RUMFORD — The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife continues work to simplify its fishing rulebook, now available at most town offices. Additionally, there are six significant changes listed in the 2014 magazine-format book. The general law for lakes and ponds in the southern and eastern counties now allows year-round fishing with no special […]
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Harty J. Michaud
1926 – 2013 PORTLAND — Harty J. Michaud, 87 formerly of Towle Street, Lewiston, died Saturday, Dec. 7, at Seaside Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Portland after a long illness. He previously resided at Gray Manor in Gray. He was born in Fort Kent on Nov. 17, 1926, son of the late Pascal and Flavie […]
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Local students receive Cheverus awards, honors
PORTLAND — Cheverus High School presented undergraduate awards and honors in October, including: College book awards: John J. Flaherty Prize in Classics, the Dartmouth College Book Award and the Phi Beta Kappa Association of Maine Academic Achievement Award, Alexandra Logan of Brunswick; Regis College Book Award, Brittany Bell of Lewiston. National Merit Scholarship award: National Merit Scholarship […]
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Military notes
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The following area residents graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The airmen completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an […]
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Well done: Students honored for achievements
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Kristen Lavallee of Lisbon has enrolled in Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the nation’s first and largest technological college for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. She is a graduate of Model Secondary School for the Deaf in Washington, D.C., and the daughter of Nancy and Jim Lavallee of […]
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Area students graduate from St. Joseph’s College
STANDISH — The following local residents earned their degree at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. Katherine Davis of Lewiston graduated in September with an Associate of Science in business administration. Elizabeth Shampine of New Gloucester graduated in September with a Bachelor of Science in general studies-psychology specialization. Haley McCrater of Lisbon graduated in September with […]
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Military notes
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The following area residents graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The airmen completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an […]
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Prep for skiing, snow boarding LEWISTON — Dr. Bruce Hamilton-Dick, medical director of sports medicine at St. Mary’s Center for Orthopaedics, and athletic trainer Jeff Eckhouse will hold a small group training session in advance of ski and snow boarding season. Participants will be doing floor exercise activities, so wear something comfortable and appropriate gym […]
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Gray drivers injured on Route 26 accident
GRAY — A Thursday afternoon collision in Gray sent one person to the hospital and backed up traffic, police said. Doja Kew, 71, of Gray attempted to turn onto a driveway on Shaker Road — also known as Route 26 — when a Ford SUV operated by Danielle Prevost, 26, of Gray broadsided Kew’s Chrysler, […]
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Job and resource fair to be held at American Legion on Thursday
RUMFORD — The Rumford American Legion will be hosting their first job and resource fair from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, Nov. 7, in conjunction with the Maine CareerCenter group. Patti Gray, a CareerCenter consultant, said that Maine CareerCenter has been holding job and resource fairs “pretty consistently for the past two to three years,” […]