Mrs. Albert’s 8th grade reading and English class at Lewiston Middle School has been discovering the benefits of giving back to the community. The students sponsored the second annual pet food drive for the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society (GAHS).The class chose the GAHS because they are a non-profit organization that cares for homeless, abandoned, stray, […]

High school rock bands from across the state of Maine are once again being invited to step out of their garages and basements and into the limelight in Reindeer Record’s 19th Annual ROCK-OFF competition. The winning band will earn the title of “Best Young Band in the State of Maine,” plus receive $1,000 to help […]

Recently I was driving to school when suddenly I lost control of my car and went off the road. I hit a telephone pole and then rolled into a ditch- After I unbuckled and climbed out of my car and saw it sitting there crushed and upside down, I couldn’t believe I walked away from […]

After traveling for twelve hours in a cramped airplane, my parents and I arrived into a country half way around the world Japan. Little did I know how exciting and exuberating the next three weeks of my life would be. My father, who teaches at USM, was invited to Japan along with two other people […]

Why? That is my only question. Why do we have to go to war with Iraq? What’s the point? I think that Bush’s decision to push the war with Iraq is pointless. Yes, it is true that Saddam Hussein is, supposedly, a “terrorist,” and he supposedly has weapons of mass destruction, and yes, he supposedly […]

I’m now suffering from things I’ve done in the past. How can I compare my suffering to the thousands of people who lost family on September 11, 2002?It seems everything I say can relate to that day. Sometimes I sit and think, what if I was in that plane or the world trade center. Glancing […]

Most gifts at Christmas time come wrapped in pretty paper and adorned with attractive bows. Not all though. The seventh and eighth graders at Holy Cross got a present from the teachers and the principal that would have been a tad bit hard to wrap. The present was a trip to a roller skating rink […]

By Andrew Denis • Lewiston Middle SchoolOn Tuesday, September 24, team 82 students traveled to Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport to climb aboard the 824 Liberator and the 827 Flying Fortress.All students were allowed to climb into and handle weapon replicas and try to imagine what it would have been like for WWII servicemen.Some students were fortunate […]

At Wales Central School all students in seventh grade were given a laptop, and it looks like we are all enjoying them. Our teacher’s name is Mr. Greg French. He is the technology teacher and seems to know a lot about laptops. We all have a laptop and it is our responsibility to take care […]

Walt Disney was a major cartoonistwho first got noticed in 1928. Waltcreated the first Mickey in a short filmwith no sound. Soon after that, hecreated Steamboat Willie, a majorproduction for Walt Disney. He createdhis first full-feature length film in 1938. That film was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. After that, he made many full-length […]