WASHINGTON — There are days when paperwork weighs you down — and there are days when you are weighed down by so much paperwork your flight can’t take off. Monday was such a day, when American Airlines Flight 163 bound for Los Angeles found itself literally grounded by 1,400 pounds of what the pilot termed […]
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Peter E. Schlax Sr.
AUBURN — Peter Edmund Schlax Sr., 79, of Lewiston, died peacefully Feb. 14 at Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn, surrounded by his family. Pete was born Jan. 26, 1939, in Chicago, Ill., the son of Edmund Schlax and Julie Riordan. He grew up on the rough streets of the South Side of Chicago. He graduated from […]
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Lewiston woman costars with Bradley Cooper in cancer commercial
LEWISTON — In the commercial, Erica Lacasse was supposed to hug American Airlines Capt. John Biegel. She knew it. They’d practiced. Turn. Smile. Embrace. Then, during the third or fourth take, she turned, smiled and found herself face to face with movie star Bradley Cooper. Forget Capt. John Biegel. “I just turned around and hugged […]
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Scott E. Shuster
1955 – 2015 AUBURN — Scott E. Shuster of Oxford passed away peacefully with his family by his side, on Saturday, Sept. 12. He was a talented professional musician and a career pilot for American Airlines. He loved new adventures, whether by plane, Harley or boat. Scott touched many lives and was always the first […]
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Justice Department, states sue to block airline merger
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and a number of state attorneys general on Tuesday challenged a proposed $11 billion merger between US Airways Group Inc. and American Airlines’ parent company, AMR Corp. The Justice Department says the deal would result in the creation of the world’s largest airline and that a combination of the two […]