1934 – 2015 LEWISTON — Clarence R. “Reggie” Rawls of 9 Stevens St. died Sunday, Aug. 2, at age 81, at his home with his family by his side, one day shy of his 58th wedding anniversary. Born in Aulander, N.C., May 9, 1934, a son of the late Clarence and Ida Rawls, he was […]
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Ronda M. Ballard
1970 – 2015 PORTLAND — Ronda Mary Ballard, 45, of Mechanic Falls, died Saturday, July 4, at Maine Medical Center of an aneurysm. As she left this world, she gave her kidneys to two recipients as a gift of life, allowing them to be taken off dialysis. She was born on April 21, 1970, in […]
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Agnes Spaulding
1919 – 2015 FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C. — Agnes Spaulding, 96, formerly of Maine, passed away Thursday, May 21, in Fuquay-Varina, N.C., where she resided for the past 15 years. She was born in Lewiston on Jan. 17, 1919, the daughter of Paul and Eva Couture. She attended schools in Lewiston and later worked for Bates College […]
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Scott E. Provencher
1967 – 2015 PINEHURST, N.C. — Scott E. Provencher, 47, of West End, N.C., formerly of Lewiston, passed away Thursday, May 7, after a long and courageous battle with brain cancer. He passed away at the First Health Hospice House in Pinehurst, N.C., with his family by his side. Scott was born in Lewiston on […]
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Carol Bean Tate
1955 – 2015 LAURINBURG, N.C. — Carol Bean Tate, 59, finished her course in faith on Monday, May 4. Carol was born Sept. 10, 1955, in Waltham, Mass., a daughter of the late Faye Dorothea Harriman Bean. She grew up in South Paris. As a teaching assistant at Fort Bragg, N.C., in 1977, she met […]
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Maya Angelou, celebrated poet and author, dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Maya Angelou’s story awed millions. A childhood victim of rape, she broke through silence and shame to tell her tale in one of the most widely read memoirs of the 20th century. A black woman born into poverty and segregation, she recited the most popular presidential inaugural poem in history. “I’m […]
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German shepherd makes trip from Maine to NC to reunite with family
BRUNSWICK — After a six-month odyssey that led him from Florida to Maine, a cuddly German shepherd will be reunited with his original owners Saturday, thanks to the Coastal Humane Society. Nine-year-old Chisum was surrendered to the Flagler Humane Society in Flagler County, Fla., in April, after his owners, Kathy and Nelson Walden, relocated to […]