Legion Auxiliary craft fair AUBURN — American Legion Post 31 Ladies Auxiliary will hold a craft fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Post, 426 Washington Street North. For more information, contact Nancy Ward at 240-5827. Crafts, raffles at Auburn Middle School AUBURN — On Saturday, Dec. 7, from 9 […]
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Area students enroll at Colby College
WATERVILLE — Area students enrolled at Colby College this fall. Before classes began, each student took part in an orientation that included an introduction to Colby’s rigorous academics, rich cultural life and community involvement opportunities as well as a three-day outdoor excursion. Alyssa S. Andrews of Norway is a graduate of Oxford Hills Comprehensive High […]
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Community menorah lighted in Auburn
AUBURN — The weather canceled the Twin Cities’ Menorah lighting Wednesday, and Thursday was a national holiday. “I just decided I was not going to compete with Thanksgiving,” Rabbi Hillel Katzir said Friday just before lighting the 12-foot-tall mega-menorah outside Temple Shalom Synagogue-Center. A small crowd gathered as Katzir marked the third night of Hanukkah, […]
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Police log
Charges Lewiston * Michelle Grimmo, 43, of 2 Mark St., violating conditions of release, 2:31 a.m. Friday at that address. * Bricknell Dorelas, 31, of Brockton, Mass., unlawful possession of scheduled drugs, 6:07 a.m. Friday at 144 Lisbon St. * Jessamyn Ouellette, 20, of 17 Horton St., warrant, 8:25 a.m. Friday at that address. Auburn […]
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Black Friday attracts night owls, early birds and power-nappers
AUBURN — Staggered Black Friday openings created three kinds of shoppers: the all-nighters, the hard-core early-risers and those who began at midnight, took a power nap and got right back at it. Sheila Roy of Lewiston fit into the final category. She started her Thanksgiving Day by getting up at 6:30 a.m. “We exercised, had […]
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Military notes
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Air Force Airman David R. Sterling, Air Force Airman Jennifer Soucy, Air Force Airman 1st Class Ryan R. Dillingham, Air Force Airman 1st Class Kristen Marcum and Air Force Airman Julie M. McMullen graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The airmen completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military […]
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Well done: Students honored for achievements
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Kristen Lavallee of Lisbon has enrolled in Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the nation’s first and largest technological college for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. She is a graduate of Model Secondary School for the Deaf in Washington, D.C., and the daughter of Nancy and Jim Lavallee of […]
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Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholars are named
BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College held its annual Sarah and James Bowdoin Day ceremony on Oct. 25 to honor those undergraduates who distinguish themselves by excellence in scholarship. Those students who are designated Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholars are in the top (highest GPA) 20 percent of each class for the previous academic year. In addition, […]