LEWISTON — Lewiston Adult Education students have completed the first part of computer support specialist training for technology sector jobs. The combination of in-person and distance learning lessons in the fall focused on digital literacy, English skills and work readiness. Successful completion of the program results in a level one computer specialist microbadge that can […]
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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Wreaths Across America to lay wreaths at veterans’ cemeteries
AUGUSTA — The Maine Veterans’ Cemetery System (MVCS) will join Wreaths Across America (WAA) for National Wreaths Across America Day on Saturday, Dec. 19. Wreaths Across America will deliver wreaths to Maine’s four veterans’ cemeteries, and those wreaths will be laid on gravesites of veterans by WAA volunteers. In year’s past, the Maine Veterans’ Cemetery […]
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Lewiston High School students achieve honors
LEWISTON — Lewiston High School has announced its first-quarter honor roll. First Honors Grade nine: Leila Abdi, Yonis Ahmed, Madeleine Albert, Badia Aldhaibani, Alexia Arel, Merveille Bamba, Jakob Beal, Ava Blanchette, Alex Breton, Isabella Brunetti, Emily Chapman, Savannah Connor-Schade, Madeline Cote, Olivia Crowley, Jersey Cunningham, Lillian Davis, Isabelle DeMars, Cody Dionne, Benjamin Drewal, Savana Emmert, […]
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Frank Kieliszek: Trump lost the ball game
Nobody likes a sore loser. We teach our children to accept defeat with grace. At the end of this year’s game (the presidential election), the referee (the American people) decided that Biden was the winner. Trump, to his surprise, was the loser. The old champion (Trump) had bragged that the only way he could lose […]
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Sunday River to host avalanche safety clinics
NEWRY — Sunday River will host two avalanche safety clinics in partnership with SAFE AS Clinics on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 19 and 20. SAFE AS, which stands for Skiers and Snowboarders Advocating and Fostering Avalanche & Snow Safety, is a women’s tailored and women-designed avalanche clinic for beginner and experienced backcountry skiers. The clinic […]
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George Howitt: Trump must stop trying to overturn election
After 85 trial and appellate judges — Republican and Democratic — have tossed all the evidence-free lawsuits from their courtrooms, and after the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to rule on the Texas lawsuit, this farce to overturn the election results should have ended. But the president has vowed to fight on, even if all […]