Donald Trump claims to have a “concept of a plan” for health care. However, the Project 2025 document written by his associates provides some detail. It suggests “Remov(ing) barriers to direct primary care … [whereby] doctors contract directly with patients for their care on a subscription basis …” An insurance-avoiding relationship with people’s doctor’s office […]
September 2024
Posted inSun Spots
Reader has questions about farmhouse fire on Riverside Drive in Auburn
DEAR SUN SPOTS: What has happened to the white farmhouse on Riverside Drive in Auburn? As you drive to Freeport, it was on the left, just past Bell Farms. The last time I saw it was May 15. It looked like nobody had lived there for years and it was just abandoned. It was destroyed […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
Auburn School Committee sets 2025 schedule for budget, address overcrowded bus concerns
The timeline for developing the 2025-26 fiscal year budget runs from this month to June 2025.
Posted inBoys Soccer, Field Hockey, Girls Soccer, Sports, Varsity Maine
High school roundup: Mt. Abram races past Spruce Mountain for girls soccer win
Abby McCarty scores twice to lead the Roadrunners. Also, Madeline Wagner’s hat trick paces Winthrop field hockey to victory.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston to receive $500,000 federal grant to improve school safety
The Oxford Hills School District in Paris, Rangeley and Rumford also are included in grant program.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Missing phone logs, conflicting accounts hinder investigation into death of month-old in Milo
Maine’s watchdog agency finds that the state made thorough efforts, but it couldn’t determine how or whether Child Protective Services could have prevented Sylus Melvin’s killing in 2021.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Lewiston man gets more than two years for racist, threatening audio message
Charles Allen Barnes must turn himself in to serve his sentence next month.
Posted inField Hockey, Sports, Varsity Maine
Field hockey: Spruce Mountain takes down Dirigo in overtime
Ava Davis scores the game-winner for the Phoenix in a hard-fought MVC contest with the Cougars.