DEAR SUN SPOTS: A holiday fair will be held Saturday, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sixth Street Church, 109 Sixth St. in Auburn. There will be raffles, food, knitted goods and a white elephant table. Vendor tables will be available for $10. Vendors are invited to call me at 782-4413. — […]
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Posted inLocal & State, Sports
Bates women’s basketball star Elsa Daulerio joins her mother in 1,000-point club
The Bobcats senior reached the milestone Tuesday, 34 years after her mother, Adrienne Shibles, accomplished the feat with the same program.
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Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Watch Varsity Maine’s football highlights from Week 12
The top plays from the state championship games.
Posted inNews
Cause of fire at vacant Augusta home under investigation
Firefighters from Augusta and several neighboring communities battled the fire in a single-family home on Pike Street.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Rumford Falls Times
Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford counties expected to get $5 million from opioid settlement
The state anticipates getting more than $230 million through 2038 from settlements with opioid manufacturers, distributors and other sources to prevent and fight addiction.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Move to investigate Lewiston School Committee member’s residency is rejected
The committee voted 5-4 Monday against an investigation, with the member and his campaign manager voting against the measure.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine among 20 states suing Trump administration over limited funding for long-term housing supports
The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Rhode Island accuses the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development of illegally upending supports for those at risk of becoming homeless.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Lewiston’s Gather to Grow distributes 30,000 pounds of food for Thanksgiving
Libby Kamrowski Kenny captures folks preparing for the holiday at a food distribution event.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Federal government offers emergency loans to Maine small businesses hurt by drought
The announcement by the Small Business Administration came a day after the Department of Agriculture declared the monthslong dry spell a natural disaster, unlocking similar loans for farmers.
Posted inLocal & State, News
From a Maine turkey farm to Thanksgiving tables
Pine Tree Poultry in New Sharon has raised turkeys for the past decade.