I am convinced that, in the short future, some communist dictator will wake up some morning angry at the world and squeeze the red trigger to activate nuclear missiles directed at countries he considers a threat. That would mean other countries, armed with nuclear weapons, would get involved, creating the inevitability of a full-scale nuclear […]
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Giguere — Pettengill
Kristal Giguere and Trevor Pettengill SABATTUS — Dale and Annette Giguere of Sabattus are announcing the engagement of their daughter, Kristal Giguere, to Trevor Pettengill, son of Brody and Kimberly Pettengill of Leeds. Miss Giguere is a 2006 graduate of Oak Hill High School and a 2011 graduate of Husson University with a bachelor’s degree […]
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L. Carrier: Vote Obama out
President John Adams once said that “facts are stubborn things.” If I remember correctly, the price of gas when Barack Obama became president was less than $2 per gallon. The price is now nearly twice that. The national debt when Obama became president was several trillion dollars less than what it is today. Everyone knows […]
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Geraldine B. Vaillancourt
AUBURN — Geraldine (Mayo) Vaillancourt of Sabattus, after a short and courageous battle with Leukemia, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family March 12, at Androscoggin Hospice House. The daughter of John and Edwina Mayo, she leaves behind her loving husband of 52 years, Normand G. Vaillancourt; her devoted daughter, Maureen Hines of Sabattus; her […]
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Jeannette L. Parise
AUBURN — Jeannette L. Parise, 87, of Auburn, passed away March 6, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. She was born June 19, 1924, in Lewiston, the daughter of Napoleon and Delina (Gagne) Hamel. Jeannette attended local schools and at age 62, received her diploma from Lewiston High School. After her marriage to Joseph Parise, […]
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D. Brule: School closing heartbreaking
I write with a very heavy heart in regard to the closing of Vineyard Christian School in Lewiston. It is heartbreaking that my daughter, who will be a graduate of the class of 2013, will not be celebrating this achievement with the students and teachers of VCS. VCS isn’t just any school; it is a […]
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Film sneak peak LEWISTON — The Sneak Preview: A Fundraising Event for the Lewiston Auburn Film Festival will be held Thursday, March 1, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Royal Oak Room at IronHorse Court, 1 Bates St. The public is invited to attend an evening of food, friends, a silent auction and a […]
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University of Vermont dean’s list
BURLINGTON, Vt. — The following area students have been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2011 semester at the University of Vermont. Victor J. Dumais of Auburn, a senior majoring in psychology in the College of Arts & Sciences. Indigo M. James of Denmark, a sophomore majoring in women’s and gender studies in […]
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Bernier — Dunham
Kyle Dunham and Michelle Bernier SABATTUS — Daniel and Doris Bernier of Auburn are announcing the engagement of their daughter, Michelle Renee Bernier of Sabattus, to Kyle Eric Dunham of Sabattus, son of Mark and Wanda Dunham of Greene. Miss Bernier is a 2009 graduate of the University of Maine at Farmington with a bachelor’s […]