As an 11-year volunteer with the American Lung Association, an avid outdoor enthusiast, and a marathoner, I have long appreciated the importance of healthy air. My father, who recently passed away after suffering from COPD, congestive heart failure and lung cancer, was acutely aware of poor air quality. Watching on as he struggled only strengthened […]
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Lack of ice on Maine waters hurting bait and tackle sellers
With opening day of Maine’s ice-fishing season on most waters a mere two weeks away, Dylan Larose and Dennis Daniel were keeping close tabs on temperatures Saturday. Larose is a bait retailer who manages Dag’s Bait Shop for his father, Marcel, in Auburn. Daniel owns Ellis Pond Variety in Roxbury. Normally, both would be very […]
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Delay on I-95 northbound between Gray and New Gloucester after accident
AUBURN — A collision on the northbound side of Interstate 95 between exit 63 in Gray and exit 75 in Auburn is causing delays. According to a release from the Maine Turnpike Authority, the crash ws just south of the New Gloucester Toll. Mtorists should expect major delays between the Gray and Auburn exits. The […]
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G. Dunlap: Drill for oil now
The money used to bail out the big banks should have been used to bail out citizens’ loan problems instead of being invested in oil commodities, which probably doubles the cost to the public that is struggling to stay warm . The U.S. can drill its way out. It could loan American companies the money […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Students escape injury when car hits bus on Route 26 in Gray
GRAY — An Otisfield man suffered a minor injury and a new bus had to be called after a car rear-ended a school bus on Route 26 on Tuesday afternoon. The bus was hit from behind by a Honda Accord driven by Henriette Taft, 76, of Otisfield, as it stopped to let children off at […]
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Somali government LEWISTON — The Great Falls Forum lecture series will present Professor Ali Mohamed Aden, director of the Centre for Democracy and Political Reconciliation in Somalia, speaking on “Establishing a Credible Government in Somalia” from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library, 200 Lisbon St. A […]
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Wildlife park to thank veterans as it closes for season
GRAY — The Maine Wildlife Park will close for the season at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11. Since Friday is also Veterans Day, the park will recognize and thank all past and present Maine military personnel and veterans for their service to the country by offering free park admission for them and their immediate families. […]
Posted inObituaries
Glennis Mae Wilkinson
YARMOUTH — Glennis Mae (Morrill) Wilkinson, 96, of Gray, passed away on Nov. 1. She was born June 3, 1915, in Naples, a daughter of the late Rupert and Tressa Morrill. She was a graduate of Pennell Institute in Gray, Class of 1934. She married William Wilkinson Jr. on Nov. 22, 1935, and they had […]