Former track All-American and football star Dick Leavitt of Sabattus is among the six inductees that will comprise Bowdoin College’s Athletic Hall of Honor. He is pictured here with his son, Robie, at a 2006 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl practice. (Sun Journal file photo) Dick Leavitt’s distinguished two-sport collegiate career is being recognized by Bowdoin […]
honor
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Scouts unveil grave markers for 1945 Auburn fire victims
LEWISTON — It took only a month for Auburn’s Cub Scout Pack 111 to raise money for a special project remembering the victims of a 1945 fire that killed one adult and 16 children. It took longer to make sure they had all the names right before they set them in stone. On Saturday, the […]
advertisement
Posted inRiver Valley
Dixfield Legion recognizes veteran for assistance with veterans organization
The Dixfield American Legion recognizes Silas Parlin, back middle, with a plaque on Sunday for his assistance with the 40 and 8 Society, an independent honor organization for U.S. male and female veterans. Also shown are Leland Merchant, front, Clinton Delano, back left, and Gene Bickford.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Honor Flight brings veterans to see their national memorials
Earl Morse wants every able World War II veteran in Maine to be able to see their Washington memorial, to touch its stone pillars and arches and feel the gratitude of the country. “That is priceless,” Morse, a retired Air Force captain, said. “That is irreplaceable.” He knows. For about nine years, the physician assistant […]
Posted insj-web
Boston honors fallen firefighters
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick says “my heart and my condolences” go out to the families and colleagues of two Boston firefighters killed at a fire in the Back Bay. Lt. Edward Walsh and Firefighter Michael Kennedy died Wednesday after becoming trapped in a burning apartment building. Patrick said the “terrible tragedy” is a […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Maine veteran honored at White House ceremony
SANFORD — Adam Cote of Sanford, a 15-year veteran of the U.S. Army and CEO of Thermal Energy Storage of Maine, was honored at the White House Tuesday as one of 12 Veterans Advancing Clean Energy and Climate Security. Cote, who is currently deployed as a company commander in Afghanistan with the Maine Army National […]