FROST — Frances R., 81, of Portland, died Saturday, April 21. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 3, at the Rumford Center United Methodist Church, Rumford Center. MOREAU — Beatrice “Bea” G., 74, of Jay, passed away, Saturday, April 28, in Auburn. Funeral services will be held at noon Thursday, […]
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Funeral notices for Sunday, April 29
BENOIT — Judith Faye, of Manchester, passed away in Auburn on Tuesday, April 24. Given the love and devoted medical care Judy received during health-challenged years, please send any donations to: Clover Health Care, 440 Minot Avenue, Auburn, ME., 04210, and Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice, 15 Strawberry Ave., Lewiston, ME, 04240. Honoring Judy’s wish, […]
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Mary Briggs Kendall
1923 – 2015 AUBURN — Mary Briggs Kendall died peacefully at her beloved Brookside Farm in Auburn. Born in Augusta, the daughter of Henry and May Briggs, Mary spent her childhood in Augusta and her college years at Boston University’s Sargent College. A longtime lover of outdoor sports and athletics, Mary was voted the outstanding […]
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YPLAA workshop slated for June 20
LEWISTON — The Young Professionals of the Lewiston Auburn Area are sponsoring a fitness workshop from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 20, at Veterans Memorial Park overlooking the Great Falls. Parking is available at Bates Mill. The title of the presentation is Perform at Optimum Levels — Building your inner and outer self. Kendra […]
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‘Well-rounded’ Telstar High School senior nominated for three U.S. military academies
BETHEL — For the first time in several years, a Telstar High School senior has been nominated for three U.S. military academies. On Monday, Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King nominated Gregory Wheeler so he could apply to either the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, West Point in New York or the U.S. Merchant […]
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Police investigate another copper theft in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police began a seventh investigation into a theft of copper from a house within 20 days on Thursday. An owner of a house on the lower end of Park Street was mowing the lawn and noticed the back door had been damaged, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said Thursday. The forced entry […]
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Franklin County commissioners approve communications improvements
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Monday to spend $20,000 from the undesignated fund to improve communications and pave a gravel parking lot and walkway at the Regional Communications Center. Communications center Director Stan Wheeler told commissioners that the gravel portion of the lot beside the dispatch center where the dispatchers park needs to be […]
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Copper thieves hit fifth house in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — A total of five Livermore Falls homes and one in Jay have had copper piping cut and ripped out from plumbing systems and furnaces since the first report came in July 5. Livermore Falls police received a report Monday morning of copper piping stolen from an apartment building on Pleasant Street, police […]
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University of Maine professor wins $500,000 to study how pathogens can become deadly
ORONO — A North Carolina research foundation is awarding a University of Maine professor $500,000 to study how common pathogens become potentially deadly. The university said Wednesday that the Burroughs Wellcome Fund is awarding Robert Wheeler the five-year grant. Wheeler is an assistant professor of microbiology at the university. He will study how Candida albicans, […]
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Auburn man denies attempted murder, mental evaluation ordered
AUBURN — A judge on Friday ordered a mental examination for a city man charged with attempted murder of his girlfriend. Mack Williams Jr., 30, pleaded not guilty in Androscoggin County Superior Court to that charge and two counts of aggravated assault and one count of assault and terrorizing. Justice Joyce Wheeler ordered the exam […]