A Maine Warden Service airplane was forced to make an emergency landing on Eagle Lake in northern Maine Wednesday morning, but the landing did not go as planned. Warden Pilot Jeff Spencer, who is based out of Eagle Lake, was returning from a bear telemetry flight when strong winds forced him to alter his normal […]
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Lionel E. Michaud
1918 – 2015 LEWISTON — Lionel E. Michaud, 96, died on Sunday, Oct. 4, at St. Marguerite d’Youville Pavilion in Lewiston. He died of complications from oral cancer due to the use of chewing tobacco. He was born Nov. 30, 1918, in Eagle Lake, the eldest son of Thomas E. and Eveline Gagnon Michaud. As […]
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Irving lowers Martin’s debt while he pushes another Irving firm’s mining interests
An Irving family company agreed to reduce by $150,000 the debt a leading Democratic legislator owed to the company – the same legislator who has been pushing to loosen state environmental regulations so that another Irving company can mine Bald Mountain in northern Maine. Irving Oil, according to a bankruptcy filing, said state Rep. John […]
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Lucia A. Binette
1921 – 2015 AUBURN — Lucia A. Binette, 93, of Lewiston was in peace with Jesus on Saturday, May 2. She passed away peacefully among family members at Androscoggin Hospice House after a brief illness. Lucia was born in New Brunswick, Canada, on Oct. 31, 1921, and was raised in Eagle Lake from her infancy […]
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Visitors determined to enjoy closed Acadia a real problem for park rangers
BAR HARBOR — Thanks to the partial government shutdown, Acadia National Park is closed. But try telling that to the crowds of people — tourists and locals alike — who took advantage of Saturday’s beautiful weather to bike on the carriage trails and hike the park’s mountains anyway. “It’s perfect weather, and there’s a zillion […]