This week, the Buzz is in full denial about how close the ski season is. Let’s talk grits instead. Mike and Heather Greenlaw opened Mike’s Runway Diner on Aug. 1 at the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport, revamping the menu from barbecue-centric to diner comfort food. Mike, a garage door technician for 20 years, said he was […]
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Farmington teenager injured in three-vehicle collision in Jay
JAY — A three-vehicle collision at Routes 133 and 156 on Wednesday afternoon sent a Farmington teenager to the hospital with minor injuries, Sgt. Russell Adams said Thursday morning. Norman Lewis Jr., 34, of Chesterville was traveling west on Route 156 toward Wilton when he failed to stop at a stop sign, Adams said. Lewis’ […]
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Court dismisses Seth Carey's defamation suit
PORTLAND (AP) — In a year-old defamation case, Maine’s highest court has ruled against a Republican who is running for district attorney and feels the suspension of his law license was unfair. Last year, Seth Carey filed a wide-ranging complaint in Kennebec County Superior Court in Augusta against the Board of Overseers of the Bar […]
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Chris Cousins, veteran Maine political reporter, dies at 42
Chris Cousins, a well-respected and veteran political reporter for the Bangor Daily News, died Wednesday of an apparent heart attack. He was 42. A Maine native, Cousins was a major presence at multiple news organizations in the state during his two decades in journalism. He started out at the weekly Advertiser Democrat in Norway before […]
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Woman in fair condition after being hit by car at Wells farm stand
A Colorado woman was in fair condition late Wednesday after she was injured when she was hit by a car that left Route 1 and ran into a farm stand in Wells in the morning. Police say Eric R. Nixon, 51, of Wells was driving south in stop and go traffic when his Hyundai Sonata […]
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Marion G. Smith
FARMINGTON — Marion Gile Smith ascended into heaven Friday, Aug. 10, at Sandy River Nursing Care Center in Farmington. She was born Dec. 29, 1918, in East Dixfield, the third eldest daughter of Carroll and Florence (Giffin) Gile. Marion was a lifelong resident of Farmington and a longtime resident of the Ethel Walton Senior Housing and […]
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The time a black man joined the Ku Klux Klan
And now here is this week’s episode of Great Moments in Black History. The year is 1979. Jimmy Carter is in office, disco is on the radio and Ron Stallworth has just joined the Ku Klux Klan. We are indebted to the Deseret Morning News, of Salt Lake City, for revealing this in an article […]
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'Much Ado About Nothing' to be performed in Dufresne Plaza
LEWISTON — The Gypsy Lew Theater and Lewiston Public Library present William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” at 7 p.m. Aug. 23-26, in Dufresne Plaza, 72 Lisbon St. When soldiers return from a victorious battle, with all matters of war resolved, it seems there is little to do but party, find love and meddle in friends’ […]
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Long wait for a doctor
DEAR DR. ROACH: I was seeing my primary care physician every six months for about five years. We had mutual respect, and I enjoyed seeing him. Then, I got diagnosed with breast cancer and had to see other doctors for a long time. Meanwhile, the spinal stenosis my primary care physician had diagnosed was becoming […]
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Auburn Community Concert Band to give last summer performance
AUBURN — The Auburn Community Concert Band, under the direction of Milt Simon, will conclude its 10-week evening concert series at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22. The 75-minute performance is scheduled to take place at Festival Plaza on Main Street, weather permitting. If inclement weather is forecasted, the concert will be held indoors at the […]