LEWISTON — When it killed her mother and father, Claudette Sweetser Fournier saw what chronic obstructive pulmonary disease looked like up close. “They lingered a long time,” Fournier, 62, said. “I certainly had a preview of what I was facing — it wasn’t pretty and it wasn’t fun.” Born and raised in Lewiston, Fournier was […]
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New York Funk will bring its high-energy sounds to Guthries
LEWISTON — The New York Funk Exchange, a nine-piece original funk/soul band hailing from Brooklyn, N.Y., will return to She Doesn’t Like Guthries on Friday, Oct. 5. The band with a four-part horn section plays a mix of old school funk, jazz, soul and R&B as heard on its 2009 debut album, “The Funkonomic Stimulus Plan,” featuring legendary bassist […]
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Group delivers petition, renews call for Lewiston mayor to resign
LEWISTON — More than 40 people gathered in the rain Thursday morning chanting “This is what democracy looks like” before delivering 1,400 signatures to City Hall asking for Mayor Robert Macdonald to apologize and resign. The mayor is under fire for a series of remarks aimed at the city’s immigrant population, capped with a comment […]
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Maine election commission seeks input tonight in Lewiston
LEWISTON (AP) — A panel that’s looking at Maine’s election process is holding a public hearing. The Commission to Study the Conduct of Elections in Maine is holding a hearing at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Lewiston High School. The five-member panel was appointed in May to study voter participation, the voter registration system and the […]
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G. Decoteau: A Monty Python skit
So far, the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan ticket has managed to ignore or alienate the active duty military, Latinos, organized labor, women, educators, marriage equality advocates, supporters of the Affordable Care Act, Medicare recipients, pollsters, those without medical coverage, the mainstream media and fixed-income seniors. Then Romney called 47 percent of all Americans moochers. I predict […]
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T. Hart: Standing up for the mayor
What is happening to the fine city of Lewiston? Years ago, former Mayor Larry Raymond was right about immigrants and more immigrants coming to Lewiston. The city has had more than enough. Now, some people are against Mayor Robert Macdonald for what he said recently. Well, I am not. He was right. At least the […]
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Delmont S. Green, Sr.
NAPLES, Fla. — Delmont S. Green, Sr., 79, of Naples, Fla., passed away peacefully on Sept. 21, 2012 at Avow Hospice. He was born in Lewiston, March 15, 1933, to Sherwood and Laura Green. He graduated from Lewiston High School in 1951. Delmont resided in Lewiston prior to relocating to Naples, Fla., following his retirement […]
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Modern Woodmen of America list October events
LEWISTON — Modern Woodmen of America have listed their October activities. Chapter 10929: Saturdays and Sundays Oct. 6 through 31 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Pumpkin Land, Harvest Hill Farm, Route 26, Poland. Chapter 12907: Saturday, Oct. 6, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Member Appreciation Day, Modern Woodmen Office, 184 Webster St. Chapter 12749: […]
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Public Works wearing pink AUBURN — The City of Auburn’s Public Works Department would like to announce that its crew members will be wearing pink T-shirts every Friday throughout the month of October in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In addition to the shirts the Public Works trucks will have pink ribbons attached to […]