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PublishedSeptember 11, 2020
Christos Gianopoulos: Service above self an alien idea
I am not a sucker. I served with the 3rd Brigade of the 25th Infantry Division in the central highlands of Vietnam. I was a civilian soldier (1st lieutenant), but all of the officers above me and the enlisted men who saluted me were career soldiers. I remember them as fine men, brave, intelligent and […]
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2020
Austin Bay: Has the Trump administration ended Clinton’s less-than-splendid Balkan war?
On Sept. 4, the Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic signed an agreement committing the two Balkan states to reach a mutually beneficial and permanent economic and trade normalization deal. The Trump administration brokered the agreement and hosted the signing ceremony in Washington. No, it’s not a peace treaty between Serbia […]
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2020
Walk to End Alzheimer’s takes to sidewalks, tracks, trails
AUBURN — Lewiston/Auburn area residents will join the fight to end Alzheimer’s disease at the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday, Sept.12. The funds raised support the care, support and research programs of the Alzheimer’s Association. The opening ceremony will take place at 9 a.m. online via webinar at alz.org/maine/walk. The walk will begin […]
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2020
Maine Fire Service Institute awarded grant for equipment
BRUNSWICK — The Maine Fire Service Institute has been awarded a federal grant to purchase a new fire and safety training trailer and other equipment that will be used to train firefighters from across Maine in advanced firefighting techniques. MFSI has received a $228,000 Assistance to Firefighters Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The […]
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2020
Community Brief
UMaine Extension offers new nutrition education in Oxford County SOUTH PARIS — University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program to income-eligible pregnant women and adults with children in their household in Oxford County. EFNEP is available by distance education to individuals and small groups using videos, healthy recipes […]
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2020
Well Done news
WORCESTER, Massachusetts — The following local students have been named to first honors on the Clark University dean’s list during the Spring 2020 semester: Ella Henry and Adryana Hutchinson, both of Auburn. To be eligible for first honors, students must have a grade point average of 3.8 or higher, of a maximum of 4.3 (all […]
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2020
New Francophone Women’s Group is going online
LEWISTON — The Center for Wisdom’s Women invites all French-speaking women to join the community French conversation group meeting remotely on Zoom from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. every Wednesday beginning Sept. 16. This is intended to be a (remote) gathering space for women to speak French together, and through doing so, share about topics related […]
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2020
Gray freshman participates in community service event
CANTON, Missouri — Sabin Merrill of Gray was among the more than 350 Culver-Stockton students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members who spent Aug. 22 volunteering for the 11th annual Everyone Doing More event. In years past, EDM gave students the opportunity to go into the Canton community to perform service projects. This year’s activities […]
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2020
Donald Mailhot: Support for Matt Leonard
I will be voting for Matt Leonard for Maine Senate on Nov. 3. As a retried law enforcement officer, I feel Leonard is the right person to represent first responders and ensure the safety of the community. Common sense and down to earth — something truly needed in these crazy times. Donald Mailhot, Auburn
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2020
Patrick Eisenhart: Crafts’ support of Trump baffling
As a lifelong conservative and former Republican national delegate, I cannot vote for either Dale Crafts or Susan Collins — both of whom are Donald Trump supporters who don’t seem to recognize Trump’s inability to deal with the growing pandemic, which has caused more than 190,000 Americans to die and 22 million to lose their […]
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