RUMFORD — Stephens High School Class of 1960 will have the monthly luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, May 24, at the River Valley Grill. Classmates and guests are welcome. — AUBURN — Edward Little High School Class of 1951 will now hold its monthly luncheon at The Village Inn across from the former Edward Little High School on High Street in […]
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H.S. softball: Poland's Gagnes making a name for themselves
Amanda Gagne, left, and Ally Gagne are sophomores with starting roles for the Poland softball team. (Wil Kramlich/Sun Journal) The Poland softball team’s success this season can be in part related to the performance of its top two hitters, two of the up-the-middle, backbone-of-the-defense players. Yet sophomores Amanda and Ally Gagne — despite what their […]
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Funeral notices for Monday, May 21
DARLING — Antoinette “Toni,” 94, a resident of Auburn, died in Auburn on Thursday, May 17. A Mass of Christian Burial honoring Antoinette’s life will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 24, at St. Philip’s Church. Graveside committal prayers to follow at St. Peter’s Cemetery. Memorial donations in Antoinette’s memory may be made to […]
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Auto racing: MacDonald, Gerry split Twin 150s at Oxford
Eddie MacDonald drives off Turn 4 on Sunday during qualifying at Oxford Plains Speedway. The former Oxford 250 winner claimed the first of three Summer Showdown Series races for the Vermont-based American-Canadian Tour, taking home $5,000 for his efforts. (Phil Whipple/Sun Journal) Waterboro native Curtis Gerry powers off Turn 4 at Oxford Plains Speedway during […]
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Lewiston schools launch effort to add nonwhite teachers
Lewiston Middle School teacher Barbara Benjamin-McManus works with Tatiana Masikini in her English language learners class. Benjamin-McManus is one of two black teachers at LMS. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — A walk through the halls of Lewiston Middle School would quickly show you that the student population has become much more diverse. About 40 percent […]
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Community fills Empty Bowls fundraiser
LEWISTON — Trinity Jubilee Center held its 14th annual Empty Bowls fundraiser Sunday at the first Universalist Church, hoping to fund as many meals as possible for the hungry and homeless of Lewiston and Auburn. Erin Reed, executive director or Trinity Jubilee Center, said the event is its only fundraising event of the year, and […]
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Hospice House 5K
Brenda LaFevre of New York comforts Margaret Bubier of Sabattus as “Team Nannie” makes their way down Turner Street during the 10th Annual Hospice House 5K in Auburn on Sunday. Sonya Purington of Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice said about 400 people either ran or walked during the event that raised money for those who […]
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Norway board OKs Little Free Library
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Thursday to allow the Norway Public Library to have a lending library behind the Town Office on Beal Street. Library Director Beth Kane said the Little Free Library will feature a box of books people can borrow. They can also leave books. “It’s a place in the […]
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Saluting those who served
Wendy Scherrer of Lewiston and her son, Jacob, 7, place American flags on veterans’ graves Sunday at St. Peter’s Cemetery in Lewiston. Volunteers placed 3700 flags, according to Jerry DeWitt of the L&A Veterans Council. So many volunteers showed up to help that the council ran out of flags, which are provided by the city […]
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People You Know: He's got to skate, skate, skate
LEWISTON — John L. Marquis grew up in Lewiston, one of nine children, second youngest, with a single pair of old steel roller skates to share and a long, wooden porch that beckoned. “We’d skate back and forth, take them off, give them to the next one,” said Marquis, 78. “If I got to skate […]