The Lewiston business plans to make eight Christmas meal packages, each containing $50 in gift cards to purchase perishable foods.
Vanessa Paolella
Sun Journal
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.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine, News
Durham to form maintenance committee for historic church
Union Church, built in 1836, is badly in need of cosmetic and structural repairs; the building was added to the National Historic Register in 2001.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston group shares food, blankets, Narcan on Thanksgiving Day in Kennedy Park
More than two dozen people, many of them homeless, receive help.
Posted inNews, Oxford Hills
Thanksgiving fire destroys Paris home; 2 taken to hospital
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Dempsey Challenge reaches annual $1.5 million fundraising goal for the first time
Despite fewer participants, the 2021 Dempsey Challenge raised $200,000 more than in any previous year.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Saint Dominic Academy’s Lewiston campus to move to remote learning
The school was designated with outbreak status by the Maine Center for Disease Control this week.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
‘It doesn’t even hurt!’: Lewiston schools host vaccine clinics
The Lewiston school district is hosting a series of vaccine clinics in partnership with the CDC on Thursday and Friday.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News
Minot selectmen pass resolution on American Rescue Plan Act funds
The board additionally tabled a discussion related to the FirstLight broadband expansion project.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Lewiston special education audit shows improvements, but more work to be done
The consultants recommended that the district strengthen its literacy curriculum, improve IEPs, and restructure the program.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Shortage of bus drivers for Lewiston schools nears breaking point
With at least eight drivers absent, the district may be forced to cancel routes if they lose anyone else.