RUMFORD — Tabaitha Steward hasn’t stopped working to raise everyone’s awareness of childhood cancer even though her 10-year-old daughter Hailey succumbed to leukemia on Sept. 23 last year. If anything, she and her Team Hailey Hugs organization are doing even more to raise money to help families in need from Maine and throughout the U.S. […]
2018
Posted inConnections, Lewiston-Auburn
Court Street Baptist Church to offer vacation Bible school
AUBURN — The Board of Christian Education has announced that a vacation Bible school will be held at Court Street Baptist Church, 129 Court St., Monday through Friday, Aug. 6 to 10. Children will meet in the vestry from 9 to 11:30 a.m. each day. The Olympic theme is “Running for the Prize,” which centers […]
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Posted inEncore, sj-web
Louis Philippe to play Poland Spring gazebo
POLAND — The Poland Spring Preservation Society will be hosting Louis Philippe at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 30. Louis Philippe is a versatile entertainer with more than four decades of music business experience. Phillippe has recorded eight albums and many singles in his recording career and produced more than 60 products released by Reindeer Records. […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Reason to halt Medicaid
Welcome to Maine, the land of equal opportunity. This state will not discriminate; everybody gets a fair chance for a better future. Easier said than done. Pregnant women, drug addicts and those who are allergic to work (to name a few) have chosen to make a career for themselves here. You know, in baseball, after […]
Posted inDr. Roach, sj-web
OTC pain relievers
DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband suffers from systemic pain, sometimes it is worse than others. He has osteoarthritis in his lower back. He has been resistant to taking over-the-counter pain medication because he thinks it upsets his intestinal tract. He has been taking two glucosamine tablets each morning for quite a while, but doesn’t think […]
Posted inDear Abby, sj-web
Photo of naked stepsister
DEAR ABBY: I don’t like my stepsister, and when she stays with us, I’m forced to share a room with her. The last time she was here I got so mad at her I pretended to send a text message on my cell and secretly took a picture of her as she got out of […]
Posted inConnections, Livermore Falls Advertiser
Jay veterans holding flag retirement ceremony
JAY — The Frank L. Mitchell VFW Post 3335, AMVETS Lane Dube Post 33 and American Legion Post 10, and their auxiliaries will hold a short public Flag Retirement Ceremony at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 28, at the VFW Post, 64 Jewell St. The public is welcome. Area residents, businesses and organizations who have soiled […]
Posted inEncore, sj-web
Looking Back on July 25
100 Years Ago: 1918 Maj. James Moriarty of Lewiston will be elected colonel of the new 3rd Maine Regiment, National Guard at the meeting of the commissioned officers at Augusta, Thursday evening. It was learned here Wednesday that several persons who have announced themselves for office in the new regiment are ineligible to serve. Section […]
Posted inConnections, Rumford Falls Times, The Bethel Citizen
Andover planning 38th annual Old Home Days in August
ANDOVER — The 38th annual Andover Olde Home Days is set for Aug. 3 to 5, with music, a parade, horse and buggy rides, antique car show and a barrel train for children. Friday night kicks off with an art show on the Town Common at 5 p.m. T-shirts and buttons with this year’s theme, […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Land-use changes going to Poland voters
POLAND — The Planning Board made no recommendation Tuesday night on whether to change the square-footage regulation for units in the multifamily dwellings section of the Comprehensive Land Use Code. The change in the ordinance, which will go to voters at a special town meeting Thursday, Sept. 13, removes elderly housing from the requirement that […]