PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Roger J. Jalbert died suddenly on Thursday, March 29, at the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Plymouth, Mass. He was born in Lewiston on Sept. 4, 1921, the son of the late Alphonse and Clemence (Grandmaison) Jalbert. Roger attended St. Peter’s School and graduated from Lewiston High School. He worked as a station […]
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Owner seeks history of old Lewiston clock
LEWISTON — Greg Caron tries to imagine the history that happened beneath the mammoth clock that sits on a pair of columns in his Winthrop, N.Y., living room. The 7-foot-long clock spent 44 years inside Lewiston’s Maine Central Railroad station, ticking away the moments for many arrivals and departures. “Do you know how many people […]
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, May 19 AUBURN — City Council workshop and regular meeting. Workshop at 5:30 p.m. to include executive sessions on labor and personnel matters, and a discussion about the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council. The regular meeting begins at 7 p.m. and includes a vote on the fiscal 2014-15 and school budgets. AUBURN — Author visit […]
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Lewiston event to discuss benefits of Twin Cities rail service
LEWISTON — Rail backers and local officials will be on hand Tuesday to discuss rail service between Portland and the Twin Cities. The Maine Chapter of the Sierra Club is hosting an event to celebrate International Transit Day at the banquet hall of the Royal Oak Room, the refurbished former Maine Central Railroad station at […]