LEWISTON — Colleen Michel, staffing coordinator at St. Mary’s d’Youville Pavilion, recently received the 2011 Celebrating Excellence in Caregiving Award during a recognition ceremony held at the Augusta Civic Center. Ann LePage, wife of Gov. Paul LePage, joined the Maine Health Care Association to present the awards. Sponsored by MHCA, the Celebrating Excellence in Caregiving […]
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Voters turn out in the Twin Cities
LEWISTON — Androscoggin County voters turned out Tuesday in steady numbers if not in droves to make their voices heard on Election Day. Before the election, the state had predicted that 35 percent of registered voters would vote, but Androscoggin County town officials contacted after polls closed Tuesday evening reported turnouts of near or above […]
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Lewiston picking up trash as usual Friday
LEWISTON — On Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11, trash and recyclables will be collected as usual in Lewiston and must be at curbside by 7 a.m., according to city officials. Lewiston’s Solid Waste Facility at 424 River Road will be closed, however, due to the holiday. It will reopen at 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12.
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Credit unions see more business after Bank of America fee flap
LEWISTON — Maine Family Federal Credit Union opens 90 to 100 new accounts in an average month. In October, that hit 137. “We received a lot of phone calls after Bank of America made their announcement (of a proposed $5 monthly debit card fee),” said President and CEO Rachel Caron, who has 18,000 members between […]
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Paul N. Chaloux
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Paul N. Chaloux, 79, died Oct. 29, at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital in Virginia, after a stroke. Paul Normand Chaloux, born Feb. 25, 1932, son of Andre W. and Leona Gastonguay Chaloux, was a native of Lewiston and a graduate of St. Dominic High School. He graduated as a mechanical engineer in […]
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Getting a head start: Girls’ hockey teams take to the ice
LEWISTON — Their nerves disappeared as their skates made the season’s first cut into a freshly lain sheet of ice at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Less than nine months removed from its first Maine Principals’ Association-sanctioned girls’ ice hockey state title, St. Dominic Academy was back on the ice Monday, the first day girls’ hockey […]
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Craven, Wagner cable show to focus on county government, redistricting
LEWISTON — State Sen. Margaret Craven, D-Androscoggin County, and Rep. Richard Wagner, D-Lewiston, will focus their November local access cable TV show on the role of county government and the services it provides. The guests will be Androscoggin County Commissioner Elaine Makas and Dick Grandmaison from the Androscoggin County Charter Commission. Grandmaison also served on […]