In response to shootings Wednesday night in Lewiston and shelter-in-place orders, many businesses and offices are closed Thursday including the following: • Maine state courts and facilities in Lewiston and Auburn are closed, including Lewiston District Court, Auburn Superior Court and the violations bureau/service center. • Auburn schools • Bates College • Bowdoin College • […]
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Posted inMaine, Nation / World
Maine shooting is the 36th – and deadliest – mass killing in the U.S. this year
So far this year, the nation has witnessed the second-highest number on record of mass killings and deaths to this point in a single year.
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Posted in175th anniversary
Looking Back on Oct. 26
100 Years Ago: 1923 The ribbon of concrete that runs from Lewiston and Auburn to Gray and on into Portland, the greatest stretch of road in Maine of its kind and one of the wonder roads of New England was officially and affectionately dedicated to the service of the state on Friday morning. A long […]
Posted inDear Abby
Secrets and infidelity loom over parents of young boy
DEAR ABBY: I am 26 and have been with my boyfriend, “Trey,” for eight years. We have an 18-month-old son. When I was six months pregnant, I went through Trey’s phone and saw he was cheating on me. I was humiliated and told my best friend because I couldn’t keep it in any longer. It […]
Posted inHoroscope
Gemini: Refuse to let outside influences throw you off course.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Seth MacFarlane, 50; Cary Elwes, 61; James Pickens Jr., 69; Pat Sajak, 77. Happy Birthday: Establish what you want to achieve, then put a plan in place. Explore what’s available in your community that sparks your imagination and offers the incentive you require to turn your dreams into a reality. […]
Posted inHoroscope
Gemini: Refuse to let outside influences throw you off course.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Seth MacFarlane, 50; Cary Elwes, 61; James Pickens Jr., 69; Pat Sajak, 77. Happy Birthday: Establish what you want to achieve, then put a plan in place. Explore what’s available in your community that sparks your imagination and offers the incentive you require to turn your dreams into a reality. […]
Posted inDr. Roach
Vitamins for macular degeneration coincide with new cramps
DEAR DR. ROACH: I have been told at the age of 70 that I have early stages of the eye disease macular degeneration. The doctor told me to take PreserVision AREDS 2 vitamins. He said I will be taking them for the rest of my life. I started them immediately, and in a few nights, […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Lizette Leveille: Agren ‘a good fit’ for Lewiston School Committee
I am a lifelong resident of the Lewiston-Auburn area. I have known Matthew D. Agren for more than 25 years. He is a conscientious worker, a thoughtful man, a capable and innovative thinker and a self-educated student of history. I believe he would do well on the School Committee. I have watched him mentor older […]
Posted inCommunity, Connections
Mount Vernon library to start STEM programs for youth Nov. 1
Farmington Cooperative Extension Service has planned a series of STEM activities mainly for children 8 and older, to be held at Dr. Shaw Memorial Library, 344 Pond Road in Mount Vernon. Younger children also are welcome to attend, with a parent in attendance. The series is set for 4-5 p.m. Wednesdays at the library, beginning […]