Norm Gagne didn’t have the privilege of seeing his uncle, Ronald “Pep” Gagne, play sports for Lewiston High School in the 1950s. What he knew of his Uncle Pep’s athletic feats he only learned about in scrapbooks — scrapbooks that were as big as Pep’s achievements for the Blue Devils. When Norm Gagne was a […]
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2016 Lewiston High School Boys’ Tennis Preview
Coach: Tom LeBlond (Fourth year) Conference: KVAC; Class: A North Last year’s record: 10-4 (Lost in the Eastern Maine Class A semifinals) Returning athletes: Seniors — Kyle Morin, Eric Hall, Reid Pomerleau, Sam Zashut, Nick Poland; Juniors — Ben Ferrence, Cole Ouellette; Sophomore — Joe Bisson. Key losses: None Promising newcomers: Sophomore — Timo Teckenberg Season outlook: With […]
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Marie Jeannine Alexander
1939 – 2016 AUBURN — Marie Jeannine Alexander, known to all as simply Jeannine, 77, formerly of Royal Oaks Condos of 15 years, and more recently the Odd Fellows’ and Rebekahs’ Home in Auburn, died Friday, April 8, at Marshwood Center in Lewiston. Born in Frenchville on Feb. 26, 1939, she was the daughter of […]
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Michael D. Wise
1956 – 2016 KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Michael D. Wise, 60, of Kissimmee, Fla., passed away Monday, March 21, at Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, Fla., surrounded by his immediate family. He was born in Bangor on March 20, 1956, raised in Lewiston and graduated from Lewiston High School. Mike spent many years working at […]
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Paul R. Vallee
1930 – 2016 TOGUS — Paul Rene Vallee passed away on Sunday, March 20, at the VA Hospital in Togus. He was born in Lewiston on April 1, 1930, the son of Semi Rodrigue and Rhenda Leda (Vallee) Therrien Preo. He was raised in foster homes although his family consisted of 14 children, 10 brothers […]
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Speaker: Fighting prejudice takes more than being a good person
LEWISTON — When it comes to prejudice, everyone is biased, everyone has work to do — and what we learn from birth to age 5 is powerful, Dr. Eddie Moore Jr. told Lewiston High School Civil Rights Team students Wednesday. Moore, a national diversity speaker, is spending two days in Lewiston talking about how eliminating […]
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Lewiston student serving as Senate page in D.C.
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has welcomed Lewiston High School student Amanda Alberda to Washington, D.C., to serve as a Senate page for the spring semester. She told the Sun Journal in November that as a child, she loved visiting Washington, D.C., more than Walt Disney World in Florida. She was nominated to the program […]
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Lewiston Dems to meet Jan. 13
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Democratic Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, on the first floor in the Lewiston Armory, Central Avenue. Enter through the CC doors in front of the building. The agenda includes organizing and identifying volunteers for the caucus to be held Sunday, March 6, at Lewiston High School. The […]
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Community giving to Lewiston High’s homeless program
LEWISTON — On the lower level of Lewiston High School is The Store Next Door, a food pantry/supply closet/kitchen table for students without homes. There’s heartache and tears — but also joy and laughter. On a recent Friday as the 1:59 p.m. bell rang, ending another week, students broke into smiles as they danced during […]