LEWISTON — The Twin Cities’ signature holiday celebration and parade kicks off on Wednesday, Dec 3. This is the eighth year Lewiston and Auburn have combined efforts. The annual Parade of Lights will start at Main and Academy streets, with the parade staging there. There are 25 floats and participants. The procession will step off […]
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No trash, recyclables pickup in Jay on Labor Day
JAY — There will be no pickup of trash or recyclables on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1. People need to either hold on to their trash and recyclables for the next week’s pickup or take them to the town’s transfer station, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said.
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States discussing holiday weekend traffic
SALEM, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine State Police are going to discuss traffic patrols going on in the three states over Memorial Day weekend. A news conference is scheduled at 11 a.m. Thursday in Salem, New Hampshire, at the northbound rest area on Interstate 93. State police are discussing high-visibility patrols […]
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Target: 40M card accounts may be breached
MINNEAPOLIS — Target is grappling with security and a public relations nightmare just as the holiday shopping season is wrapping up. The nation’s second largest discounter said Thursday that data connected to about 40 million credit and debit card accounts was stolen as part of a breach that began over the Thanksgiving weekend. The data […]
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Town Office to be closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen agreed Monday to close the Town Office all day Christmas Eve as well as Christmas Day. Normally the Town Office would close at noon on Dec. 24, Town Manager Kristal Flagg said. Other towns are closing for a full day on that day, she said, including Livermore. Staff asked if the […]
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Charities in need this Christmas
AUBURN — Envoy Holly Johnson wanted to add more names to the Angel tree in the Auburn Mall, each a boy or girl with wishes like Legos and Barbies, and couldn’t. It was too full of lingering wishes. With 12 days before Christmas, the Lewiston chapter of the Salvation Army is 1,000 gifts short. “We […]
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Christmas elves visit local nursing home
Christmas elves visit local nursing home By Dan Marois Feature Writer / Photographer It was about eight years ago that a few employees in the food services department of a local hospital decided that residents at a local nursing home would each enjoy receiving a gift at Christmas. The employees, affectionately called the Christmas elves, […]