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Vanessa Paolella is a staff writer at the Sun Journal primarily covering local education. Before joining the Sun Journal in 2021, she interned for the paper twice and led the Bates College student newspaper, The Bates Student. Vanessa graduated from Bates College with a bachelor of science in geology in 2021 and wrote her senior thesis on water quality changes in the Androscoggin River from 1930 to 2019.

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Naked and afoot?

January 27, 2023January 31, 2023

Do you sometimes like to strip off your clothes and run around outside? Or have you in the past? We’d like to hear your best — or even your only — streaking stories for an upcoming feature in the Sun Journal. Given the subject matter, your current home town and first name will be fine. […]

Androscoggin County, News, Schools & Education

Turner-based school board keeping ‘Gender Queer’ in high school library

by Vanessa Paolella January 27, 2023January 27, 2023

A controversial book about gender and sexual identity will remain available to students at Leavitt Area High School after a 5-3 vote by Maine School Administrative District 52 directors.

Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News

‘We can’t wait to go’: Auburn’s mystery lunch trips thrill local seniors

by Vanessa Paolella January 25, 2023January 26, 2023

Part of the fun of the Auburn Community Senior Center’s mystery lunch trips is guessing the destination.

Lewiston-Auburn, News

Trinity Church redevelopment to start next week

by Vanessa Paolella January 24, 2023January 25, 2023

The congregation plans to reinvent the church as a multi-purpose community center.

Androscoggin County, News, Schools & Education

Turner-based MSAD 52 board to decide on ‘Gender Queer’ book for library

by Vanessa Paolella January 20, 2023January 20, 2023

A committee formed to review the book recommended that it remain in the library. A Turner parent has appealed the decision, bringing the vote to the board of directors.