The foundation named for the Augusta native, hockey star and advocate for people with spinal cord injuries is ending its run by making two donations totaling $4 million.
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Jean Boutin McQuade
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jean Boutin McQuade of Rumford passed away March 20, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Jean was born on July 8, 1926, in Boston, Mass. Jean was raised in Plymouth, Mass. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Boston University. There she met and married fellow student James Harold McQuade Sr. They settled in Rumford […]
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Phyllis Henderson
AUBURN — Phyllis Henderson of Auburn passed away peacefully at the Hospice House on Friday, May 18. She had just recently celebrated her 90th birthday with family and friends. Before moving to Maine in 2003, Phyllis resided in Framingham Mass., where she had served as patient coordinator for the Framingham Heart Study, a Boston University and […]
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Morey G. Plavin
DANVERS, Mass. — Morey G. Plavin of Georgetown, Mass., passed away Saturday, Feb. 3, in Danvers, Massachusetts. He was born in Berlin, N.H., on October 22, 1938, to Saul and Gwenith Ingersoll Plavin. He was a graduate of Lewiston High School and Central Maine Institute, and attended Boston University. During his extensive career, which spanned five […]
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Women's basketball: Fomer Lawrence standout Irving fitting in at Boston U.
Boston University’s Nia Irving, a former Lawrence High School standout, drives the lane during a home game for the Terriers. Irving has taken Boston basketball by storm. No, not that Irving. Nia Irving, a former Lawrence High School standout, has elevated her game at Boston University this season. The sophomore has risen to earning a […]
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Auburn native Dunn earns spot on U.S. junior team
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Spencer Dunn, a 2016 graduate of Edward Little High School, earned a spot on the U.S. junior national team at the U.S. track and field junior nationals. Dunn, who is currently a sophomore at Boston University, placed fourth in the racewalk Saturday, his final junior race. Dunn earned his 13th All-American award […]
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Esther G. Shapiro
1920 – 2015 LEWISTON — Esther G. Shapiro, 95, formerly of Labbe Avenue in Lewiston, died Tuesday morning, Dec. 15, at Montello Manor with family at her side. She was born in Malden, Mass., July 2, 1920, a daughter of Philip and Lillian Bluestein Glaser. Esther was educated in Massachusetts schools, graduated from Boston University […]
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Mary Briggs Kendall
1923 – 2015 AUBURN — Mary Briggs Kendall died peacefully at her beloved Brookside Farm in Auburn. Born in Augusta, the daughter of Henry and May Briggs, Mary spent her childhood in Augusta and her college years at Boston University’s Sargent College. A longtime lover of outdoor sports and athletics, Mary was voted the outstanding […]
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Frozen Four: Providence College Friars win first national title, 4-3 over Boston University
BOSTON — Providence’s Cinderella run through the NCAA tournament is complete, and it had some time to spare. At 10:20, exactly 100 minutes before the stroke of midnight, the Friars captured their first title in program history with a 4-3 victory over Boston University in an all-Hockey East championship game at TD Garden on Saturday. […]
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In the Crease: Providence persevered, against all odds
BOSTON — They weren’t supposed to be here, these plucky and persistent Providence Friars. And yet, on college hockey’s biggest stage, led by stalwart goalie Jon Gillies of South Portland, they not only proved they belonged — they stole the show. Behind a superhuman, 49-save effort from Gillies that included a Superman leap across the […]