LEWISTON — Jonathan M. Ramsay, 44, a resident of Greene and longtime resident of Lisbon, died unexpectedly Thursday, Oct. 4, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, with his loving family at his side. He was born in Lewiston, Aug. 20, 1968, a son of Clayton and Patricia (Reynolds) Ramsay Jr. Jon was raised in Lisbon, […]
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Police log
Charges Auburn * Timothy Cassidy, 22, of 11 Eureka St., Falmouth, operating while license suspended or revoked, 3:57 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Center and Bates streets. * Jesse Wakefield Morrill, 32, of 1305 Turner St., theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, 3:41 p.m. Sunday at that address. * Michael Eugene Barnhart, 26, of […]
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C. Gianopoulos: No one will own her vote
Colleen Quint is on the ballot to represent most of the rural communities in Androscoggin County. Since mid-March she’s personally visited more than 8,000 homes in the area and listened to the concerns of the people she has met. She knows that Maine can no longer rely on old solutions. For the state to prosper […]
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Rebuttal, J. Neal: Late-start days necessary
The Sept. 30 Sun Journal editorial correctly identified a number of issues relative to paying Auburn teachers for professional development, including the loss of classroom instructional time and an increased burden on parents to accommodate an altered Wednesday schedule. It also accurately noted the demands which mass customized learning is making on teachers (since the […]
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Evergreen boughs needed for cats GREENE — In caring for feral cats, Tommy’s Feral Feline Friends builds their own houses and cafes and insulate them with spruce or fir boughs to keep the cats warm during the harsh winter months. Anyone with healthy blue spruce boughs who would like to help keep the ferals from […]
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P. van Oosten: Cartoon missed reality
The political cartoon by Glenn McCoy (Sept. 27) strongly suggests that Catholics are most unlikely to vote for Pres. Obama. I beg to differ. The tag on the figure of the woman says she supports choice, I assume of course, about abortion issues. If the figure had been a bishop, the cartoonist might have gotten […]
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Well done
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Gregory Sawyer, M.D., son of Julie and Alan Sawyer of East Wilton and 1999 graduate of Mt. Blue High School in Farmington, graduated from his five-year orthopaedic residency at the Brown University Program in Orthopaedics/Rhode Island Hospital on June 22. He was honored as a recipient of the Haffenreffer House Staff Excellence Award. […]
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Wildlife photographer will narrate film on ‘Texas Highways & Byways’
GREENE — Wildlife photographer Dale Johnson, who has done films for National Geographic, Nova and NASA, will narrate his “Texas Highways & Byways” film on Friday, Sept. 28, at Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial. After finishing a stint in the Army Security Agency, Johnson traveled throughout Central America, living for a time with the Choco Indians in lower Panama in the jungles near […]
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Maurer Meals event supports scholarships, promotes local food
Maurer Meals is held in memory of Justin Maurer, a 2004 magna cum laude graduate of that program. “Justin was a supporter of the small farm in Maine, and he recognized the necessity of producing food without poisoning the earth or our bodies,” said Justin’s father, Gary Maurer of Leeds. “We thought this project might […]