GREENE — On May 7, the Town of Greene Board of Selectmen presented Helen L. Johnson, Greene’s oldest citizen, the Boston Post Cane at Sarah Frye Home in Auburn. Helen was born in Greene on March 24, 1921. She just celebrated her 93rd birthday. Helen married Howard E Johnson. Howard passed away on May 18, […]
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Local CUs contribute volunteer hours to communities
PORTLAND — The Maine Credit Union League has announced the results of the 2013 CUs’ Share for ME Program, which tracks volunteer hours as reported by credit unions. The 2013 total was the second-highest ever, with nearly 37,500 hours documented by 40 credit unions and close to 1,000 volunteers contributing their time for a community […]
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Concert raffle benefits Jubilee Center LEWISTON — The Trinity Jubilee Center is raffling off a pair of tickets to the upcoming Celtic Woman concert at the Bangor Waterfront on May 30. Raffle tickets are $5 and can be purchased online at www.trinityjubileecenter.org/Contribute.html or by cash or check at Downtown Handmade and Vintage, 182 Lisbon St. […]
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Turner-Greene-Leeds school budget up 3.2 percent
TURNER — The proposed $24.28 million budget for Turner, Greene and Leeds schools is a “good, solid, responsible” spending plan, RSU 52 Superintendent Henry Aliberti said Wednesday. It’s 3.2 percent more than the current budget. If approved by voters this month, annual taxes for a $100,000 home would go up $36 in Leeds, $34 in […]
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New Auburn Seniors meet May 7 AUBURN — New Auburn Seniors will meet at noon Wednesday, May 7, at the Sacred Heart Church. Lunch will follow the meeting, with Bingo after. There are new tables for bingo. Seniors will be given free coffee mugs to be used at any Dunkin’ Donuts for the rest of […]
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Bates rowers a tight crew
At 5 a.m. all around the Bates College campus on most mornings this time of year, lights go on in dorm rooms. While many of their classmates are asleep, some rolling in just a short time ago, members of a team of dedicated college athletes on the rowing team drag themselves out of bed to […]
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Somali storyteller, poet to speak LEWISTON — “One City, Many Stories” at 7 p.m. Friday, May 2, will feature Somali storyteller and poet Farah Mohamed, in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library. The free event is a family-friendly performance of stories and poetry in Somali and English. For more information, call 513-3135. Spaghetti supper […]
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With half a heart, pneumonia, Greene girl fights on
PORTLAND — Missing half of her heart and fighting pneumonia and leukemia, 3-year-old Aubrey Coburn wheeled her IV pole around Maine Medical Center while yelling at nurses Sunday. “She’s a tough cookie,” mother Tracy Aube Coburn of Greene said from the Ronald McDonald House, where she is staying while feisty Aubrey mends. Leukemia is the […]
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Eight more dollar stores on the way to Lewiston-Auburn area
LEWISTON — More dollar stores are coming. Eight new stores — four Family Dollars and four Dollar Generals — are being planned for locations in Lewiston, Auburn, Turner, Sabattus and Greene. “There is a market for these types of stores in Maine,” said David Hediger, deputy director of Lewiston’s Planning and Code Enforcement Department. “And […]
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Leavitt Area High School honor roll
TURNER — Leavitt Area High School has announced the third-quarter honor roll. High honors Grade 12: Griffin Bourassa, Casey Brochu, Brandilynn Bubar, Annie Castonguay, Lucia Chiodino, Brianna Degone, Bailey Dow, Kendra Gilbert, Zachary Goulette, Rylee Knox, Jessica Koscinski, Giovanna Lisboa Peixoto Dias, Eliza Mae Miele, Dana Monbleau, Levi Morin, Taylor Ouellette, Matthew Powell, Ashley Richardson, […]