LEWISTON — Raymond Emery Amsden passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Wednesday, March 8, at Montello Heights in Lewiston. He lived a long and healthy life of 96 years, leaving a legacy devoted to family, friends, work and self-care. Raymond was born in Jackson on Dec. 14, 1920, the youngest of five children to […]
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Aries: Making plans will lead to laughter and love
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jake Weber, 53; Bruce Willis, 62; Glenn Close, 70; Ursula Andress, 81. Happy Birthday: Turn up the volume and get moving. Talk the talk and walk the walk. Show some initiative and bring about the changes you’ve been dreaming about. Learn from the past and don’t waffle when opportunity strikes. […]
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Health care and 'The Virtue of Selfishness'
WASHINGTON — “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.” The novelist Anatole France’s mischievous observation came to mind when the Congressional Budget Office released its analysis of the Republican cut-taxes/gut-Medicaid bill and its defenders went […]
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Phoenix Karate Academy's adult belt test
AUBURN — Phoenix Karate Academy is very pleased to announce it’s most recent belt test, promoting several adult students to the next level of rank. All students executed basics (punches, blocks, kicks) using correct Japanese terminology, Kata (set memorized movements), Self –Defense techniques, and sparring concepts (light contact fighting).
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Joint Charter Commission’s vision for Lewiston Auburn is unrealistic
The Coalition in Opposition to L-A Consolidation has joined together, not to see the glass “half empty” and thinking that the merger of Lewiston and Auburn “can’t” be done. We simply don’t want it to be done. The individual cities have histories and attributes that identify them as individual and thriving cities, working collaboratively in […]
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Doris H. Noddin
TOPSHAM — Doris H. Noddin, 98, formerly of Marlboro died peacefully on Thursday, March 16, at The Highlands, Cadigan Lodge residence. Doris was born in Biddeford, on Oct. 25, 1918, the daughter of Francis E. and Lillian (King) Lynch. She graduated Thornton Academy, Saco, Class of 1936. She then earned her R.N. Degree at Sisters […]
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Irene L. Thibodeau
AUBURN — Irene L. Thibodeau, 92, of 440 Minot Ave., Auburn, died on Wednesday, March 15, at Clover Manor Health Care Facility surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Lewiston, on July 15, 1924, the daughter of the late Lucien and Alvine (Landry) Rancourt and had been a resident of this community all […]
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Funeral notices for Sunday, March 19, 2017
AMSDEN — Raymond, 96, of Lewiston, died on Wednesday, March 8. A devout Roman Catholic, Mass will be held Saturday, April 1, at 10 a.m. at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Pittsfield. At Raymond’s request, there will be no visiting hours. Interment at the Pittsfield Cemetery will occur at a later date. In lieu of […]
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ORONO — The Maine Association of Broadcasters have announced the awarding of scholarship support to local University of Maine undergraduates: Jonathan Petrie of Rumford; and Samuel Wheeler, Greenwood. — FINDLAY, OH — Erika Thibault of Lewiston has been awarded the Dr. Michael T. Homsher Memorial Scholarship at the University of Findlay for the 2016-2017 academic year. — CANTON, N.Y. — Bryanna L. Sult of Lisbon Falls is participating in a St. Lawrence University off-campus study […]