DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Lewiston High School Class of 1952 is set to hold its 70th reunion at Marco’s Italian Restaurant at 32 Mollison Way in Lewiston. The gathering is planned for 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Reservations are required. Call Jerry LaPlante at 207-782-1209 or Terry Samson at 207-241-0950 before […]
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Denmark center to host author series with Gigi Georges July 31
Denmark Arts Center is scheduled to present an authors series with Gigi Georges, author of “Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America,” at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 31, at the center at 50 West Main St. The Authors Series Collaborative is comprised of Denmark Public Library, Denmark Historical Society and […]
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Wife takes over the TV shortly after retiring
DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been married 47 years. Since she retired from her job, she has become addicted to her DVR. She records everything she can think of to watch “later.” She has shows she recorded from last year but hasn’t watched, and they take up 90% of her DVR disc. She […]
Posted inHoroscope
Pisces: challenge you physically or encourage romance with someone special. Use your imagination, be resourceful when helping others and bring about positive change.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Anna Paquin, 40; Summer Glau, 41; Jennifer Lopez, 53; Kristin Chenoweth, 54. Happy Birthday: You’re in the groove and ready to make your mark. Playing hardball will help you get what you want and encourage you to take what belongs to you. Leave nothing to chance. Opportunity is apparent, but […]
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In one of the area’s worst accidents, five drowned on Taylor Pond in 1940
The first clue that something was terribly wrong came when Floyd Ray noticed something floating in the water near his home on Taylor Pond on a Sunday evening in June 1940. He quickly discovered the body of a fully clothed woman bobbing beside the brick and cement wall along the shore of his property. She […]
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Eight killed in Auburn in fiery 1985 plane crash, including Samantha Smith
“The world was stunned on a rainy August night when a Bar Harbor Airlines plane crashed and burned in Auburn, claiming eight lives. “Among the victims was 13-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, who became an American sweetheart in 1983 after visiting the Soviet Union at the invitation of the late Yuri Andropov,” the leader of […]
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Ice storm shut down Maine in 1998
The lack of electrical power for almost a week in Lewiston-Auburn closed businesses, shut schools and prompted linemen from across the country to assist in restoring power.
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Flood of 1896 washed out bridges, buildings along the length of the Androscoggin River
When it began to rain on Saturday, Feb. 28, 1896, a foot of snow lay across Androscoggin County. Farmers and tradespeople rushed to get home before the roads got so soft, slushy and muddy that travel would become difficult or perhaps impossible. Nobody knew that “the most malicious of Maine freshets” had just begun. The […]
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Sixteen babies perished in 1945 Auburn fire
A stove explosion was blamed for the deadly fire at the ‘baby farm.’
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Big floods have washed out Lewiston and Auburn
Among the worst years for flooding were 1896, 1936 and 1987.