1926 – 2015 AUBURN — Marguerite Grace Powers, 89, of Clover Manor, 440 Minot Ave., Auburn, died peacefully Wednesday, Aug. 26, having suffered from dementia. She was born June 26, 1926, in Lewiston, to George Edward and Mildred Grace (nee Soule) Sullivan. Sulli grew up in Lewiston, attending St. Joseph’s School and graduating from Lewiston […]
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Chesley ‘Chet’ W. Fournier
1927 – 2015 LEWISTON — Chesley “Chet” W. Fournier, 88, a resident of Auburn, passed away peacefully Sunday, July 26, at St. Mary’s d’Youville Pavilion, following a brief illness. He was born in Lewiston, March 23, 1927, the son of William and Dollena (White) Fournier. He was educated at Frye and Jordan schools and graduated […]
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Delores R. Blanchard
1917 – 2015 AUBURN — Delores R. Blanchard, 97, a resident of Turner Road in Auburn, passed away peacefully early Thursday morning, July 2, at her home with her loving family by her side. She was born in Auburn on Dec. 2, 1917, the daughter of John and Nellie (Josephson) Mason and her adoptive parents, […]
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River views: Grandness of the Strand awed audiences
“A bit of Broadway dropped onto Main Street, Lewiston,” said a lady as she stepped from a taxi at the entrance of the New Lewiston Theatre, Thursday night. That’s how hundreds of L-A residents celebrated New Year’s Eve a century ago. It was opening night at an opulent addition to the abundant entertainment venues of […]
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Remembering Christmas at ‘The Great Department Store’
In past years, I have written about the Christmas hustle and bustle on Lisbon Street in Lewiston, and the excitement of visits to Santa at Toyland in Peck’s department store. Today there’s a couple of generations who never saw that local hub of holiday cheer, and even the oldest of us were not around for […]