1928 – 2015 AUBURN — Elmer A. Lausier, 87, of Auburn died on Sunday, Sept. 6, at his residence, surrounded by his loving family following a short illness. He was born in Grand Isle on Jan. 29, 1928, the son of the late Thaddie and Mabel (Michaud) Lausier and had been a resident of this […]
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Simone M. Deschaine
1941 – 2015 AUBURN — Simone M. (Levesque) Deschaine, 73, of Clover Manor, 440 Minot Ave., Auburn, died Sunday, July 5. She was born in Grand Isle, Aug. 24, 1941, a daughter of the late Alfred and Annie (Cote) Levesque and was educated in Madawaska schools. She was married to Roger Deschaine, who predeceased her […]
Madawaska H.S. student captures lightning in an cellphone video
Wednesday evening the 16-year-old Madawaska High School junior was in the right place at the right time to capture a dramatic lightning strike hit the Grand Isle church steeple on video. “In 2007 on my birthday it was hit by lighting, too,” Bouley said Thursday morning. “When I saw the conditions with the atmosphere were […]
Yvette R. Audet
1933 – 2015 LEWISTON — Yvette R. Audet, 81, of Lewiston died peacefully on Thursday, March 19, at Marshwood HealthCare Facility with her loving family by her side. She was born in Grand Isle, on July 21, 1933, the daughter of the late Joseph X. and Marthe (Lizotte) Gagnon and had been a resident of […]
Small Maine town’s only snowplow damaged in crash
GRAND ISLE (AP) — A small Maine town on the Canadian border has lost the use of its only snowplow. Gary Campbell was driving the plow Sunday when it hit a crevice, spun around and flipped onto its side. The Bangor Daily News reported (http://bit.ly/LoO1sb ) that Campbell was not injured, but the 2003 International […]