BUCKFIELD — Buckfield Junior-Senior High School’s two foreign exchange students said they are enjoying the food and skiing, but don’t have as much freedom to travel here because they live in the country. Panta “Way Way” Buttirachai from Thailand and Nina Keifer from Germany are members of the senior class, but will be juniors when […]
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Rose J. Rivers
LIVERMORE FALLS — Rose J. Rivers, 88, of Livermore Falls, passed away on Thursday, March 15. She was born in Auburn, Oct. 26, 1929, to Marguerite and Walter Jasper. She attended schools in Auburn and Canton. She worked a variety of jobs, retiring from the shoe shop in Livermore Falls. She was married to an Army […]
James "Jim" K. Harwood Jr.
LEWISTON — James “Jim” K. Harwood Jr. passed away at Central Maine Medical Center on Thursday, Feb. 1, after a short illness. He was the son of the late Martha Coolidge Harwood and James Kendall Harwood Sr. He is survived by his loving wife, Helen Brawn Harwood; his daughter Holli-Anne Lottie Harwood; his son James Brawn […]
Raymond A. Buckminster
LEWISTON — Raymond A. Buckminster, 84, of New Vineyard, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at CMMC in Lewiston, surrounded by his wife, Debbie Martin and family. Raymond was born on Nov. 30, 1932 in Sunshine, Deer Isle, Maine, the son of Emery and Ethna (Shepard) Buckminster. He graduated from Stonington-Deer Isle High School in the […]
June Patricia Spear
AUBURN — June Patricia Spear, 81, of West Auburn, died Monday, Nov. 6, at the Hospice House in Auburn following a brief illness. June was born in Lewiston on Dec. 1, 1935, the first child of the late Frederick and Ingrid Spear. June was a lifelong learner and teacher, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English, […]
Mary Eva Welenteichick
FALMOUTH — Mary Eva Welenteichick, 89, of Poland died Wednesday, Aug. 30, at Sedgewood Commons in Falmouth. She was born in Matagorda, Texas, Sept. 16, 1927, the daughter of Hugh M. and Nona E. Murdoch Gilmore. She received an associate degree in business in Houston, Texas. On Jan. 13, 1951, she married Eugene A. Welenteichick, and […]
Juliette P. Roberge
LEWISTON — Juliette P. Roberge, 94, of Clover Manor in Auburn, died Tuesday August 29 2017, into the welcoming arms of the Most Merciful Jesus Christ. She was surrounded by her loving family, and died suffering from a broken heart, after the very recent loss of her sweetheart Phil. They had been married for 71 years. […]
Albert ‘Norman’ Theberge
LEWISTON — Albert Norman Theberge, better known as Norman, 80, passed away peacefully due to complications of Alzheimer’s with his loving family by his side Monday, April 24, at d’Youville Pavilion in Lewiston. He was born in Auburn on Aug. 27, 1936, the son of the late Michael and Anna (Bard) Theberge. Norman was educated […]
Germany calls truck rampage a terror attack, frees suspect
BERLIN — German authorities are calling the truck attack on a crowded Christmas market an “act of terrorism” that had all the hallmarks of Islamic extremism — but many questions remained over who carried out the attack that killed 12 people and wounded nearly 50 in the heart of Berlin. Federal prosecutors on Tuesday night […]