LEWISTON — On Wednesday, Jan. 16, the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Androscoggin County will officially get underway as cancer survivors, caregivers, families, schools, companies, faith-based and civic organizations gather at Pedro O’Hara’s at 6 p.m. for a kickoff rally to launch their fundraising efforts for the year. The American Cancer Society Relay […]
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Dempsey Center offers ‘Wellness for Life’
LEWISTON — The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing is offering a free fitness workshop for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. “Personal Fitness: An Introduction to Wellness for Life” will take place Tuesdays and Thursdays from Jan. 15 through Feb. 21 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Dempsey Center, 29 Lowell St. […]
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Women’s center to kick off new programs
LEWISTON — As the new year begins, The Center for Wisdom’s Women is starting some new programs. A women’s Full Moon Singing Circle will begin meeting monthly starting Sunday, Jan. 27, at 6 p.m. For this first event, members of Women with Wings from Bangor will join participants. No experience needed; you don’t even have […]
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January classes offered at SeniorsPlus
LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus is offering the following classes in January. SeniorsPlus is a private nonprofit whose mission is to support independent living and healthy aging. It serves as the local Area Agency on Aging and Aging and Disability Resource Center for Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford Counties. SeniorsPlus provides a network of support, information, services and […]
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Lorette Y. Green
DOVER, N.H. — Lorette Y. Green, 96, of Rochester, N.H., died Wednesday, Dec. 19, at Hyder Family Hospice House. She was born in Lynn, Mass., Dec. 2, 1916, the daughter of Eustache A. and Aldora E. (Ouellette) Ross. She was married to Patrick V. Green in 1937, with whom she shared 46 years of marriage. […]
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Kenneth Dube
PORTLAND — Kenneth Dube, 65, died at Maine Medical Center, Dec. 31, following complications of a stroke. He was born in Lewiston, June 22, 1947, son of Arthur and Helen Gallagher Dube. He attended Lewiston schools and graduated Lewiston High School in 1966. He began work at CMP in 1969 and worked there until retirement […]
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Boys’ Hockey: Devils’ slow start spells loss at Falmouth
FALMOUTH – The Lewiston Blue Devils couldn’t overcome a slow start as Falmouth earned a 3-1 victory Thursday night in boys’ Class A hockey at Family Ice. Andre Clement scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner in the dying seconds of the first period to seal the Blue Devils’ fate as they dropped to […]
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Lewiston man retires from Small Business Administration
As a French and English literature student at Bates College, Maurice “Mo” Dube planned to become a teacher, a shaper of young minds. Instead, he built a career as another kind of public servant: leader in the Small Business Administration, a shaper of young businesses. “It’s a good feeling,” Dube said. “You see these successful […]
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Hot Spots: Lewiston man sentenced on gun charge
PORTLAND — A Lewiston man was sentenced to more than three years in prison Friday after he was found carrying a firearm downtown during an undercover police operation. Anthony Foster, 33, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to serve 40 months in federal prison after he was convicted of being a felon in possession of […]
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Modern Woodmen of America list Jan. activities
LEWISTON — Modern Woodmen of America will host the following activities in January. Chapter 12907: Saturday, Jan. 5, 4 to 6:30 p.m., Holy Cross KC bean supper, 607 Lisbon St. Chapter 10589: Tuesday, Jan. 8, 4 to 7 p.m., Luiggi’s, 67 Sabattus St. Chapter 7938: Sunday, Jan. 13, 8 to 10 a.m., KC breakfast, Columbus […]