AUBURN — To save a set of historic church bells, New Auburn merchants have turned to paper bells. Elaine Biron, owner of Roy’s Beauty Shop at 48 Third St., is selling paper bells at her shop. Anyone who makes a donation to the effort to purchase the St. Louis Church bells from the Catholic Diocese […]
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Backers see New Auburn’s history, future in St. Louis Church bells
AUBURN — The four bells removed from New Auburn’s St. Louis Church are concrete, physical objects — skillfully cast and beautiful to look at, says Alan Manoian, Auburn’s economic development specialist. But beyond their physicality, Manoian said he’s as interested in preserving what the bells have meant to the city. They have a history and, […]
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World honors D-Day’s fallen on 70th anniversary
Not many of the 150,000 Allied soldiers who slogged onto storm-torn beaches or parachuted into Normandy remain alive to pass on the legacy of that “longest day.” Some survivors stood, somber-faced and proud, alongside President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande as they paid tribute to history’s biggest amphibious invasion. The veterans’ hands, which […]
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Albert A. Dionne
1917 – 2013 AUBURN — Albert A. Dionne, 96, formerly of 96 Pond Road, Lewiston, passed away peacefully at Bolster Heights in Auburn on Tuesday, Dec. 10. He was born in Lewiston on Nov. 19, 1917, son of the late Ludger and Irene Turcotte Dionne. He served in the Army during World War II from […]