes Simpson, who came to America in the early 1700s, settling on a piece of land which is now named Simpson’s Point. At the […]
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Registration open for Moxie Festival river race
LISBON — The Androscoggin Land Trust and the Moxie Festival Committee have announced that registration for the 14th annual Chief Worumbo Androscoggin River Race on Sunday, July 15, is open. Last year’s race attracted 166 racers from throughout New England. The public is invited to cheer the racers at the starting line in Durham at […]
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Plane removed from crash site in Maine
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A vintage plane that crashed near Fort Williams, killing its pilot, has been moved from the crash site 100 yards off the Maine coast. Sea Tow began on Tuesday lifting the 1946 Stinson Voyager from the ocean floor using floats and then towed it to South Port Marine in South […]
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Police log
Charges Lewiston Stephen Tardiff, 37, of 54 Shawmut St., on warrants, 12:54 a.m. Wednesday on Shawmut Street. Kara Jacques, 25, of 57 Ricker Road, Bryant Pond, on warrants, 2:35 a.m. Wednesday at Lisbon Street and East Avenue. Maxwell Pinkham, 40, of 411 Crowley Road, Sabattus, on a charge of obstructing government administration, 2:15 p.m. Wednesday […]
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Crash victim ‘loved his plane’
Dr. Louis Hanson, a family doctor from Durham, was killed Sunday when his antique plane crashed into the ocean near Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth. Just before noon, Hanson was pulled from the water by paddle boaters and taken to nearby Fort Williams by a Sea Tow vessel, a Coast Guard spokesman said Monday. […]
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Pickup demolished in Durham crash
DURHAM — A Durham driver escaped with only a minor abrasion when he lost control of his pickup truck Sunday afternoon. Sgt. Rielly Bryant of the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said Nicholas Barrington, 22, was northbound on Brown Road when he became momentarily distracted, went off the right shoulder and slammed into a tree. Bryant […]