LIVERMORE — Norlands Living History Center is accepting applications for the 2021 Gammon History Education Scholarship Awards. The year-two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to qualifying high school seniors or students with equivalent education credentials. To be eligible, students must be from Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford or Kennebec counties and have plans to enroll in post-secondary […]
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Posted inLetters, Opinion
Tobie Akerley Gordon: Maine needs to open its primaries
I write today in support of LD 231, “An Act to Establish Open Primaries.” Like so many Mainers, I consider myself an independent thinker. That is why I have chosen to remain a registered independent all these years. I have voted for independents, Democrats, and Republicans throughout the years. I believe that being an unenrolled […]
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Posted inLetters, Opinion
Larry Gilbert Sr.: Delahanty brothers ‘a couple of great guys’
I feel a great sense of loss as a result of the recent deaths of two brothers, John and Tom Delahanty. I got to know John in the halls of the State House in Augusta, where I would often see him there as a lawyer and lobbyist. They both had that Delahanty look of their […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Cal Thomas: Another mass shooting
We live in a violent culture that does not honor the sacredness of human life. From abortion to shootings in the streets of our major cities, life has become cheap and easily disposable.
Posted inSports, Track & Field, Varsity Maine
Photo Album: Edward Little and Leavitt get back on track
After losing last spring to the coronavirus pandemic, seniors across the state are excited to get to competing.
Posted inSun Spots
River watershed council offers opportunities for volunteer monitors
DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Androscoggin River Watershed Council is seeking volunteers to do water quality monitoring on the Androscoggin River this summer. The sampling is operated as part of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s Voluntary River Monitoring Program. The process is quite simple. Instruments are calibrated in the field, a probe from the instrument […]
Posted inSports
NFL notebook: NFL eliminates preseason OTs, defeats onside kick proposal
The owners also approve expanding selection of jersey numbers for receivers, running backs and defensive backs.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Poland officials say COVID-19 will cause large tax hike unless state boosts education funding
Leaders say the pandemic caused student enrollment to drop, which will cut state education funding to the district by almost a half-million dollars.