Logan Letarte, 3, of Rumford holds his mittens over his ears as the loud sirens of the fire trucks go by during the Christmas in the Valley Parade Friday night in Rumford. These youngsters show their excitement aboard one of the floats during the Christmas in the Valley Parade Friday night in Rumford. RUMFORD — The […]
christmas
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
New church begins services in Mechanic Falls
MECHANIC FALLS — Some would call it another Christmas miracle. On the second Sunday of Advent (Dec. 4), the second candle on the Advent Wreath was lit in the former First Congregational Church at 64 Elm St. The service was led by the Rev. Gary Drinkwater of Otisfield, pastor of the town’s newest congregation, the […]
advertisement
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Street Talk: Three questions for Christmas
It’s a miracle. A Christmas miracle. Just when I thought I was to come up empty in a search for this week’s column, an epic rant lands in my newsroom telephone mailbox. In this message, a fellow named Daniel poses three questions on the nature of the holidays — questions that I am to research […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
‘Rebel’ seniors get a little carried away over Christmas
LEWISTON — At the Meadowview Park Senior Living Community, the folks who live on the Circle 4 turnaround are considered the rebels. So what do you do for Christmas if you’re a rebel in a senior living complex? You go big, that’s what. “I have lived here for 20 years and have seen many houses […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News
Christmas in Harrison includes Santa, parade and dance
HARRISON — With Christmas in Harrison entering into its 30th year, the organizations’ new president, Sandy Swett, promises the Friendly Village will be filled with more holiday cheer than ever. “Christmas in Harrison was always good, but it’s going to be better,” she said. The 2016 edition began Thursday and will run through 11 p.m. Saturday, Dec. […]
Posted inNews
Arrest made in Christmas murders case
UPDATE: N.Y. man denied bail in Christmas Day homicide AUGUSTA — State police arrested a New York man Tuesday in the shooting deaths of an Augusta couple on Christmas morning, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said. David W. Marble, 29, of Rochester, N.Y., was charged with two counts of murder after Augusta police stopped […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Warm Christmas breaks weather record
Seven-year-old Bryan Parker played outside his Auburn home in the mid-afternoon sun with a new Nerf gun that was almost as tall as he was. Rice Jones gassed up his 1973 Harley-Davidson 1250CC Sportster on Center Street and took it out for what he was pretty sure was the first Dec. 25 it had ever […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Two arrested for store robberies in Lewiston, Greene
LEWISTON — Police say two men were arrested Friday after they robbed convenience stores in Greene and Lewiston on Christmas morning, displaying a weapon to clerks both times. Chief Deputy William Gagne at the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department said the first robbery happened at 12:35 a.m. at the Big Apple store at 1198 Lisbon St. […]