DEAR SUN SPOTS: Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice, a nonprofit organization, is looking for volunteers to support those facing the end of life. Volunteers provide companionship to patients and respite to family members. Volunteers are needed for patients in the home setting, nursing facilities, and in the Hospice House on Stetson Road in Auburn. Along […]
January 2019
Posted inHoroscope, sj-web
Capricorn: Be precise as you move forward
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Graham Elliot, 42; Dave Foley, 56; Michael Stipe, 59; Patty Loveless, 62. Happy Birthday: Don’t hide your true feelings. If you don’t address what’s wrong, you’ll keep spinning your wheels, accomplishing little. Turn this into a year to revise what isn’t working for you and building a strong base that […]
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Posted inEncore, sj-web
Looking Back on Jan. 4
100 years ago: 1919 The Wallace H. White Jr. Club of Lewiston will hold its first meeting of the municipal campaign in Republican headquarters Tuesday. George S. McCarty, whose fame as a speaker is not slight will be the principal speaker, Robert J. Hogdson will preside. Politics is getting ready to stir In Lewiston. While it […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Kennedy Park pool is important
In a Sun Journal article (Dec. 19) about a recent Lewiston City Council meeting, the author paraphrased Mayor Shane Bouchard on the topic of the Kennedy Park swimming pool: “Mayor Shane Bouchard, head of the Public Works Committee, said he would just as soon fill in the pool.” If that is truly the mayor’s position, […]
Posted inConnections, sj-web
Briefly: City
Stanton holds 39th Christmas bird count LEWISTON — The Stanton Bird Club conducted its 39th Christmas Bird Count of the Lewiston-Auburn area on Saturday, Dec. 29. In total, 17 people participated and recorded 42 species; the average since 2000 is 48. There was 1 inch of snow on the ground and most open water was […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Norway board recognizes first responders who served in military
NORWAY — Police Chief Rob Federico and Fire Chief Dennis Yates presented certificates of special recognition at Thursday evening’s Board of Selectmen meeting to several officers with the police and fire departments who have served in the military. Federico said that the certificates, which were given to the departments by Sen. Angus King, included a […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Middle school awards for citizenship, academic achievement mixed with fun
Mountain Valley Middle School seventh-grade student Tia Gray works on her team’s snowman during the school’s Renaissance Program awards ceremony. About 30 students received awards for scholastic citizenship, academic achievement or school attendance during the ceremony. Snowman building and snowball pastry-eating competitions were also included in the festivities. (Rumford Falls Times photo by Marianne Hutchinson) […]
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
Bliss Thru Shopping: Paradise on a plate, Maine-style
Full disclosure: Bag Lady and Shopping Siren have no idea what past governors have served at their inaugural celebrations. Could have been lobster, could have been burgers, could have been lightly toasted floor mats with blueberry zest. When we read that Janet Mills’ spread tonight includes a mashed potato bar and a sausage station with […]
Posted inEncore, sj-web
Black Cat Road to play at The Cage
LEWISTON — The rock band Black Cat Road will play at 8 p.m. Friday at The Cage, 97 Ash St. There is no cover. For more information, call 207-783-0688.
Posted inConnections, sj-web
LPL to screen and discuss movie 'Documented'
LEWISTON — When his grandparents brought him to the United States from the Philippines as a child, Jose Antonio Vargas didn’t realize his life was supposed to be a quiet one, lived under the radar. But after becoming a successful journalist, Vargas took the unusual and risky step of revealing his undocumented status in an essay […]