I’m sure many people live their lives in a fantasy. Always looking back and just wishing. There are also kids and adults who have dreams and goals that he or she wants to accomplish, but always think that they are not “capable” of doing it or just “can’t” do it at all. I believe, that […]
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See you at the polls
By Heidi ElvinEastgate Christian AcademyOn Thursday morning, October 11, our senior class was very fortunate to have attended the Lewiston/Auburn Chamber of commerce meeting at the Ramada Inn. The four gubernatorial candidates were invited to debate issues that our state is presently facing. John Baldacci, unable to attend, communicated by phone from Washington. The audience […]
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Monmouth cross country roundup
By Noel ScottMonmouth AcademyWhat does it take to be a Monmouth Academy X-C runner? It takes guts, pride and knowledge.I’m not a runner, but I have been the manager for four years.Even though our team is half of what we had last year, we are still tough. We have a total of eight girls and […]
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“Stargirl”
By Jerry Spinelli Have you ever met a person who just lights the room up when they walk in? Or they seem to never to be sad or angry? In not, here is a book about one special person and how she changes a small town’s outlook on life. Told from the point-of-view of one […]
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St. Peter and Sacred Heart School Halloween party
On October 27, St. Peter and Sacred Heart’s P.T.O. hosted their annual Halloween Party at the Knights of Columbus Hall,Council 106, located in Lewiston. The event was open to the students of St. Peter and Sacred Heart School as well as their family members. The person who chaired the event was Heather Emery.Given two hundred […]
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A day for and of the people Hunting safety
Brace yourself. We will be subjected today to a final barrage of campaign commercials and phone calls.Today is the last day candidates have to convince us to cast our ballots in their favor.This is the day each year that is most representative of democracy because it is the people themselves, not elected officials, who have […]
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Our Maine candidates
Peter CianchetteMaine can be a great state, but we have to be able to pay for it.If gubernatorial candidates heard nothing else from voters, they heard that.Maine’s budget is excessive, as are taxes. Our current economic uncertainty makes it tough to turn that around.We need backbone. We need someone who isn’t afraid to bristle legislators […]
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Bush’s policy, be it ever so arrogant
I’ll bet you can’t remember the word candidate George W. Bush used to describe the foreign policy he would pursue as president. Give it a shot, I’ll wait. I’ll even give you a clue. He said it during the second presidential debate. Begins with “h.”Give up? The word is, “humble.”I remember thinking it a strange […]
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Playing with honor
The Lewiston High School Blue Devils learned a painful lesson in honesty last week.Several days after Lewiston bested Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School 32-7, the school’s athletic director, Paul Amnott, discovered that one of the players on the Lewiston roster was academically ineligible to play and should not have been on the field during that […]
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Frightful election negativity
Ready for a good scare? The negative political advertising is causing some voters to think about staying home on Election Day. They’re so disgusted with the amount of mud that has been thrown, they’d just as soon leave ballots blank.If negative political advertising keeps even one person home next Tuesday, it has damaged the electoral […]