100 Years Ago: 1921 Cosmos Guild will hold its annual outing tomorrow afternoon at Lake Grove. All members are being urged to attend. They will take the 3 o’clock Lake Grove car from the head of the street. 50 Years Ago: 1971 The city’s municipal beach at East Auburn was open over the weekend but […]
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Black jacket with important pocket contents found
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I found a jacket on Center Street in Auburn on the roadside by Kentucky Fried Chicken. This is a black jacket with a hood. It’s a large size and has an Avalanche label. In one of the pockets there is some jewelry. Is there anyone out there who can help return this […]
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Plymouth State names local dean’s list students
PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Three local students have been named to the 2021 spring semester dean’s list at Plymouth State University: Concetta Stewart of Otisfield, Drake Goupil of Greene and Devin Tobin of Topsham. To be named to the dean’s list, a student must achieve a grade point average between 3.5 and 3.69 during the 2021 spring semester […]
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United Ways partner to offer ‘Week of Action’
United Way of the Tri-Valley Area in Farmington is collaborating with the other eight United Ways of Maine to offer a Week of Action from June 21 to 25. This will be a statewide effort to get the community involved and helping. United Way of the Tri-Valley Area has several local in-person opportunities, as well […]
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Bethel student makes Minnesota college dean’s list
DULUTH, Minn. — Ethan Livingood of Bethel was named to the 2021 spring dean’s list at The College of St. Scholastica. Dean’s list members have achieved a 3.75 grade point average or above on a 4.0 scale.
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Local students make Plymouth State president’s list
PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Several local students have been named to the 2020 spring semester president’s list at Plymouth State University. They include Jaylin Cloutier of Lewiston, Emily Edwards of Gray, Emily Wallace of Harrison, Acacia Fournier of Jay, Kyle Mason of Hiram, Anna Dodge of Litchfield, Ellery Hunt of Bridgton and Julianna Labul of Farmington. […]
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Stalking focus of Maine’s law enforcement community training
University of Maine at Augusta’s Campus Alliance Project recently collaborated with the Maine Chiefs of Police Association for program.
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How the gas tax could help pay for a $1 trillion infrastructure proposal
A bipartisan group, composed of moderate Republicans and Democrats, is assembling a package to fund roads, bridges, pipes and Internet connections, people familiar with their negotiations told The Washington Post.
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How artists are capturing our return to ‘normal’
Emily Flake, a Brooklyn-based cartoonist, is a keen observer of quirky little social behaviors — including how we are adapting. She recalls an art event she was at this month. “A friend breathed right into my drink and I drank it anyway,” she says.
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As the pandemic retreats, we’re left wondering what we lived through
Here’s the stuff I stopped caring about during COVID : My children’s grades, the condition of my house, any form of clothing, games of chance, the future of culture. It was as though somebody had stepped on the damper pedal of the world.