TURNER — Selectmen honored longtime resident Mary Richardson with the 2015 Spirit of America award on Monday evening. Richardson has led the Secret Santa program for many years, assuring that no child is without gifts and no family is without food at Christmas. Reporting on town business, Town Manager Kurt Schaub said there have been […]
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Former Lewiston car dealer from Turner denies charges
AUBURN — A former Lewiston used car dealer pleaded not guilty Thursday to a slew of charges related to his business. , 59, of Turner owned U-Turn Auto Sales on Lisbon Street in Lewiston. He was indicted last month by an Androscoggin County grand jury on 15 counts of aggravated forgery and one of aggravated […]
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Cathy Ann Newell Nichols
1955 – 2015 AUBURN — Cathy Ann Newell Nichols, 60, of Fayette, widow of Leroy Nichols, died peacefully in the early morning hours of Saturday, June 20, at the Hospice House in Auburn. She was born April 12, 1955, in Farmington, a daughter of Walter Everett “Blackie” and Blanche (Benedetto) Newell. When Cathy was three, […]
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Working: Living in, running The Great Outdoors
TURNER — Thirty-five years ago, Mary Seaman’s parents, Jo and Clint, out on a boat ride on Pleasant Pond, pulled up to The Great Outdoors and jokingly told the owners they were there to buy the sprawling former girls’ camp. The couple got a call not long after. Were they serious? Because it was for […]
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Robert A. Perry
1953 – 2015 LEWISTON — Robert A. Perry, 61, formerly of Greene, and Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, died peacefully at his home in Lewiston on Saturday, June 13, surrounded by loving family. He fought a courageous battle against cancer. He was born in Lewiston on Dec. 26, 1953, the eldest of three children of Joseph […]
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Jeannine P. Breton Cloutier
1929 – 2015 LEWISTON — Jeannine Potvin Breton Cloutier, 86, passed away on Sunday, June 14. She now joins the Lord and her two sons in heaven. She was born in Auburn on May 5, 1929, but after the great New Auburn fire, the family moved to Lewiston, where she attended school and met and […]
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Jeannine J. Jacques
1935 – 2015 PORTLAND — Jeannine J. Jacques, 79, of Turner died on Thursday, June 11, at Maine Medical Center with her family by her side, following a long illness. She was born in Lewiston, on July 15, 1935, the daughter of the late Armand and Jeanne (Bourgoin) Pelletier and had been a resident of […]
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Martha Lynn Jordan
1942 – 2015 LEWISTON — Martha Lynn Anderson Jordan, 73, a resident of Turner, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, June 9, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Martha was born May 17, 1942, in Lewiston, the daughter of Clayton and Helen DeCoster Anderson. She was raised in Auburn and graduated from Edward Little High […]
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Colman L. Sanders
1924 – 2015 CANAL FULTON, Ohio — Colman L. “Coke” Sanders, 91, of Canal Fulton, Ohio, passed away early Sunday morning, June 7. He was born in Evansville, Ind., on Feb. 20, 1924, a son to the late J. Stanley and Annie (Johnson) Sanders. Coke spent his boyhood in the village of Turner before arriving […]
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Turner selectmen hear plea for cemetery assistance
TURNER — Representatives of several cemeteries in town attended Monday night’s selectmen meeting to ask for financial assistance. Raynard Gilbert and Jim Talbot said interest on cemetery trust funds has not provided enough income to cover expenses. Selectmen asked the cemetery trustees to form a committee and present a request at the next selectmen meeting. […]