ALEXANDER — Roger H. Jr., 79, of Poland, died Saturday, Dec. 9. A celebration of Roger’s life will take place at Fortin/Auburn on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 1 p.m. with Marine Corps military honors. Those wishing, in lieu of flowers, may make a charitable contribution in Roger’s memory to the Kora Shrine Hospital, co Kora […]
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Funeral notices for Sunday, Nov. 12
BARTLETT — Mary L., 84, a former resident of Monmouth, passed away Friday, Nov. 10, in Auburn. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, at Bragdon-Finley Funeral Home, 707 Main St., Monmouth. Interment at a later date at Gracelawn Memorial Park, 980 Turner St., Auburn. PELLETIER — Yvette R., 88, of […]
Funeral notices for Saturday, Nov. 11
BARTLETT — Mary L., 84, a former resident of Monmouth, passed away Friday, Nov. 10, in Auburn. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, at Bragdon-Finley Funeral Home, 707 Main St., Monmouth. Interment at a later date at Gracelawn Memorial Park, 980 Turner St., Auburn. BEAUPRE — Jeanine T., 88, of […]
Funeral notices for Thursday, Sept. 28
BARTLETT — Elizabeth Brooks, of Fredericksburg, Va., passed away on Friday, Sept. 22, in Fredericksburg, Va. A graveside service will be held at Maple Grove Cemetery, 81 Marshall St, Mechanic Falls at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, followed by a reception at Cindy’s Dockside, 723 Maine St., Poland Spring, Maine, noon to 4 p.m. All […]
‘All our stuff is up there’ Burned out tenant fights to retrieve belongings from Birch Street fire
LEWISTON — Anthony Ferris was burned out of his apartment last month when fire ripped through a 17-unit building at 101 Birch St. On Monday, he wanted back in, one last time, before it will be demolished with his belongings inside. Two excavators were already parked outside. The building comes down Wednesday. Ferris escaped with […]
Spring fires changed the face of downtown Lewiston
LEWISTON — It wasn’t just one shock to the downtown — it was three. Three fires downtown over the course of a week between April and May not only destroyed 10 large tenement buildings, putting dozens of families out in the street, it forced the city to double down on efforts to clean up the […]