LEWISTON — Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice (Androscoggin) has announced the creation of the Julie Shackley Memorial Scholarship Endowment for Nursing Education for Androscoggin employees who wish to pursue or advance their professional education in nursing. Two applicants will be awarded each year. Scholarship amounts will be $2,000 each, distributed $1,000 a semester. The nursing […]
Alex Lear
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Alex Lear is a lifelong Mainer who has spent 25 years in journalism -- the first 20 as a reporter for newspapers in Damariscotta and Falmouth, then as Opinions section editor for the Sun Journal and now a digital producer with the Maine Trust for Local News. His long-running “Learics” column won first place in the Maine Press Association’s 2023 Better Newspaper Contest. He and his wife Lauren are kept young by their 9-year-old daughter Alaina. Send feedback and suggestions to Alex.
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Holly Lasagna: Dolloff’s clerk comments ‘unfounded,’ ‘inappropriate’
I was extremely upset to read in the Feb. 2 Sun Journal the comments made by Rep. Josanne Dolloff in reference to a proposal to increase the amount of time that ballots can be processed by municipal clerks. While Rep. Dolloff is allowed her opinion on the matter, it is completely inappropriate to describe these […]
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Oak Hill student going to Congress of Future Medical Leaders
WALES — Kyleigh Hyde of Sabattus, a junior at Oak Hill High School, will be a delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders on March 20 and 21. The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who want to become physicians or go into medical research fields. The purpose is to honor, […]
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Buckfield Junior/Senior High School lists honors
BUCKFIELD — The Buckfield Junior/Senior High School has announced its first trimester honor roll. High honors Grade 12: Alaina Adderley, Kylie Carrier, Olivia Darling and Siana Jacobs. Grade 11: Kayden Haylock. Grade eight: Cayden Durgin and Audrey Stimson. Grade seven: Brittany Carrier and Charlotte McGreevey. Honors Grade 12: Elijah Chasse, Mckenzie Doucette, Keegan Jack, Gavin […]
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Cal Thomas: Can ‘systemic racism’ be eliminated?
If racism is systemic, meaning it is embedded in white people, how is it possible to eliminate it? Do those on the receiving end of discrimination have a role to play? This is a question Democrats never address. If spending money is the key to limiting racism, more progress should have been made by now.
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St. Dominic Academy announces honor students
AUBURN — Saint Dominic Academy – Auburn Campus Principal Timothy Gallic has announced the honor roll for the second quarter of the 2020-2021 school year. The following students have achieved a 4.25 average and above in all courses and are on the Principal’s List: Grade 12: Sarah Brown, Anna Cote, Aaliyah Cruz, Amelia Fortin, Lucy […]
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Well done news for Wednesday, Feb. 3
Area students on St. Anselm College dean’s list MANCHESTER, N.H. — Saint Anselm College has announced the dean’s list of high academic achievers for the first semester of the 2020-2021 school year. To be eligible for this honor, a student must have achieved a grade point average of 3.4 or better in the semester with […]
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Melanie Sturm: Haaland is a friend to public lands, waterways
Like many Mainers, getting outside during the pandemic has been invaluable to my health. But to continue to enjoy the outdoors and all that nature provides, we need forward-thinking natural resource policy and management decision makers. That’s why the Natural Resources Council of Maine supports the nomination of Congresswoman Deb Haaland for U.S. Interior Secretary. […]