Peggy Rotundo is a woman of integrity, wisdom and thoughtful consideration when speaking on issues that affect all people she represents. I am so pleased she is running for a Senate seat again. She fulfilled, with grace and dignity, the position she held in the Maine Senate. It is my hope she will be representing […]
2022
Posted inCommunity, Connections
Farmington Grange to host celebration of rural crafts June 18
WEST FARMINGTON — People can see Franklin County’s crafters at work from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 18, at the Farmington Grange on Bridge Street. More than 15 artisans plan to demonstrate their skills and selling their crafts. These will include a bee keeper, blacksmith, fly tie-er, wool felter, wood carver, chair caner, […]
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Health Care Golf Classic set for July 11 at Sugarloaf club
Franklin Memorial Hospital’s 34th annual Health Care Golf Classic is scheduled for Monday, July 11, at the Sugarloaf Golf Club, 5071 West Mountain Road in Carrabassett Valley. The beneficiaries are the Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County and the Martha B. Webber Breast Care Center. Both provide health services to people in need. The […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Poland Select Board: Vote yes on RSU 16’s Question 2
Every citizen should have the right to vote for the RSU 16 Budget at the polls. Every three years they see the following: Question 2. Do you wish to continue the budget validation referendum process in Regional School Unit Sixteen (16) for an additional three years? This year the RSU 16 board has advocated to […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Photo Album: Lewiston High School graduation
Hundreds gathered at Don Roux Field on Friday to celebrate the Lewiston High School Class of 2022 in a lively, heartfelt graduation ceremony.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Rich Lowry: The United States has an epidemic of gang shootings
It is difficult to tell exactly how many gun homicides in the country are gang-related (among other things, witnesses are reluctant to talk). But the Department of Justice’s National Gang Center, in what is almost certainly an undercount, reports that there were roughly 2,000 gang homicides annually from 2007-2012, accounting for about 13% of all homicides. In Chicago and Los Angeles, around half of all homicides were gang related.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
‘Many things to many people:’ Bridge dedicated to John T. Jenkins
A celebration of life service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Lewiston Armory for the beloved former mayor of both Lewiston and Auburn.
Posted inSports
NHL notebook: Lightning know dispatching resilient Rangers is no easy task
Tampa Bay is one win away from a third straight trip to the Stanley Cup Finals, but New York has shown the ability to prevail in must-win situations in the playoffs.
Posted inFranklin, Maine Crime
Police: New Vineyard murder suspect dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound
The Maine State Police sought 43-year-old Wilfred Daggett Jr. of New Vineyard in the death of his wife last year.