It must be nice to be able to sit at 104 Park St., donning rose-colored glasses and being insulated from the outside world. The Sun Journal editorial “Education, taxes and generosity,” April 14, criticized my ire over using CBDG funds (taxpayers’ money) to provide services to individuals who failed to take advantage of an expensive, […]
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Dempsey Center, Healthy Androscoggin offer Quit for Life
The workshop is free and begins Wednesday, April 25, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Community Concepts, 240 Bates St. Following sessions are May 2, 9, 16 and 30. Quit for Life includes instruction on preparing to quit, getting through the first few days, avoiding triggers to start smoking again and staying tobacco-free forever. Participants […]
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Diver seeks treasures in Androscoggin
AUBURN — When he’s not being a copier repair man, Richard Carney Jr. scuba dives for treasure all around New England. He’s been at it for 30 years. On Thursday, after a service call, he tugged on a wet suit, strapped on fins and stepped into the Androscoggin River underneath Railroad Bridge, barely visible to walkers-by on the trestle above except […]
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Two Lewiston attorneys elected officers of MTLA
AUGUSTA — Lewiston attorney Jodi Nofsinger was sworn in as president of the Maine Trial Lawyers Association recently. The MTLA’s new slate of officers includes Lewiston attorney Michael Welch as secretary. The new officers took their new positions during the association’s annual meeting in Freeport in late March. They serve one-year terms. Nofsinger joined Berman […]
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LePage line-item veto throws Maine cities a curve
LEWISTON — Managers in Maine’s biggest cities were sharpening their budget pencils and re-crunching numbers Thursday in the wake of a Gov. Paul LePage line-item vetoes to the state budget. The veto that’s giving city officials consternation cuts the amount the Legislature set aside in the state budget to partially reimburse cities for costs through […]
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Rotary donates towards APL Early Literacy iPad
The Auburn Lewiston Rotary Breakfast Club donated $540 to the Auburn Public Library for the purchase of an Early Literacy iPad 2. The iPad, available in the library’s Children’s Room, may be borrowed for one week by parents with children ages 2-5 or up to age 12 for children with disabilities. This iPad is the […]
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K. Humason-Fulgham, AMS student: Yes to Lewiston casino
The state should allow a casino in Lewiston because it would create many jobs and it would give Maine more tax revenue, instead of having that money going out of state. Instead of paying for travel and spending money in other states, a person could stay here in Maine and have Maine benefit from the […]
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Looking Back on April 19, 2012
100 years ago, 1912The Lewiston Teachers’ Association laid aside its dignity for awhile, Thursday evening, and entered with zest into the contests and general merriment of a patriotic social, held at Dingley School hall, Oak Street. Each teacher could invite one friend and about 100 were present. The hall had been tastefully decorated by the […]
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USM LAC plans open house
LEWISTON — The University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College will host an open house from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at 51 Westminster St. Faculty, staff and students will be on hand to provide information on programs, admissions and financial aid. Guides will be available for tours and to answer questions. “We are very […]