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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PublishedApril 24, 2022
In Lewiston: Two cultures, one language, united by similar experiences of exclusion, struggle and pride
Through the perspectives of residents Cecile Thornton and Trésor Mukendi, an award-winning documentary made in Lewiston explores the connections between the city’s Franco-American and Francophone African communities.
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PublishedApril 23, 2022
Climate activists converge on Norway for 3-day conference
Organized by the Center for an Ecology-Based Economy, the 2030 Vision Climate Convergence has featured guest speakers, workshops and other activities aimed at inspiring urgent climate action on the local and state level.
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PublishedApril 23, 2022
UMaine scientist: PFAS affects species of plants, animals differently
A scientist from the University of Maine explained what is and isn’t known about PFAS to more than a dozen attendees Friday at the Excelsior Grange in Poland.
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PublishedApril 21, 2022
Global problems, local solutions: Norway nonprofit seeks to mitigate climate crisis
In 2013, with his young son’s future in mind, Vlaun and three others founded the Center for an Ecology-Based Economy, a nonprofit climate action organization based in downtown Norway.
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PublishedApril 15, 2022
RSU 4 approves $21.3 million budget, declines to add behavioral interventionists
The district expects to fill its vacant resource officer position this fall.
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PublishedApril 14, 2022
Great Falls Balloon Festival, more to return to Lewiston-Auburn this summer
After two years without many of the Twin Cities’ signature celebrations, all are set to return this year.
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PublishedApril 14, 2022
Pooled COVID-19 testing in schools to end in May, some districts have already canceled programs
The COVID-19 variant, BA.2, is more contagious than previous strains, and it can spread faster in a classroom than the pooled test would be able to detect in a classroom.
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PublishedApril 12, 2022
Poland teacher receives national $25,000 teaching award
Jamie Karaffa was presented with a Milken Educator Award and a $25,000 check Tuesday in recognition of her extraordinary work as an educator at Bruce M. Whittier Middle School.
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PublishedApril 8, 2022
Bates symposium highlights student research near and far
More than 200 students presented research spanning from the sciences, humanities and interdisciplinary pursuits.
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PublishedApril 7, 2022
Auburn residents searching for a place to live after a house fire Sunday
Jeff’s Jamaican Cuisine in Lewiston will host a fundraiser for Michele and Everton Bailey and Karen Bergeron, who lost their home in a fire Sunday.
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