PORTLAND — Philip B. Pasquale, of Bedford, Mass., formerly of Watertown, Mass., and Lewiston, passed away on Thursday, March 1. One of three triplets, she was born Nov. 29, 1925. They were the first set of triplets born in the state of Maine. From the day the triplets were born in Lewiston, they were inseparable, swimming, […]
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Lewis Stanislaus Murphy
AUBURN — Lewis Stanislaus Murphy, 91, died early Wednesday morning, Feb. 21, at Clover Manor in Auburn, after a brief illness. Lewis was born on Jan. 14, 1927, in Waldorf, Md., the son of Louis M. and Lucy Langley Murphy. He left school after the 10th grade to make his way in the world, joining the […]
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Pauline E. Stepp
POLAND SPRING — Pauline Elaine (Polly) Stepp, 93, of 151 Watson Road, Poland Spring, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Jan. 5. She was born April 18, 1924, in Augusta, to Minnie Curtis (Benner) and Alfred Clifton Eastman Jr. Polly met and married her husband, Willis (“Red”) Stepp, when Red was serving in the […]
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U.S. Navy plane with 11 aboard crashes into Pacific; eight rescued
In this March 14, 2017, file photo, a U.S. Navy C-2 Greyhound approaches the deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during the annual joint military exercise called Foal Eagle between South Korea and the United States at an unidentified location in the international waters, east of the Korean Peninsula. A similar type […]
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Roger A. Thomas
LEWISTON — On Nov. 8 Roger was welcomed into Heaven by his loving wife, Margie (Hiroko), and several other family members who were already there waiting for him. Roger quietly passed with his loving sister, Nancy, by his side. Born on March 23, 1935, to Alfred and Corinna Thomas, he was the eldest of six children. […]
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Maurice L. Albert
AUBURN — Maurice L. Albert, 83, of Woodlands Memory Care of Lewiston, formerly from Lakeshore Drive, Leeds, and Bradenton, Fla., died Tuesday, Oct. 24, at the Hospice House in Auburn. Born in Lewiston on Oct. 31, 1933, he was the son of Isidore and Rose Demers Albert. He was educated in local schools and he was […]
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Rosaire G. Gauthier
AUGUSTA — Rosaire G. Gauthier, born on Jan. 7, 1930, passed away peacefully on Friday, Oct. 6, after a long illness. He was born in Canada to the Late Alfred and Felixiene (Pacquet) Gauthier. He was a cook for the lumberman at the age of 14. He later joined the Army and served in the […]
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Sailors rap and teach at Camp Sunshine
CASCO — Can sailors rap? At Camp Sunshine on Wednesday, the Navy Band Northeast proved indeed they can. While dozens of children and their families watched with wide smiles and dancing bodies, not only was there fun, but learning, too. This week is the 204th Navy Week since 2005, and the Navy Office of Community […]
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Navy dismisses 7th Fleet commander after warship accidents
TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. Navy dismissed the commander of the Asia-based 7th Fleet on Wednesday after a series of warship accidents raised questions about its operations in the Pacific. A two-sentence statement said Adm. Scott Swift, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, had relieved Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin “due to a loss of confidence […]
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Arlene M. LaChapelle
HOWLAND — Arlene M. LaChapelle, 101, passed away August 17 at Cummings Healthcare in Howland. She was born June 11, 1916 in Lewiston, the daughter of Fred and Bertha Heman LaChapelle. She was educated in the Lewiston school system and graduated from LHS in 1934. Arlene served in the Navy (WAVES) from 1943 to 1946 and […]