LEWISTON — La Rencontre will meet at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, May 8, at the Franco Center, 46 Cedar St. The center will be serving fresh lobster rolls on a hamburger bun with pickles, potato chips and a chocolate chip cookie. The cost of the meal is $8 per person. After the meal, Dr. Michael Ricci, […]
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Franco Center to offer adult French classes
LEWISTON — The Franco Center will conduct the spring session of its French Reacquisition classes beginning on April 23. The classes run one night a week for six weeks and will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday evenings. These classes will be for “false beginners,” who at one time possessed a basic […]
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Mexican native says French asked him to find migrant workers to work Township 37 pot farm
BANGOR — A man with dual citizenship in Mexico and the U.S. identified Malcolm French as the person who asked him to find migrant workers to plant, tend and harvest marijuana at the Township 37 pot farm that police have called the most sophisticated ever uncovered in Maine. Moises Soto, 53, of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, […]
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MDEA agent: Slug bait, porn magazines link Township 37 pot farm to locations owned by defendant
BANGOR — The lead investigator in the Township 37 marijuana case testified Friday in federal court that many of the items seized as evidence at the site where nearly 3,000 mature marijuana plants were cultivated also were found at a nearby warehouse and in a home and hunting camp owned by one of the defendants. […]
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French heritage program teaches kids ‘beautiful’ language
Jacynthe Jacques received the good news before the bad. She moved to Lewiston from Quebec 18 years ago and did not speak a word of English. “I am Canadian, so I came here as an immigrant,” she said. “It was a discovery to come here and realize that most of my neighbors still spoke French. […]
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Minot lending support to ‘Jackass Annie’ celebration
MINOT — Selectmen on Monday agreed to help out with the Minot Historical Society’s celebration of Mesannie Wilkins Day, scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 9. That’s the anniversary of the day, within a day or two, when, 59 years ago, Mesannie “Jackass Annie” Wilkins left Minot on horseback, bound for Southern California and a dip in […]
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Franco-American Collection: Monthly sing-along is Oct. 18
LEWISTON — The University of Southern Maine’s Franco-American Collection will hold its monthly sing-along session at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, at USM’s Lewiston-Auburn College. Note the new start time. The sessions consist of an hour of French and French-Canadian songs, led by a group of enthusiastic local volunteers. Song sheets are provided, so those […]