LEWISTON — New year, new mayor. For the first time since 2012, Lewiston will have a new face in the mayor’s office at City Hall. It will become official Tuesday, Jan. 2, when Shane Bouchard is sworn in alongside other elected officials during Lewiston’s inaugural ceremony. The event will kick off at 6:30 p.m. at […]
2017
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Kudos: Hope House volunteer leading the way
LEWISTON — Mkundo Mkonje heard about Hope House shortly after her family arrived in Lewiston in 2010. A few friends knew about it, she said, and one day she followed them there and “fell in love with the place.” A few years later, she’s supervising and spearheading much of its volunteer operation. Hope House, a […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Decision on Purdue's purchase of Kaplan University expected in February
LEWISTON — One final accreditation hurdle remains before Purdue University’s purchase of Kaplan University is complete. What that will mean for the future of Kaplan’s physical campus in Lewiston remains uncertain. “At this time, there have been no determinations made regarding the physical campuses,” Brian Zink, Purdue’s senior director of news and information, wrote in […]
Posted inFranklin, sj-web
The Free Store: changing people's lives
JAY — The Free Store is filling a community need. Twelve to 15 bags leave the store on the third floor of St. Rose of Lima Church’s Parish Hall, 1 Church St., each week. Some are grocery bags, others are large trash bags, organizer Julie Taylor said. “People take two or three bags. Some people come every […]
Posted inFranklin, sj-web
Western Maine Play Museum board hopes for 2018 opening
WILTON — The opening of the Western Maine Play Museum will likely stretch into the summer, Angela McLeod, board president, said. After raising $350,000 to attain a $150,000 matching grant from the Sandy River Charitable Trust in late May, the board had hoped to complete Phase I with the $500,000 and open the main house […]
Posted inBethel, sj-web
Team Hailey Hugs still inspired
BETHEL — In September, Team Hailey Hugs, the local nonprofit dedicated to helping families dealing with childhood cancer, lost its main source of inspiration, Hailey Steward, who passed away after an almost six-year battle with leukemia. However, Team Hailey Hugs and the people involved have not lost their motivation and drive to provide emotional and […]
Posted inNational Sports, sj-web
Patriots secure home-field with 26-6 win over Jets
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Bill Belichick made it a priority to get his team prepared for frigid weather leading up to the Patriots’ regular-season finale against the New York Jets. With home-field advantage throughout the playoffs following a 26-6 victory on Sunday, the AFC’s road to the Super Bowl will again run through New England. […]
Posted inLocal Sports, Oxford Hills, River Valley, sj-web
Wendall "Chummy" Broomhall, Maine skiing legend, dies
Wendall “Chummy” Broomhall, left, the oldest living member of the Chisholm Ski Club, talks as Scott Pitts listens at Black Mountain’s Winter Carnival in February 2017. Pitts asked Broomhall to autograph his newly purchased copy of “A Century on Skis” by Scott Andrews. (Sun Journal file photo) Maine — and the United States — have […]
Posted inThe Penobscot Times
Beware of scam calls
The winter is the time of year when scam calls seem to hit their peak. Here are some of the type calls, letters and emails folks need to be on the lookout for: IRS Imposter Scam: Fake IRS agents – usually with a heavy foreign accent – may try to scare you into thinking you […]
Posted inThe Penobscot Times
Nearly $450,000 awarded to Maine housing programs
U.S. Senators Susan Collins, the Chairman of the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, and Sen. Angus King announced last week that nine housing programs across the State of Maine have been awarded a total of $449,554 through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program. Among those awarded were […]