On Jan. 10, Amadi Omokore-Allen celebrated his first birthday. When he was born, he weighed one pound, five ounces, and was given a 10% chance of survival. After spending 155 days in a NICU, he went home. He was only slightly more than halfway through a typical gestation period of 40 weeks. Amandi now weighs […]

It has been a while since your paper highlighted the significance of social-emotional learning to students and educators in our community. In your article “Feelings matter,” published in December 2020, you spoke with me and other educators leading the movement to promote the impact that social skills and emotional intelligence has on our attention memory […]

Earlier, Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque was characterized as producer/director of a poorly received theatrical play surrounding the city’s application of a form-based development code. Apparently, the play has been taken backstage. In the meantime, the mayor continues to reveal his interests in managing and participating in games. During his tenure, he has appeared to enjoy […]

Since November 2019 we have heard lies repeated by the former president, many Republicans, Fox News and other right wing sources that the election was stolen and rigged, and that votes were altered by Dominion voting machines. Recently Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox, admitted that many of his talk shows knew what they said on […]

It is our time. Seniors, residents and citizens of Lewiston have been volunteering and supporting all kinds of fundraisers for years as we aged. We have paid our taxes faithfully. It is our time to get support from residents and our community for senior housing at Martel School. The Lewiston City Council plans to vote […]

Many years ago my aunt in Los Angeles had a yellow 240Z. She was proud of it, and proud that she took the initiative to buy it, independently of my uncle. Unfortunately, nobody ever told her, or she forgot, that she had to change the oil. After about 15,000 miles, the oil pressure light came […]