The Maine couple spent Christmas Eve at a family member’s home without electricity. Christmas morning found them at their own home without power. And to complete their holiday, they traveled to a third darkened home to exchange gifts that afternoon. “You have to go with the flow and adapt, and do the best you can,” […]
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Litchfield American Legion Post honors America
LITCHFIELD — On Nov. 11 William Bold American Legion Post 181 of Litchfield honored American veterans and America by gathering at the Post for four special presentations. The post honored Staff Sgt. Kenneth Goodwin Nason, a WWII veteran killed in action, by refolding his burial flag and presenting it to his daughter, Carolyn Nason Goggin, […]
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Clarence ‘Dan’ Carpenter
1940 – 2013 LITCHFIELD — Clarence “Dan” Carpenter, 73, of Litchfield, passed away peacefully at home with family by his side on Tuesday, Dec. 10, after a short battle with cancer. He was born on April 30, 1940, in Houlton, the son of Henry and Sadie Carpenter. He was educated in Houlton schools. After graduation, he […]
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YWCA offers drop-in child care LEWISTON — Do you have holiday shopping to do, but can’t find a time to do it without your child(ren)? The YWCA of Central Maine is offering drop-in care so that parents may shop, run errands or go to appointments knowing that their child will be safe and happy. Children […]
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Beatrice Bouffard
1930 – 2013 LEWISTON — Beatrice Bouffard, 83, of Lewiston, joined Waylon, Hank and George Jones in the big rodeo in the sky. She fell ill on Monday, Sept. 23, and died at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston on Monday, Sept. 30. She was born in Poland on Sept. 1, 1930, the daughter of […]
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Winthrop mother, daughter spend weekend in jail accused of ramming vehicles, headstones at cemetery
MONMOUTH — An argument between a mother and daughter on Friday night led to a demolition derby-style fight — with both women using their vehicles to ram each other — that significantly damaged headstones at the Monmouth Ridge Cemetery, officials say. Granite headstones bearing the family names of Spear, Littlefield, Haskell and others lay in […]
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FAA: Plane that made I-95 landing ran out of fuel
AUGUSTA — Federal investigators said a Maine Warden Service plane that made an emergency landing on Interstate 95 in Litchfield in April simply ran out of fuel. No one was injured when the single propeller Cessna landed on the highway on April 26, prompting one driver to pull over to make way for the aircraft. […]
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Latin American lectures begin LEWISTON — Davíd Carrasco, a Mexican American historian of religions, offers the inaugural lecture in Bates College’s Latin American studies program at 4:15 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, in the Keck Classroom, Room G52 in Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk). Titled “Origins, Cities and Crossroads: Latin American Studies Through the […]
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With two towns reporting, RSU 4 appears to have passed school budget
WALES — The third attempt at passing a 2013-14 school budget appears to have succeeded. Sabattus voted 175-152 in favor and Litchfield 120-61 in favor in a referendum Tuesday, according to a clerk in each town. Results for Wales weren’t available Tuesday night. The budget narrowly passed in Wales during the first vote and was […]
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Auburn Seniors lobster feed AUBURN — Those purchasing tickets for the New Auburn Seniors lobster feed on Sept. 18 may pick them up on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at St. Louis Church. Members may call Virginia Levasseur at 783-0273. Color Me Rad 5K is Saturday BRUNSWICK — Color Me Rad 5K Maine will begin at 9 […]