Style and experience — not the issues — separate the three Democrats vying next Tuesday for Bruce Poliquin’s seat in Congress. Democrats sense an opportunity to upend a Republican member of Congress in Maine’s sprawling, scrappy 2nd District, the poorest and least diverse east of the Mississippi River. With pockets of unemployment and a raging […]
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Local golf results
Apple Valley Wednesday, May 30 Ladies League results: A Flight: Net — Jill Longstaff; Throw out the two worst holes (game of the day) — Dorina Martin 32; B Fight: Net — Pauline Paradis 29; Throw out the two worst holes (game of the day) — Meaghan Barriault 34; C Flight: Net — Anita Olko; Throw out the two worst holes (game […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Bruce Guernsey of Bethel. His most recent book is “From Rain: Selected Poems,” from Ecco Qua Press, 2012. THE WALL By Bruce Guernsey Someone has opened a giant map and with the tips of our fingers, each of us suddenly blind, we track the […]
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Mark LaFlamme: How would you like your eggs?
A meteorological Tilt-A-Whirl Why is it raining so much lately? Oh. Right. Smokey’s Greater Shows has come to Auburn. I’m pretty sure smart farmers plan their gardens around this carnival. Whenever it appears, you can count on a week straight of rain. Yule think I’m crazy So, I was called out by a Hannaford clerk […]
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Lucille Lepage Bouchard
WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. — Lucille LePage Bouchard, 71, of Wappingers Falls, N.Y., passed away Sunday, May 27. She was the daughter of Victor and Jeannette Jolicoeur LePage. Lucille attended Holy Family Parochial School and Lewiston High School. Surviving is her husband, James G. Bouchard Sr.; son, James G. Bouchard Jr.; grandson, James G. Bouchard III; her […]
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Weldon R. Donsbach
VALLEY COTTAGE, N.Y. — Weldon R. Donsbach, 94, peacefully passed away Jan. 24, in hospice care at Tolstoy Foundation in Valley Cottage, N.Y., after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born in San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 4, 1923, to Adolph and Cora Donsbach. He enlisted and served in the U.S. Navy from December 1942 […]
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Leo: Don’t let the changes others make concern you
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Kate Upton, 26; Leelee Sobieski, 35; Shane West, 40; DJ Qualls, 40. Happy Birthday: Explore new avenues, learn new things and diversify. Consider how you can put your talents to good use or update your current status to include qualifications that will result in marketability. Get physical and aim to […]
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Funeral notices for Sunday, June 10
DONSBACH — Weldon R., 94, passed away Jan. 24, in Valley Cottage, N.Y. Memorial services will be held at Grace Lutheran Church in Auburn at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 30, with interment to follow at Gracelawn Cemetery. Arrangements and extended obituary are being coordinated by Sorce Funeral Home, West Nyack, N.Y. FLANDERS — Franklin L. […]
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Pearl I. Harris
FARMINGTON — Pearl I. Harris, 93, died Thursday, June 7, surrounded by family and the caring Staff at Sandy River Nursing Care Center. She was born in New Sharon on Nov. 9, 1924, to Cecil Emerson and Linda Ella (Ross) Harris. Pearl grew up and went to school in New Sharon. Her passion was crocheting and […]
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Roger G. Levesque Sr.
AUGUSTA — Roger George Levesque, Sr., 63, of Lewiston joined his heavenly father on Thursday, June 7, at Togus VA in Augusta. He was born on Sept. 3, 1954, in Lewiston, a son of the late Omer and Rita (Goyette) Levesque. Roger came from a large family with many brothers and sisters who will miss him […]