AUGUSTA — First lady Anne LePage presided over the 26th annual presentation of the Governor’s Awards for Service and Volunteerism on Tuesday. Among the honorees are Janice Bilodeau of Auburn and Laurianne Cormier of Lewiston. The awards are presented during National Volunteer Week, the celebration of citizen volunteer action. According to a press release announcing […]
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Southern songwriters will share songs, punchlines at Bates
LEWISTON — Olin Arts Center will host two of Texas’ finest songwriters, Vince Bell and Eric Taylor, on Saturday, May 12. Taylor is touring in support of his new CD, “Live At The Red Shack,” which includes guest appearances by Nanci Griffith and Lyle Lovett. Bell is recording his sixth CD and is the subject […]
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Scholarships available for special ed teachers
AUGUSTA — Maine teachers who work with special-needs children but don’t have full certification could be eligible for scholarships that would fund much of the course work for full certification. The Maine Department of Education announced Wednesday it’s accepting applications from currently employed special education teachers with conditional, transitional and targeted-needs certificates. The scholarships will […]
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Applicants sought for Lewiston-Auburn bike-ped committee
LEWISTON — Applicants are being sought for the newly established Lewiston-Auburn Bike-Ped Committee. The purpose of the committee is to promote bicycle-pedestrian education and develop and monitor policy for nonmotorized transportation and recreation in Lewiston-Auburn, according to a statement from the City of Lewiston. “I encourage anyone who travels regularly on our streets and pathways […]
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Ida Lemieux Real
LEWISTON — Ida Lemieux Real, 55, of 345 Stetson Road, Lewiston, died Wednesday, April 18, at Central Maine Medical Center following a short illness. She was born in Lewiston, May 9, 1956, the daughter of Laurent and Rejane Levesque Lemieux. Educated locally, she was a graduate of Lewiston High School, Class of 1973. She was […]
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YWCA offering swim lessons
LEWISTON — The YWCA has a full schedule of swim lessons which are available mornings, afternoons, evenings and Saturday mornings. Registration is available now. Swim lessons will begin the week of April 23. Details of times may be found on the YWCA website, www.ywcamaine.org, or by calling the YWCA at 795-4050. Water babies, Puddle Jumpers […]
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Baseball: Devils drive off Rams in opener
All those descriptions have applied to Shawn Ricker throughout his Lewiston baseball career, and they’ve worked so well that he’d love to stay in the shadows even as a senior. Games such as Wednesday’s KVAC season-opener at Franklin Pasture won’t help with the anonymity. Ricker tripled, doubled and singled, drove in two runs and caught […]
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May receives certification
LEWISTON — Community Credit Union announces that Kayla May has received her certificate as a CUNA certified financial counselor. She has completed a comprehensive training program designed to provide financial counseling skills that will allow her to better assist individuals in achieving their financial goals. The comprehensive program is broken down into eight modules and […]
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Breast Care Center gains accreditation
LEWISTON — Central Maine Medical Center’s Sam and Jennie Bennett Breast Care Center has been granted full accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers, a program administered by the American College of Surgeons. NAPBC accreditation is awarded to centers that have voluntarily committed to provide the highest level of quality breast care and […]
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Federal prosecutor seeks $153,000 cash seized from Chinese buffets in Lewiston, Waterville and Bangor
PORTLAND, Maine — Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to order the owners of 11 Chinese restaurants in three New England states to forfeit more than $153,000 seized from bank accounts in Maine. In a complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court, Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald Clark alleged that the Zhang organization skimmed nearly $2.9 […]