2021 – Page 1993 – Lewiston Sun Journal

Center offers virtual career, higher education sessions

April 26, 2021April 20, 2021

ORONO — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will host free individualized sessions for adults 19 and older looking for a new career or returning to higher education. The virtual sessions will be held at the following dates and times: • Monday, May 17 at 9 and 10 a.m.; • Tuesday, May 18 at 9 and […]

Community, Connections

Booklets cover 19th century advances in food production

April 26, 2021April 20, 2021

WISCASSET — The Lincoln County Historical Association works with local schools, including home schools, to advance the historical heritage of Lincoln County and Maine. As part of that effort, the organization’s education director has developed two booklets that provide educators and their students with an overview of historical data in an interdisciplinary manner: “Settlement during […]

Community, Connections

Prostate cancer nonprofit offers free support, call-in training

April 26, 2021April 19, 2021

The statewide nonprofit the Maine Coalition to Fight Prostate Cancer (mcfpc.org) offers men and women the opportunity to reach out to others through its “One2One Confidential” outreach call-in program. Thirteen men and women have been trained and stand ready to respond via phone, according to a news release by Sandy Jaeger, a member of the […]

Op-Eds, Opinion

Activism is the key to getting vaccines to the world

by Paul Adler April 26, 2021April 23, 2021

A major reason for the delay in rolling out vaccinations is that rules protecting intellectual property are slowing production. Vaccines such as those for the coronavirus typically require around 200 individual components, most of which are patented by various corporations.

Op-Eds, Opinion

In Israel, we happily gave up privacy to get our pre-COVID lives back

by Orly Halpern April 26, 2021April 23, 2021

The Green Pass has allowed us to travel, though most of us are cautiously limiting ourselves to domestic trips for now. My best friend, for example, just flew to Eilat for a beach trip. Without it, she would’ve had to take a five-hour bus ride with windows open. Over Passover, my friends and I barely managed to snag an Airbnb to stay in the Galilee; it seemed like every vacation rental in the country was booked.