AUBURN — Rita Y. Caron, 86, of Lewiston, passed away peacefully Sunday morning at Odd Fellows Home in Auburn, where she lived for the past two years. She was born in Auburn, Nov. 19, 1924, the daughter of Eugene and Emeline Couturier Reny. Educated in Lewiston schools, she worked at St. Mary’s Hospital for many […]
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Lewiston writer receives state fellowship
LEWISTON — Claire Guyton of Lewiston has been named the Maine Arts Commission’s 2012 Literary Arts Fellow. She is co-editor of “The Writing Life” section of Hunger Mountain literary journal, where she started and now anchors “Another Loose Sally,” a blog on writers and writing. She introduced journal contributor interviews that she produces as a […]
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Lewiston author offers heartwarming ‘Reiki Stories’
In her new book, Lewiston author Meredith Kendall shares the secrets of Reiki and nursing. “Reiki Stories: My Hot Hands” reads like a series of blog entries: quirky and concise. Kendall’s writing has a distinct note of seen-it-all, heard-it-all wisdom, but it’s tempered by humility and charm. Her stories inform and entertain. They are heartwarming, […]
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Recognize this photo?
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Public Library is partnering with the Sun Journal in an effort to solve the “Mystery of the Unknown Buildings” in its Gridley Barrows Collection. Back in 1999, when Lewiston architect and local historian Gridley Barrows died, the LPL received his collection of 5,244 photographic slides and more than 600 prints depicting […]
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Youth Employment Counselor to visit library weekly
AUBURN — Lisa Hartnett, Youth Employment Counselor with the WMCA at the Career Center in Lewiston, will begin visiting the Auburn Public Library on Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. for her first visit of the school year. Hartnett plans on being at the library the fourth Tuesday most months. Hartnett has worked […]
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Mitchell keynote Thursday at Bates College
LEWISTON — Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell will give the keynote speech Thursday at Bates College as the college holds a week-long event, “Open to the World: Bates Celebrates Unbounded Learning.” Mitchell will talk at 5:15 p.m. Thursday in the Bates College Chapel, 275 College St., following the rededication of the 1890’s Hedge and Roger […]
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Assault victim says he’s angry and still scared
Chris Finley stood staring at the carnage. He closed the door and wouldn’t return until the next day when a friend helped him clean up the mess. A week earlier, police detectives had taken him back to his apartment the day after the assault. His assailants had taken his keys, along with his wallet, debit […]
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Lewiston High School Class of 1966
Members of the Lewiston High School Class of 1966 celebrated their 45th class reunion July 23, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Auburn. Classmates in attendance were Marc Moreau of Pennsylvania, Greg Woodhead of Virginia, Lorraine Houle Parent, Ron Dumont, Sheila Ruttenberg Lipman, Max Shapiro of Massachusetts, Diane Vachone Myers of Florida, Sharon Guerrett Driscoll, […]
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Colorful handprints adorn city’s symbolic ‘Community Tree’
LEWISTON — Painted colorful hands became leaf imprints for a wooden “Community Tree” on a summer afternoon in Kennedy Park. The project was the brainchild of Lewiston Recreation Kennedy Park drop-in summer worker Ali Butler, who was assisted by Kaitlin Cornelio and Megan Beliveau. Butler explained that she’d heard a quote about people being like […]
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Justice reprimands Lewiston police for losing evidence; says ‘sloppiness’ hurt cases
In an office off the same hallway, Chris Finley sat waiting to testify in court against the man he said beat and robbed him. He soon learned there would be no trial. Earlier that morning, a Lewiston Police detective had told Assistant District Attorney Nicholas Worden that there was more evidence in the case that […]