The Auburn-Lewiston YMCA 3rd/4th Grade Girls Travel Team improved to 3-0 with a 39-15 victory over AYS. Piper Croteau and Hope Fontaine led the scoring with seven points each while Abby Giroux added six points. Jenna Shea and Leigha Pelkey both had five points. Chloe LaPrell added three points. Leah Shannon, Alexis Creaser and Elizabeth […]
January 2019
Posted inEncore, sj-web
Looking Back on Jan. 8
100 years ago: 1919 (This item shows a vast difference in the 26th president’s funeral and the more recent 41st president’s funeral.) The body of Theodore Roosevelt was laid to rest today in a family cemetery plot witnessed by members of the family and a Congregational delegation and a group of two hundred neighbors, among […]
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CLT's 'Lend Me A Tenor' opens Jan. 11
AUBURN — There will be laughs aplenty at the L/A Community Little Theatre (CLT) when “Lend Me A Tenor” opens Friday, Jan. 11. Twenty-five years after it last produced this show, CLT is proud to bring back this Ken Ludwig tour de force under the direction of Mitchell Clyde Thomas. “I chose ‘Lend Me a Tenor’ […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Connections, Lewiston-Auburn, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Rumford Falls Times, The Bethel Citizen, The Franklin Journal
MBVS announces Maine Women Veterans Memorial challenge
AUGUSTA — The Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services is partnering with Joy Asuncion, Maine’s Ambassador for the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation (Women’s Memorial) for the first Maine Women Veterans Memorial Challenge. The challenge is a statewide, community-led drive to register all eligible women veterans from the state of Maine, past and present, […]
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
The irrational allergy to the wall
It’s a wonder that Democrats haven’t staked out a negotiating position demanding the destruction of already-existing barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border. Their opposition to President Donald Trump’s border wall (or, more properly, his so-called wall) is now so total as to be nearly indistinguishable from opposition to any serious infrastructure at the border at all. […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Connections, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Rumford Falls Times, sj-web, The Bethel Citizen, The Franklin Journal
Maine corn growers stand out in national contest
WALDO — Maine corn grain growers saw their highest yields in the 2018 National Corn Growers Association yield contest, according to University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor Rick Kersbergen, who supervises the contest with UMaine Extension associate professor Caragh Fitzgerald. “2018 proved to be an exceptional year for corn growers,” Kersbergen says. “With a long, warm […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Connections, sj-web, The Bethel Citizen, The Franklin Journal
Briefly: Region
Grange to host contradance FARMINGTON — There will be a contradance at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at the Farmington Grange, 124 Bridge St. John McIntire will be the caller, Dromore Bay will provide live music. Cost is $6 per person, $5 for students and $15 for families. No partners necessary; beginners welcome. For more information, […]
Posted inConnections, Lewiston-Auburn
Briefly: City
Winter clothing wanted AUBURN — The United Methodist Church, 439 Park St., is collecting warm winter clothing for needy families in the community. Jackets, coats, boots, sturdy shoes, hats, mittens and gloves for all ages and warm blankets are needed. All donations must be clean and in good condition. Drop off donations at the church […]
Posted insj-web, Sun Spots
Email address correction; updating video technology
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Regarding the Jan. 1 Sun Spots about John Murphy Homes accepting trophies to reuse, I tried emailing them at the address you listed to inquire about plaques and the email came back as undeliverable. You may want to verify their email address. — No name, no town ANSWER: What would I do without […]
Posted inDear Abby, sj-web
Teen surprised to discover she is attracted to women
DEAR ABBY: I am a 19-year-old college student (female) who needs advice regarding something I’m trying to figure out. An ex-boyfriend I’m good friends with recently introduced me to his new girlfriend, and I took a more-than-friendly liking to her at first meeting. My feelings about her confused me at first. Then I began thinking […]