More than 75 takeout meals were served and about 40 people gathered together for an uplifting time at American Legion Post 10.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Ending the shutdown didn’t end the threat to health care, SNAP and LIHEAP | Rep. Chellie Pingree
The worst, unfortunately, is yet to come from the Trump administration.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, The Franklin Journal
UMF counseling director earns distinguished service award
Program Director Lisa-Ann Henry received the Maine Mental Health Counselors Association’s Distinguished Service Award for her work in the psychology profession.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools & Education
St. Dom’s high school to reopen at iconic Peck Building in Lewiston
The diocese closed the Auburn campus at the end of the 2024-25 school year after 84 years, citing low enrollment and operating losses.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Maine increases revenue projections by $250 million over next 2 years
Billy Bob Faulkingham, the Republican leader of the House, says the new forecast is the result of ‘higher taxes and bloated government.’
Posted inLetters
Perception vs. reality on Zohran Mamdani | Letter
You can really tell that Zohran Mamdani’s election to lead the city of New York has really got people in a full-blown tizzy by reading letters like Kevin Landry’s (“Democrats take a page from Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm,” Nov. 16). Landry reels from hyperbole to hysteria as easily as Donald Trump navigates a golf course during […]
Posted inBusiness, Food, Local & State, News
The best ricotta in the world? It’s made in Skowhegan, Maine.
Crooked Face Creamery recently took home the Super Gold medal for its plain whole milk ricotta at the World Cheese Awards in Switzerland.
Posted inFood, Life & Culture, News
The sheriff missed his favorite sandwich. An Auburn pizzeria has his back | Column
Androscoggin County Sheriff Eric Samson couldn’t forget the Fergy, so 84 Court Pizza & Restaurante is making their own, Mark Laflamme writes.
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Preparing the Thanksgiving feast begins months ahead at Wild Oats in Brunswick
Making thousands of pies, sides, cookies, breads and everything customers need for their holiday table takes lots of planning and oodles of early mornings.