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Barbara A. Breton

LEWISTON — Barbara A Breton, 79 of Lewiston passed away peacefully at The Woodlands Memory Care Center on Sunday, July 8. Barbara was the daughter of David and Lucia Perkins. Born in Lewiston, Maine, on May 17, 1939, she was educated in the Lewiston school system. Barbara married her sweetheart, Normand Breton, on Nov. 29, 1958. […]

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Debra Rainha

AUBURN — Debra Rainha, 67, of Auburn, born Oct. 14, 1951, passed on on Friday, May 18, from cancer. She is survived by son, Jameson Rainha of Gardner, Mass.; daughter, Kimberly Stubbs and husband, Austin of Jay; grandkids, Shawn Rainha and wife, Tiffany, Kyle Givens, Jaimi Givens and Nathan Stubbs; great-granddaughter, Meredith Rainha; sister, Sandra Donald […]

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Women’s World Cup: Local fans celebrate experience

It took years to plan, months of waiting and days to drive and fly, but it was worth it as a pair of Lewiston soccer fans saw one of the greatest moments in U.S. women’s soccer history live Sunday night in Vancouver, British Columbia. Christy Gardner and Mariah Carrier — and Moxie, Gardner’s service dog […]

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Michael A. Burdick Sr.

1968 – 2015 GEORGIA — Michael A. Burdick Sr., 46, of South Paris passed away on Thursday, June 18. Mike was born on Dec. 19, 1968, in Gardner, Mass., the son of Allen W. and Janet L. Latch Burdick. He married Sarah J. Theriault. He is survived by his loving wife; five children; two grandchildren; […]

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Arthur J. Belliveau

1917 – 2015 DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — Arthur J. Belliveau, 98, of Deerfield Beach, Fla., passed away on Monday, April 13. Arthur was born Jan. 12, 1917, in Gardner, Mass. He attended Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Mass. and graduated from Bates College in 1941. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army from […]

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Hartford man builds cedar-strip canoes by hand for a hobby

HARTFORD — Dixfield native Tom Mawhinney can build most anything once he decides to do it. All it takes is some free time, Internet research and some books written by experts. The heavy equipment operator, who flies a seaplane and runs his own business, Mawhinney’s Excavation, built what he calls his “man cave.” It is […]