LEWISTON — A Memorial Mass of Christian burial honoring the life of Eveline Michaud was celebrated by Monsignor Marc Caron Saturday morning at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul of the Prince of Peace Parish. During Mass the New Testament reading was proclaimed by Mark Leino, and the Prayer of the Faithful was recited […]
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MORSE — Walter E. Sr., 68, died Oct. 19. Visitation at the funeral home on Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 3:30 p.m. A celebration of life will follow at 3:30 at the funeral home. Those wishing to make donations in his memory may do so to his family c/o Anita Morse, […]
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Eastern XC Regionals: Both Lewiston teams, Mt. Blue girls qualify for states
The bottom line concealed that Lewiston boys’ cross country standout Mohamed Barre had, well, pretty much fallen on his bottom line. Somewhere between a blistering start and a furious finish Saturday, Barre stripped over a root on the course at Troy Howard Middle School, bruising his quadriceps muscle. Barre brushed off the dirt, shook off […]
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Georgia-based slot machine maker helps back Lewiston casino campaign
LEWISTON — A group hoping to set up a casino in Bates Mill No. 5 has received its first batch of corporate donations from an out-of-state company, according to state campaign finance reports. Green Jobs for ME, a political action committee chaired by Stavros Mendros and formed to support bringing a casino to Bates Mill […]
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CMMC dedicates garden for baby loss
LEWISTON — Central Maine Medical Center recently dedicated a memorial garden “as a special place for individuals, couples, families and friends to honor and remember a baby lost through a pregnancy or infant death,” according to Betsy McGrail, R.N., CMMC’s maternal-child program coordinator. The memorial garden was created with the help of Provencher Landscape and […]
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Body removed from Lewiston storage unit may be woman missing since 1983
View Larger Map LEWISTON — Maine State Police have alerted the family of a woman who went missing in 1983 after finding a body in a storage unit on North Lisbon Street. Stephen McCausland, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman, said it was unclear whether the body is that of Kitty I. Wardwell, who was […]
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Council of Churches: Lewiston mayor, Jubilee Center to be honored
FREEPORT — The annual assembly of the Maine Council of Churches will honor faith in action on Thursday, Nov. 17, at Freeport Garden Hilton, 5 Park St. This year’s honorees are Mayor Larry Gilbert and the Jubilee Center, both of Lewiston. The breakfast begins at 8:30 and the assembly is at 10:30. The breakfast benefits […]
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Two volunteers receive Robert D. Turcotte Award
LEWISTON — Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice presented the Robert D. Turcotte Award to two individuals at the spring volunteer recognition events held in Auburn, Farmington and Bethel. The award is presented in honor of Robert Turcotte, an Auburn resident, who was treasurer of the Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice’s board of directors from 1978 […]
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A level playing field
Those of us who participate in harness racing hope voters will support Question 2. The new racino in Biddeford will create jobs in construction, entertainment, hospitality and at the racetrack, which will be open through the winter. We need jobs in Maine now, and the developers on this project are ready to go once voters […]
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L/A Arts’ upcoming season: Classic Marx Brothers routines, dynamic percussion, jazz, physical comedy, a glimpse of Maine lumbermen, an unscripted theatrical awards show and more
LEWISTON — With its broad mission of entertainment, education and exhibition, L/A Arts appears to be hitting all its marks in the coming months. “Our new season has been in full swing for several weeks now, and our next big event is the Groucho show at the Franco-American Heritage Center,” L/A Arts Executive Director Odelle […]