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We should be proud of our past, our present, and our future. Shining a light on our Franco-American culture should continue being a priority, with the name of the Franco-American Heritage Center, and within our broader community.

Read Article Dr. Bernard Lown walks on the bridge renamed in his honor, in 2008 in Lewiston. Lown was a Massachusetts cardiologist who invented the first reliable heart defibrillator and later co-founded an anti-nuclear war group that was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. He died Tuesday. Jose Leiva/The Lewiston Sun-Journal via Associated Press Dr. Bernard Lown will be remembered as a humanitarian, for his work on the invention of the defibrillator and his activism for world peace. To the people ...