GRAY — Trained volunteers from the Maine Old Cemetery Association will lead an all-day cleaning workshop on Saturday, June 16, at the Gray Village Cemetery, 12 West Gray Road. The workshop is being sponsored by the Gray Cemetery Association and is open to the public. However, registration is required due to limited space. To attend […]
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Sylvia P. Fitts
1932 – 2015 LISBON — Sylvia P. Fitts, 83, a resident of Monmouth, died Thursday, Nov. 19, at Lamp Memory Care Center in Lisbon, where she had resided for the past three years. She was born Jan. 5, 1932, in Orlando, Fla., the daughter of Harry E. and Dorothy (Richards) Percival, Sr. She attended Lincoln […]
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Maintenance tough as cemeteries age
LEWISTON — Ray Cloutier knows it was a tough winter — even for the dead. But he was appalled at the state of historic stones along Mount Hope Cemetery’s outer edge. “I don’t care if the person died 150 years ago; somebody is supposed to maintain his grave,” Cloutier said. The newer portion of the […]