LEWISTON — Lucille St.Pierre, 73, of Lewiston passed away Tuesday, May 29, at CMMC following a courageous seven-year battle with multiple myeloma. She was born in Lewiston, daughter of Honoree and Georgianna Pomerleau. She had been employed at Bates College in Lewiston for 23 years upon her retiring in 2011, and previous to that she worked […]
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Support for Garrett Mason
I met Garrett Mason when he was a teenager and I have known him now for many years. His confident, conservative views on work, lower taxes and education encourage me for Maine’s future. His younger, fresh perspective, his plans for bringing more international business to Maine, his proven bold leadership in Maine government, and his […]
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Racism built into the culture
For starters, I never cared for the coffee. Bitter, maybe over roasted. When my son treated me once in Boston, his tab for two coffees — not frappuccinos, lattes or espressos — was $8. Two black coffees, $8. That was my only Starbucks coffee. I couldn’t handle the bitterness and the price, so for one […]
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Jeannette 'Jean' Knauer Hamann
RUMFORD — A Mass of Christian Burial for Mrs. Jeannette “Janet” Knauer Hamann of Poland was celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 2, at Parish of the Holy Savior, St. Athanasius–St. John Church, Rumford. Arrangements were under the care of the Meader & Son Funeral Home, 3 Franklin St., P.O. Box 537, Rumford.
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Tom Fallon, whose recent book of poems, “NOW,” presents his unique literary direction among Maine writers. He lives in southwestern Maine. Off the road By Tom Fallon off the road, into tall grasses, wild bushes, ferns green, dripping rainwater globules scooching I am […]
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RFK and the nation we might have been
It made my mother scream. That’s what I remember. I had been lying dozy in bed, but at the sound of her, I scrambled into the living room. She was standing before the television watching an image of chaos in a hotel ballroom. Although I grew up in the 1960s, very few of the signal […]
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Cancer: Innovative idea will spark your imagination
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Rafael Nadal, 32; Anderson Cooper, 51; James Purefoy, 54; Deniece Williams, 68. Happy Birthday: You are ready to start moving forward in all aspects of life. Whether you decide to pick up new skills or courses that will enhance your qualifications or you decide to change your location to a […]
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Democrats' dishonesty hands Trump a winning issue
WASHINGTON — How evil is MS-13? Last year, two gang members in Texas reportedly murdered a teenage girl as an offering to Satan. According to prosecutors, the gang leader (known as “Diabolico”) told the young girl that “the Beast” wanted “a soul” before having his partner shoot her in the head and dump her body […]
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Local roundup: Lewiston girls' lacrosse, Oxford Hills baseball win KVAC championships
WATERVILLE — Christine Chasse and Grace Dumond netted five goals each as Lewiston cruised to a 15-4 victory over Winslow in the KVAC girls’ lacrosse championship game Saturday. The Blue Devils led 7-3 at the half. Rachel Ouellette contributed three goals, and Camree St. Hilaire added a pair. Erin Lachance assisted on five of Lewiston’s […]
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Class A state track: Oxford Hills sweeps javelin, again; Edward Little's Berube, Syphers win titles
Lewiston’s Chrispin Kamundala hits the sand in the long jump competition at the Class A state outdoor track and field championships at McMann Field in Bath on Saturday. (John Ewing/Portland Press Herald) BATH — Oxford Hills swept the javelin for the second year in a row at the Class A state track and field championships […]