1925 – 2017 WINTHROP — Pauline Patten Botka, 91, of Wayne, died Sunday, Jan. 29, at the Heritage Rehabilitation and Living Center in Winthrop. Pauline was born in Livermore Falls, the daughter of Dr. Warren and Ferne (Worthley) Patten. She married Edward Botka in 1947. They made their home in Maine and Connecticut for the […]
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Girl Scouts announce new environmental effort
Local Girl Scouts are raising awareness of the statewide Paint Care program while earning a new patch for taking action for a more sustainable future, according to Girls Scouts of Maine. “We wanted to create an opportunity for the girls to be engaged in their environment,” Samantha Lott Hale of the Girl Scouts of Maine […]
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Androscoggin Bank foundation supports three area organizations
LEWISTON — Androscoggin Bank’s MainStreet Foundation recently awarded three grants to three Lewiston-Auburn organizations. A $2,500 grant was given to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine to support the Auburn clubhouse’s efforts to engage younger members in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Program via LEGO robotics build kits. A $2,500 grant was […]
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Jane D. Hazelton
1919 – 2015 TOPSHAM — Jane Desaulniers Hazelton, 96, passed away on Friday, Oct. 23, of natural causes. She was born in Lewiston in 1919, the daughter of Dr. Lucy O’Connell Desaulniers and Dr. George Desaulniers. Jane attended Lewiston schools and Seton Hall College. She married Paul V. Hazelton of Saco in 1942 and they […]
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Alvira ‘Vi’ Caron
1927 – 2015 LA MESA, Calif. — Alvira “Vi” Caron, 88, of Lewiston and La Mesa, Calif., passed away peacefully on Sunday Oct. 4. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of Antoinette Slavinski Loewer and Conrad Daniel Joseph Loewer, Vi grew up in southern California, where she met Bob Caron while he was stationed there […]
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Mexico man sentenced for stealing, forging Girl Scouts check
PARIS — A Mexico man was sentenced Friday to 90 days in Oxford County Jail on three separate theft cases, including forging a $200 check from the Girl Scouts of America. Nathan Arsenault, 31, pleaded guilty to three counts of theft and one count of forgery in Oxford County Superior Court on Friday. Arsenault was indicted […]
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Girl Scouts promote bully prevention for middle school girls
MEXICO — Girl Scouts of Maine will hold a week-long “Be a Friend First” Series. All girls entering fifth through eighth grade in the River Valley area are invited to participate. The series will be held the first week in August from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Mexico area. With incidents of bullying reaching […]