Halloween is for the kids. So is Christmas. And if you believe that, you probably fall for every April Fool’s trick in the book. I’m convinced that nobody has more fun with holidays than the adults, and some of them like to double-up on annual celebrations. These people are often seasonal campground residents who develop […]
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Raymond R. Ainaire
LEWISTON — Raymond R. Ainaire, 70, of Turner, passed away Monday, Oct. 16, at Central Maine Medical Center, surrounded by his family, following a short illness. He was born in Lewiston on Dec. 28, 1946, to the late Romeo R. and Mary I. (Holtz) Ainaire. A graduate of Lewiston High School, Ray retired from General Electric […]
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Daniel K. Cyr
LEWISTON — Daniel K. Cyr, 82, passed away at his home Wednesday, Oct. 11. He was born in Van Buren on July 8, 1935, the son of the late Nazaire and Alfreda (Bell) Cyr. Dan graduated from St. Dominic High School in 1954. After graduating, he joined the United States Air Force, serving in the Vietnam […]
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Susan R. Gammon
LEWISTON — Susan R. Gammon, 71, of Canton passed away to a life with no pain on Friday, Oct. 13, at the Androscoggin Hospice House. She was born July 19, 1946, in Farmington to the late Frank Cox and Mary Moulton. Along with her brothers, Mike and Tim, she was raised in East Livermore. On December […]
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G. Henry Whiting
LISBON — (George) Henry Whiting, 83, died after a long battle with Alzheimer’s at The Lamp on Thursday morning, Aug. 3. He was born in Lewiston on June 12, 1934, the son of the late Howard and Katherine (Hetzel) Whiting. Henry graduated from Edward Little High School in 1952. He married Dorothy Perkins in 1955 and […]
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Dawn-Marie Hall Bailey
SCARBOROUGH — Dawn passed away Saturday, June 24, with family and friends by her side after a long battle with cancer. She was born January 1, 1969, the daughter of James and Helen Hall. Dawn graduated from Gray-New Gloucester schools (Class of ‘87). She ran a home daycare for many years and was also employed […]
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Spring Nature Day Camp with Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed
WINTHROP — The Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed’s 11th annual Spring Nature Day Camp will be held during April school vacation week at the YMCA Camp of Maine on Cobbossee Lake in East Winthrop. Two two-day sessions will be offered: • Tuesday, April 18, through Wednesday, April 19; and • Thursday, April 20, through Friday, April […]
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Fire burns Lake Anasagunticook camp flat
CANTON — An early-morning fire destroyed a Lake Anasagunticook camp and took the lives of two dogs, investigator Dan Young of the State Fire Marshal’s Office said Wednesday afternoon. The camp on Main Street was burned “flat by the time the Fire Department got on scene,” he said. The fire was reported after 5 a.m. […]
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Texas man charged with 6 counts of murder
A Texas man was formally charged with six counts of capital murder Thursday in the killing of a group of people in Anderson County that included a former Farmington man and his daughter. William Mitchell Hudson, 33, is accused of shooting two of the victims inside a travel camper and another four in the woods […]
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Fire destroys northern Oxford County camp
LINCOLN PLANTATION — Fire destroyed a camp on the east shore of Aziscohos Lake in northern Oxford County late Sunday afternoon, Rangeley Fire Chief Tim Pellerin said. It took the Rangeley Fire Rescue Department about 50 minutes to get to scene on Raspberry Lane, traveling 33 miles up Route 16 to Wilsons Mills and seven […]