According to this paper, “Hope for the unhoused: Androscoggin County funds overnight warming shelter” (Jan. 19), our county commissioners unanimously approved $297,680 for a warming center at the Calvary Methodist Church in Lewiston for the next 13 weeks. This center will be available from midnight to 8 a.m., seven days a week, a total of […]
2023
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
UMaine Farmington gallery to display artist’s sculptural work
Exhibition runs from Jan. 26 through March 10.
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Posted inLetters, Opinion
Pamela Larouche: Send more specific development questions to Auburn planners
The Auburn Planning Board held a meeting Jan. 3 in which residents of East Auburn presented a petition against further development of their neighborhood. Other Auburn neighborhoods with other residents have submitted other petitions and concerns about Auburn’s radical zoning changes — all to no avail. The Planning Board suggested a survey of East Auburn […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Rich Lowry: No, you can’t believe ‘the science’
This faux science is not dispassionate but fired by a great moral certainty. It is not open to counter arguments and different interpretations but insists on only one answer to complicated or ambiguous questions. It is not rigorously neutral but aims to achieve cherished political goals.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Bob Neal: The Countryman: Biden: Two years and counting
Today is the 731st, or middle, day of Biden’s 1,431-day term, an apt day for assessment. The word that comes to mind is mixed.
Posted inNation / World
Officer who punched Black woman at McDonald’s put on leave
The incident stems from the lack of extra cheese on a Big Mac.
Posted inNation / World
Heroic actions kept Walmart shooter from doing more harm, police say
After shooting a woman in the face, a gunman is killed by officers.
Posted inLocal Sports, Sports
Junior hockey: Maine Nordiques outlast Maryland Black Bears in overtime
Patrick Schmiedlin scores the game-winner and Henrik Hallberg racks up four points for the Nordiques.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Local Sports, Maine colleges, Sports, Varsity Maine
Area roundup: Mt. Blue grinds down Gardiner in boys basketball
Also, Edward Little boys basketball falls short at Windham and the UMaine-Farmington basketball teams split a home doubleheader against conference rival Husson.