By Tony Blasi Staff Editor A courageous Jenna Winokur overcame mind-numbing grief and found a way to embrace life again after the death of her beloved brother, Jake Lord, a talented athlete who took his own life seven years ago after suffering several concussions playing sports. Former president Dwight D. Eisenhower got to the crux […]
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Timeout: Lord family's mission to promote safety in sports continues
Jake Lord was a three-sport high school athlete who loved baseball. (Submitted photo) A courageous Jenna Winokur overcame mind-numbing grief and found a way to embrace life again after the death of her beloved brother, Jake Lord, a talented athlete who took his own life seven years ago after suffering several concussions playing sports. Former […]
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Lord family’s mission to promote safety in sports continues
by Tony Blasi Staff Editor A courageous Jenna Winokur overcame mind-numbing grief and found a way to embrace life again after the death of her beloved brother, Jake Lord, a talented athlete who took his own life seven years ago after suffering several concussions playing sports. Former president Dwight D. Eisenhower got to the crux of […]
Posted inBethel, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Looking ahead to Sunset Farm’s next 200 years
BETHEL — Western Maine’s early settlers built homes and barns meant to last, sturdy structures perched atop solid fieldstone foundations. But over the course of nearly 200 years, even the best-laid stones can begin to topple and shift, and that was the case for one of Bethel’s most iconic barns. Tony Shepley and his family […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Dixfield Public Works director proposes cold storage shed
DIXFIELD — The town’s Public Works director wants a place to store equipment, such as a grader blade and sweeper, that gets left outside all year. Selectmen said maybe. Randy Glover asked the board Monday night if he could use insurance money in a reserve account to build a cold storage shed. “We just don’t […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Building slips off foundation; residents evacuated
UPDATE: Owner of Lewiston apartment building says foundation failed LEWISTON — An Eastwood Village apartment building on Randall Road was pushed off its foundation during the rainstorm Sunday. A 30-foot wall buckled at 184 Randall Road at approximately 5 p.m. All occupants in the eight-apartment building were asked to evacuate. Lewiston fire and police were on […]
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Foundation helps Franco-Americans afford college
LEWISTON — Brady Dion is leaving his summer job in Sabattus on Sunday to go to college — but college is expensive, he said. An Oak Hill High School graduate, Dion is getting some help — thanks to high grades, community volunteering, Franco-American roots and Franco elders who left money in their wills to the […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Property owner says she didn’t want to sell to McLaughlin Foundation
PARIS — The former owner of the 103 Main St. property sold two weeks ago to the McLaughlin Foundation says she was misled into the sale. The foundation, which owns McLaughlin Garden, intends to expand the garden’s footprint into the abutting lot, which includes a 19th-century house. In an interview at her Minot home on Thursday, […]