FARMINGTON — The Farmington Historical Society will continue the Summer Auction Series at 6 p.m. Thursday June 12, at 118 High St. The preview will begin at 5 p.m. The auction series began in the summer of 2013 with three monthly auctions. The success of the auctions prompted the society to continue the series and […]
June 2014
Posted inEncore
Looking Back on June 5
100 years ago, 1914“Lewiston and Auburn must be booming,” said a former resident to a Lewiston Journal reporter. “I rode down Lisbon street, up Main street and back over the bridge into Auburn and thru the principal business streets and I didn’t see a sign ‘To Let’ in any of the store windows. 50 years […]
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Posted inMark LaFlamme
Street Talk: The Magic Man inspires debate, disagreement
A controversy brews in Lewiston. And in Auburn and Portland and on every street that snakes between them, because that is where you find the famed peripatetic we call Magic Man. He wanders at all hours and in all places, carrying his bags of bottles and cans and wearing the iconic doo rag upon his […]
Posted inDear Abby
Husband’s betrayal puts his wife’s health at risk
DEAR ABBY: I just found out my husband was arrested for being with a hooker. My in-laws (whom I love and adore) bailed him out of jail. No one said a word about it to me. I don’t know how to confront all of them with the fact that I know about this “dirty little […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Connections
Freemasons bring ‘Bikes for Books’ to RSU 16’s Elm Street School
MECHANIC FALLS — Maine Freemasons sponsor the “Bikes for Books” program to encourage students to read. This year some 90 Masonic Lodges throughout Maine presented nearly 1,000 bicycles to children participating in reading programs in local schools and public libraries. It’s essential to establish a love for reading early in life. Toward that end, Elm […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Connections
Sudduth named as American Camp Association, New England’s board president
LEXINGTON, Mass. — The American Camp Association, New England has announced the election of Steve Sudduth as the organization’s board president at its recent annual conference. Sudduth has been involved with ACA New England since 1999 and has advised ACA New England and the national American Camp Association on legislative matters since 2008. He is […]
Posted inConnections
Panel discusses new collaboration in cancer research
PORTLAND — The Maine Center for Creativity (MCC) hosted representatives of the recently announced Maine Creative Industries Award recipients Monday to discuss the importance of creativity and its role in Maine’s economy. Edison T. Liu, MD, president and CEO of the Jackson Laboratory, and Wendy Tardif, executive director of the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer […]