100 years ago: 1919 The men’s League of Service at the High Street M E church in Auburn held an important and largely attended meeting Wednesday evening. Speakers for the evening were Charles E. Westervelt of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce and Corp. H.R. Dean, 76th Division, recently released from service. George H. Bower presided. […]
February 2019
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Closing weekend for The Public Theatre's 'Human Error'
LEWISTON — The Public Theatre’s production of Eric Pfeffinger’s comedy “Human Error” closes this weekend. Remaining performances are 7:30 p.m. Friday; 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; and 2 p.m. Sunday. House opens 30 minutes before curtain. Concessions are on sale prior to the show. The Public Theatre is at 31 Maple St. For tickets or more […]
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New Year’s Auburn, White Shoes
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Regarding the Jan. 29 Sun Spots about the manufacture of “white shoes,” according to the history, “Auburn: 100 Years a City,” page 115, the white shoe companies were Cushman-Hollis Company and Dingley-Foss Shoe Company. They made white canvas shoes for warm weather. The book has a photo in the Cushman-Hollis factory about […]
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Live at The Cage this weekend
LEWISTON — The Cage, 97 Ash St., will have two live shows this weekend. Black Cat Road will begin performing at 8 p.m. Friday. Cover is $2. The band Revision will start playing at 8 p.m. Saturday. Cover is $5.
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President can win on border security
WASHINGTON — Having lost the government shutdown standoff, President Trump has also lost his leverage. But there is one way he can get it back. Democrats are standing firm in opposition to a border wall, but they have also been at pains to argue that they are not weak on border security. House Speaker Nancy […]
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America's Venezuelan policy options outlined
During a Jan. 27 White House press briefing addressing U.S. economic sanctions imposed on Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro’s regime, reporters noticed national security adviser John Bolton idly clasping at his side a notepad containing the handwritten phrase: “5,000 troops to Colombia.” Reuters reported it was “not clear if disclosure of the notes was intentional, and […]
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Government officials need to feel the pain, too
Next time, they should redistribute the pain. That’s an expression Martin Luther King used — he credited Jesse Jackson — in the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike as he urged boycotts and other forms of economic coercion in support of the strikers. Those men had been suffering alone, he said. Now, let the whole town […]
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The real costs of illegal aliens
This is in response to two letters in the Sun Journal (Jan. 24) concerning the border wall. I did some fact-checking on what illegal aliens cost U.S. taxpayers every year. According to the Bureau of Justice, 26 percent of all inmates in federal prisons are illegal aliens, costing $1.42 billion a year. According to Forbes, […]
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John Hasnip to play Pedro's Friday night
John Hasnip, a singer/songwriter from Yeovil, England, will perform from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday at Pedro O’Hara’s, 134 Main St., Lewiston. Hasnip is a top entertainer with a quick wit and a solid catalog of songs, great vocals and an expressive guitar style. No cover. For more information call 207-783-6200.
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Disgusted with government
I am disappointed in President Donald Trump. He held the country hostage with his demand for $5.7 billion for a wall that would show people from all the countries of the world that they are not welcome here anymore. He threatens to close down the government once more if funding for that wall is not […]