Edward Little student Barrak Abdraba puts emotion and motion into his reading of “A Message,” his poem read at Wednesday’s 4th Annual ELHS Slam Poetry Celebration in the library at the Auburn school. He and others read their works written in a program sponsored by L/A Arts and Global Writes. AUBURN — Four Edward Little […]
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Top Gun business shootout: Entrepreneurs pitch their ideas
Dianna Pozdniakov pitches her idea of a direct-to-consumer luxury stand-up handbag to the Top Gun L-A 2017 judges Wednesday night at the Ramada Inn & Conference Center in Lewiston. Pozdniakov plans for the bag to be manufactured in Lewiston-Auburn. Jared Pinkham pitches his idea of a remote indoor gardening controller and monitoring system geared toward […]
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Retired four-star general from Lewiston to give Memorial Day address
Retired four-star Gen. William Begert has given Memorial Day speeches around the world, but the one he is scheduled to give Saturday in Lewiston will be a little more personal. It will be his first Memorial Day address in the city where he was born and raised. “It’s different when you’re doing it in your […]
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After CBO report, Susan Collins sees new hope for her health care bill
The health care bill pushed through recently by the U.S. House suffered a potentially crippling blow Wednesday when the Congressional Budget Office declared it would cause 23 million Americans to lose insurance coverage during the next decade. It said in particular the plan would become too costly for many people, particularly older, sicker Americans who […]
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Rumford Water District is in ‘sound financial position’
RUMFORD — The Rumford Water District is in a “sound financial position,” its auditor told those at a district trustees’ meeting Wednesday night. Ronald H. R. Smith of RHR Smith & Co. of Buxton, certified public accountants, was asked to attend the meeting because of questions raised by the citizens group Protect Rumford Water Alliance about […]
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Franklin County panel cuts $18,750 from proposed $6.2 million budget
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Budget Advisory Committee on Wednesday upheld commissioners’ decision to cut $148,130 in social service agency requests, and reduced a proposed $6.2 million budget by $18,750. Several county residents stood silently in the back of the courtroom holding placards supporting funding the programs. Commissioners reduced the requests from $209,330 to $61,200. […]
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Junior Maine Guide program helping students, educators say
DIXFIELD — Educators from the Pennacook Learning Center in Rumford told Regional School Unit 10 directors Monday night that the Junior Maine Guide program is helping students become successful. “The goals of the Junior Maine Guide program are to address high-risk youth, to increase aspirations, to improve their grades, their behavior in school, and their […]
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Bikes for Books at Auburn elementary school
Olivia Sawyer, a 7-year-old second-grader, center, smiles after her name was drawn to win a new bicycle during Bikes for Books at Sherwood Heights Elementary School in Auburn on Wednesday. One boy and one girl from each grade won a bike, based on the amount of reading they did. Mason James Thibodeau of the Rabboni Masonic […]
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Softball: Edward Little powers past Mt. Ararat
Edward Little’s Anna LeBlanc is greeted at home by her teammates after hitting a fourth-inning home run in the Red Eddies’ 6-1 KVAC win over Mt. Ararat in Topsham on Wednesday. TOPSHAM — As the end of the high school softball season nears, teams are jockeying for position, looking to get hot at the right […]
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For Benson, return to Edward Little is about giving back
Oxford Hills AD Jeff Benson looks out at the rain coming down while on the phone lining up umpires at Gouin Complex last week after cancelling a pair of games PARIS — Jeff Benson is going back to Edward Little High School because he has never forgotten what it gave to him in his time […]