Area students on Northern Vermont University dean’s list LYNDONVILLE, Vt. — The following area students at Northern Vermont University were named to the dean’s list for the spring semester: Auburn: Eleanor Harrington. Denmark: Emily Robinson. Lewiston: Madison Roy. Students who achieve between a 3.50 and 3.99 semester average are placed on the list. The following […]
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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Community briefs Sept. 24
Fall Fest coming to grounds of Outdoor Heritage Museum OQUOSSOC — The grounds of the Outdoor Heritage Museum will feature approximately 15 vendor booths for the Fall Fest Art, Craft and Antique Show on Saturday, Sept. 26. The show will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the vendors are expected to reduce their […]
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LA Chamber postpones Downtown Trick or Treat to October 2021
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, with an abundance of caution and deliberation, decided to postpone the annual Downtown Trick or Treat to October 2021. The chamber recognized the 100-person limit for outdoor events would be challenging to enforce on open streets, and given the historic turnout of hundreds of children and […]
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Norway museum, church to host cemetery tour
NORWAY — A Halloween Cemetery Tour will take place at the end of October at Norway’s Rustfield Cemetery on Greenleaf Avenue. The tour is a collaboration of the Norway Museum and Historical Society and the First Universalist Church of Norway. It is hoped to become an annual event. Hour-long tours are scheduled at 4, 5:30 […]
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WIC benefits now available through EBT card statewide
AUGUSTA — The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition program has completed the transition from paper food vouchers to an electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card more than a month before a deadline established by the federal government. The new system is called eWIC. The WIC program, administered by the Maine Center for Disease Control and […]
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Cal Thomas: Alaska governor’s views on virus, election
ANCHORAGE — From the moment Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, was made aware of the threat of COVID-19, he acted faster than most other states and the federal government. In an interview, I asked him why he moved so quickly when others did not? “We got a call from the (U.S.) State Department in January […]
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Dr. Nirav Shah to provide keynote address at UMA Convocation
AUGUSTA — University of Maine at Augusta President Rebecca Wyke has announced that Dr. Nirav Shah, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention director, will deliver the keynote address at UMA’s virtual convocation ceremony at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25. In compliance with restrictions on large gatherings, this year’s convocation will be a webinar event and […]
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Discussion project on racism to involve teens, young adults
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Public Library is one in a cohort of organizations and individuals throughout the state hosting a Maine Humanities Council Discussion Project this fall. Teens and young adults from ages 13 to 23 are invited to join the discussion group based on “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You” by Jason Reynolds and Ibram […]
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Rich Lowry: Jared Kushner was right in Middle East
Over the past several years, a new certainty was added to death and taxes: Jared Kushner would fail in his role as the administration’s Middle East point man. It caused considerable merriment among President Donald Trump’s critics (and even some of his well-wishers) when he put his son-in-law in charge of brokering peace in the […]