PHILLIPS — Benjamin Butterfield received Boy Scouts’ highest rank, that of Eagle Scout, on Veterans Day at the United Methodist Church in Strong. Benjamin has been in Scouts since the third grade. He entered as a Bear Scout and is a member of Troop 500 of Strong. For his Eagle Scout project, Benjamin chose to clean […]
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Virginia "Ginny" Cole
SOUTH PARIS — Graveside services for Virginia “Ginny” Cole, of South Paris and formerly of Bethel for many years, were conducted 11 a.m. Saturday, June 23, at the Riverside Cemetery, South Paris, with the Rev. Donald Mayberry officiating. Arrangements were under the care of the Meader & Son Funeral Home, Cremation and Monument Services, 3 Franklin […]
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Honoring our veterans
Jim Handy of Lewiston looks closely at a gravestone at Riverside Cemetery in Lewiston Saturday morning as he checks to see if the person buried there was a veteran. Volunteers placed flags in front of the gravestones of veterans Saturday morning in cemeteries throughout the state in preparation for the upcoming Memorial Day Celebration on […]
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American flags placed at veterans’ graves in Farmington
FARMINGTON — The weather cooperated Saturday as volunteers placed American flags at the graves of veterans buried in Fairview and Riverside cemeteries. Peter Tracey, Roderick-Crosby American Legion Post 28 adjutant, has been in charge of the annual flag placements for the past five years. Nine hundred twenty flags were purchased this year by the town […]
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Fire destroys cemetery shed, lawnmower
DIXFIELD — A weekend fire that destroyed a shed and lawn mower at Riverside Cemetery on Canton Point Road remains under investigation, Dixfield fire Chief Scott Dennett said Wednesday. Dennett said that around 2 p.m. Sunday a resident reported a shed was on fire at the cemetery. “We were lucky that the grass was wet, […]
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Thieves swipe flag from Riverside Cemetery in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Riverside Cemetery can’t get a break. In the summer of 2010, a trio of vandals swept through the grounds, toppling nearly 200 headstones and causing damage in the tens of thousands of dollars. This week, thieves crept into the cemetery in the wee hours and made off with the iconic U.S. flag that […]