GREENE — Tonya and Ray Shevenell present their film “The Home Road” at the Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road, at 2 and 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 24. In 1845, 19-year-old Israel Shevenell left his home in Canada and walked nearly 200 miles to Biddeford. He found work and built a new life in an […]
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Sawyer Memorial Children’s Day to present World of Wonder
GREENE — For the Sawyer Memorial Children’s Day program, Leland Faulkner presents “World of Wonder” at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16 only. Admission is free. “World of Wonder” is a live performance that transports audiences into their imagination. Faulkner is a master theater artist, and his program “World of Wonder” shares engaging stories full of magic […]
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Family safe, home a loss in Greene fire
GREENE — A family and one of their two pets escaped a fire Monday night that destroyed their home. Greene fire Chief John Soucy said the fire was called in at 11:05 p.m., and the house at 20 Riverview Terrace was engulfed in flames when crews arrived. Black smoke was coming out of the garage, […]
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Sandra Lee Simone Monier
LEWISTON — Sandra Lee Simone Monier, 72, of Randolph, passed away at Marshwood Center in Lewiston on Sunday, July 29, from complications of a stroke in 2016. She was born in Lewiston on Nov. 15, 1945 and was adopted by her loving parents, Cyrille Joseph Perreault and Marie Florilda Bourgoin-Perreault while she was still a baby. […]
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Sandy River Ramblers to play two shows in Greene
Maine-bred bluegrass band, Sandy River Ramblers will be performing at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at the Sawyer Memorial. With titles like “Donn Fendler; Slow Down (You’ll Hit a Moose),” “Cliffs of Acadia,” “Boots From L. L. Bean” and “Trout On the Line,” listeners can expect to hear a lot about the history, […]
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Joseph C. Blais
LEWISTON — Joseph C. Blais, 91, of Greene died Wednesday, July 25, at St. Mary’s Hospital, surrounded by his loving family following a brief illness. Joseph was born in Lewiston on Feb. 24, 1927, to the late Lionel and Clara (St. Laurent) Blais. He attended local schools, graduating from Lewiston High School, and then entering the […]
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Elizabeth C. Bazinet
Elizabeth C. Bazinet GREENE — Elizabeth C. Bazinet, 81, of Greene passed away Thursday, July 26, at home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Jan. 23, 1937, in Boston, a daughter of the late Forrest and Helen (Voelker) Clark. In 1941, the family moved to Swanville, just outside Belfast, where she attended school. She […]
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Parrot missing from Greene home
GREENE — Hoopie doesn’t look like the other birds you see flitting around your backyard or nibbling at the bird feeder. Jessica French is hoping the fact that Hoopie stands out will help get him back home. The bird is a African grey parrot, 8 years old and mostly gray, save for the distinct, bright-red […]
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Fiddlers to perform at Sawyer Memorial
GREENE — Fiddlers Owen Kennedy, 13, and Josh White, 16, will be performing at 7 p.m. Friday, July 27, at the Sawyer Memorial. Owen Kennedy and Josh White are two up-and-coming musicians whose lively arrangements take their listeners from Quebec and the Canadian Maritimes over the sea to Eastern Europe, Ireland and Scotland, and back […]
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SAD 52 school board takes bus tour to scope out needed repairs
TURNER — SAD 52 directors and administrators took a 2½-hour bus tour Thursday to check out four schools while they consider pursuing a bond for repairs. “It’s one thing to present to the board different problems with sidewalks and curbing or bus loops, it’s another thing to get a visual,” Superintendent Kimberly Brandt said Friday. […]