AUBURN — Lauretta C. Rainville, 95, formerly of Lewiston, died Thursday, Aug. 2, at the Clover Manor in Auburn, where she had been a resident for the past six months. Born in Lewiston on Feb. 2, 1923, she was the daughter of Alfred and Alfreda Dulac Bussiere. Educated in local schools, she married the love of […]
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Trumpeter Jack Burt to perform Monday evening at the Basilica
LEWISTON — Trumpeter Jack Burt, accompanied on organ by Scott Vaillancourt, will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. Dr. Burt is professor of trumpet at the University of Maine’s School of Performing Arts. A graduate of the Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music, the University […]
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Jerry C. Howard
RAVENNA, OH — Jerry C. Howard died July 21 in Ravenna, Ohio, the place of his birth. He was born Dec. 7, 1928, to Charles Ernest Senerchia and Julia Maraszkiewicz. Following the divorce of his parents, his mother’s marriage to Ollie F. Howard in 1931 took them to Rochester, N.H., where Jerry received his early education […]
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Maine Wildlife Park hosting 14th annual powwow
GRAY — The 14th annual Attean Family Pow Wow, featuring Native American tribal representatives from Maine, New England and around the country, will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 11 and 12, at the Maine Wildlife Park. There will be two full days with native dancers, singers, craft vendors, singers, traditional food booths and […]
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No benefits for Mainers
I have it from sources at Central Maine Power that it plans to quietly pay some company in Massachusetts $50 million as an inducement to take the power CMP will provide if it can build a power line through the pristine western Maine mountains and forests. Yes, that power will service customers in Massachusetts, not […]
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Two shows featured at Denmark Arts Center in August
DENMARK — The Denmark Arts Center is featuring two special shows for early August. Steven Ragatz, a virtuoso juggler and circus artist, makes an appearance at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, and Blue Bus rolls into town for a show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11. Ragatz will perform gravity-defying acts and share eclectic stories […]
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Lewiston programs awarded grants from People of Color Fund
PORTLAND — The Maine Community Foundation’s People of Color Fund has awarded 16 grants totaling more than $138,000. The goal is to help people of color in Maine achieve greater equity through support for health care, leadership development, civic engagement and youth. Recipients include: • Somali Bantu Community of Lewiston for a start-up goat farming […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 4
100 Years ago: 1918 (From a furniture store ad): This brass bed has 2-inch posts, 1-inch fillers, an absolute guaranteed ribbon satin finish and wonderfully constructed throughout. Regular price is $27.55. August sale price is only $19.75. Only a limited number of these beautiful beds and we advise selection at once. 50 Years Ago: 1968 […]
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Sandra Lee Simone Monier
LEWISTON — Sandra Lee Simone Monier, 72, of Randolph, passed away at Marshwood Center in Lewiston on Sunday, July 29, from complications of a stroke in 2016. She was born in Lewiston on Nov. 15, 1945 and was adopted by her loving parents, Cyrille Joseph Perreault and Marie Florilda Bourgoin-Perreault while she was still a baby. […]
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Productivity boom may not be reality
WASHINGTON — Let’s travel back in time to 1995. Most Americans still remembered the calamitous inflation of the late 1970s (prices rose 13 percent in 1979). Many federal benefits, including Social Security, were (and are) tied to inflation. But was the inflation overstated, as many economists thought? If so, the economy might be doing better […]