SABATTUS — It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of James Fisher, 40, who unexpectedly went to heaven on Saturday, July 28, after recent heart surgery. He was born Sept. 7, 1971, in Lewiston to Joseph E. Fisher and Doris Fisher. Jim earned his bachelor of arts degree in behavioral science with […]
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Police log
Charges Lewiston * Marcia Marie Berube, 35, of 128 Campus Ave., violating condition of release, 8:30 p.m. Thursday on Lincoln Street. * Benjamin Parker, 19, of 25-A Marston St., probation hold, 4:40 p.m. Thursday on Canal Street. * German Mauricio Torres, 53, of 67 Shawmut St., violating condition of release, 6:56 p.m. Thursday on Sabattus […]
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Craft, vendor sale benefits ‘Angels’ LEWISTON — A craft/vendor/bake sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 28, at the Lewiston Elks Lodge, 1675 Lisbon St. All proceeds will go to Oxford Hills Angels Inc., a nonprofit agency that helps families in crisis and families at Christmas time. There will be […]
Students named to dean’s lists
STORRS, Conn. — The University of Connecticut recently announced the students who attained the dean’s list for the spring 2012 semester. Brunswick: Amelia Wise Gray: Tyler Holmquist Naples: Sarah Hale Winthrop: Bennett Doughty PORTALES, N.M. — Mohamed Hussein Noor from the Lewiston area has been named to the dean’s list at Eastern New Mexico University […]
E. Daniels: Will serve diligently
I am writing in support of Colleen Quint, candidate for a seat in the Maine State Senate representing District 17. I have had the pleasure of working with her since the spring of 2006, when I was selected as the recipient of the Mitchell Scholarship from Oak Hill High School. Quint was the executive director […]
Sabattus selectmen raise tax rate
SABATTUS — The town has a new tax rate. In a split vote, selectmen adopted $14.75 as the new mill rate on Tuesday, a roughly 5-percent increase over the current year, according to Town Manager Andrew Gilmore. A tax bill on a $130,00 house in 2012, with a mill rate of $14 is $1,820. A […]
Well done – Area students honored for dean’s lists, graduations
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Anna Elizabeth Dunlap of Farmington received the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, in ceremonies held May 11. On the basis of her academic record, she was named to Phi Zeta, the Academic Honor Society for Veterinary Medicine. In the course of earning her […]
R. Lacombe: Living in a world of hate
North Korean children are being taught intense hostility toward Americans by having them point toy guns at a photo of an American soldier and with anti-U.S. propaganda posted in classrooms. Those observations were published in newspapers in June. I assume that such distasteful articles and photos are being published in other communist countries. It is […]