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Sabattus commemorates Memorial Day with parade

The Sabattus parade started at the post headquarters on Island Road, continuing to Main, Elm, Hemlock and Grove streets, before ending at the veterans monument where services were held. The Oak Hill Middle/High School Band and Oak Hill High School Voices of Color performed prior to the wreath-laying ceremony. (Will Fessenden/Sun Journal) Sheri Ridgeway of […]

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Bishop Deeley helps mark a solemn Memorial Day

Fernand Labbe, an Army veteran, and his wife Pauline, of Lewiston, say a prayer at the family headstone they just placed a bouquet of flowers on Monday morning at St. Peter’s Cemetery in Lewiston, a Memorial Day tradition. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Bishop Robert Deeley greets Diane Beaucage, right, and her mother Lorraine Masse, both of […]

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Oxford American Legion hosts Memorial Day ceremony

OXFORD — Remember the sacrifices. Scores of Oxford residents and friends ranging in age from 2 to their 90s gathered Monday at the Anderson Staples Post 112 American Legion on King Street for a 90-minute ceremony that underscored service, sacrifice, teamwork, community and history. The ceremony, hosted by master of ceremonies First Vice Joseph Casalinova, […]

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Hundreds attend New Gloucester parade and ceremony

NEW GLOUCESTER — Undaunted by gray skies and cool weather, hundreds Monday lined the Memorial Day parade route from Memorial School to the Veterans Monument at Route 100 for a solemn ceremony of remembrance. The parade brought Boy Scouts, politicians, political parties and political candidates together with a cheerleading group, pets, a tractor, a horse […]