Lewiston is taking on crushing poverty, and other Maine communities should take notice.
July 2019
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Stephen Sokol: A case of criminal neglect
During the past few weeks, I have been seeing pictures of U.S. migrant detention camps, and I felt that I had been transported years back to when I was working with refugees and displaced persons in Africa. The conditions look the same, but our camps there were staffed by caring humanitarians from all over the […]
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Posted inConnections
Community meals
OTISFIELD — An American style summer family barbecue will be held Saturday, July 6, at the East Otisfield Free Baptist Church, 231 Rayville Road, a mile off Route 121. There will be two seatings: 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. The menu will include hamburgers, hot dogs, baked beans, corn on the cob, macaroni salad, watermelon, ice […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Happy Fourth of July! Here’s where to find fireworks tonight
There are plenty of fireworks displays to cap off Thursday’s Independence Day celebrations. Here are the listings for local fireworks displays: • Auburn-Lewiston: Great Falls Plaza and Veterans Memorial Park, 9:30 p.m. Rain date July 5. • Carrabassett Valley: 1221 Carrabassett Valley Drive, adjacent to the runway, 9:15 p.m. Rain date July 5. • Casco: […]
Posted inConnections
ERD has announced the July arts and crafts workshop schedule
Many sample projects have been constructed, and a great variety of inexpensive scrap materials available.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
VIDEO: Bates Dance Festival kicks off with a weekend of hip-hop
Hip-hop weekend will begin the series of mainstage performances, and features The Reminders and MaMa2 with DJ Man-O-Wax on July 12 and 14.
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Nancy Jane Cote
LEWISTON – Nancy Jane Cote, 86 a longtime resident of Auburn, passed away peacefully Sunday June 30, 2019 at the Woodlands …
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Joel Griffeth Hardman Ph.D.
HOOKSICK FALLS, N.Y. – Joel Griffeth Hardman, Ph.D., an internationally recognized scientist and educator died June 30, 2019 in Hoosick Falls, …
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Obituary: Rudolphe Albert Dumais
LEWISTON – Rudolphe Albert Dumais, 91, died on June 30, 2019, at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn.
He was born on …
Posted inEncore
Bates Dance Festival to kick off concert series with a weekend of hip-hop
Hip-hop weekend will begin the series of mainstage performances, and features The Reminders and MaMa2 with DJ Man-O-Wax on July 12 and 14.