Lisbon Maine
‘Every day heroes’ at EMS Week events
LISBON — When asked to describe a hero, many words come to mind: adventurer, daredevil, conqueror, even idol. However, when asked to describe an everyday hero, different words come to mind: brave, sel?ess, caring and knowledgeable, among others. EMS week is an opportunity to honor emergency medical service providers and to educate the community about […]
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Common Core education info AUBURN — A 35-minute video explaining what Common Core is and how it will change the local education system forever will be shown at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Auburn Public Library Community Room. This educational presentation explains the origins and goals of Common Core and why we should […]
Florence E. Roy Dinsmore
AUBURN — Florence E. Roy Dinsmore, 107, died May 12, at Schooner Estates. She was born in Bowdoin, April 2, 1906, the daughter of Francois and Azilda Bombardier Lachapelle. The family moved to Taunton, Mass., where she worked at Wheaton College. She married Romeo E. Roy in 1926, in Taunton, and returned to Lewiston. Mr. […]
H.S. Baseball: Unbeaten Saints pour it on Greyhounds
LISBON — With an important stretch of games looming, St. Dom’s baseball coach Bob Blackman was looking for his team to play with the swagger befitting an undefeated team playing with a big lead against Lisbon on Wednesday. “It’s the younger guys,” Blackman said. “We’ve got a couple or three sophomores we’re really relying on […]
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Free skin cancer screenings LEWISTON — The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing and Bates Mill Dermatology are offering free skin cancer screenings from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, May 17, at Central Maine Heart Associates, 60 High St. The screenings will be performed by Dr. Peter H. Bouman, M.D. and Matthew Bureau, […]
Dying churches, groups leave us emotionally adrift
It’s reassuring to walk into a local restaurant and see the morning coffee klatch. It’s usually older folks, sometimes speaking French, who gather to talk about news, sports, politics or, we suppose, other people. They seem like people who have known each other a long time, perhaps from living in the same neighborhood, working at […]
H.S. Softball: Carrabec downs Lisbon
LISBON FALLS — The Lisbon softball team worked its way back from a deficit twice Friday. But when Carrabec broke open a lead for the third time, the Greyhounds were out of comebacks. The Cobras used two runs in the sixth and three in the seventh to open up the lead for good in a […]