LEWISTON — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said the downing of a Russian warplane by America’s NATO ally Turkey on Tuesday was making an already tense and difficult situation in the Middle East even more worrisome. In Lewiston on Tuesday to visit with city leaders on economic and community development issues, Collins, a member of […]
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Collins tours Lewiston riverfront, praises public-private collaboration
LEWISTON — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, toured the city’s emerging riverfront area Tuesday during a Thanksgiving break from Congress to reflect on the role federal funds can play in redeveloping a local economy. Walking with Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald, City Administrator Ed Barrett and the top officials in the city’s public works, planning and […]
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Poliquin, Collins and King take differing views on blocking Syrian refugees
A coalition of Maine immigrants is urging Maine’s 2nd District congressman and Republican Gov. Paul LePage to “check their facts” and reconsider their support for efforts to block Syrian and Iraqi refugees from entering the U.S. In a statement issued earlier this week, the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition said it was deeply saddened by the […]
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Collins and King support rural care program for veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maine’s U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King are urging Robert McDonald, the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to provide support for a program that allows veterans in rural states to seek health care treatments from local medical providers. The Access Received Closer to Home program allows eligible veterans in […]
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Student representative attends first RSU 73 meeting
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Regional School Unit 73 board welcomed student representative Trevor Doiron to his first meeting Thursday night. Doiron, a junior, began the community garden when he was in the seventh grade. The board also welcomed newly hired Business Manager Michele Coates. She replaces Stacie Field, who took a similar position in the […]
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Vets Center leader to visit Maine after staff shortages prompt concerns
LEWISTON — A shortage of mental health counselors at the Vets Center in Lewiston that drew the attention of Maine’s Congressional delegation has also prompted a visit from the acting regional manager for the program. That manager, Steven Reeves of Fairfield, Calif., who is also the manager for the Vets Center program in the Pacific […]
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Maine’s Congressional delegation says ‘no’ to government shutdown
As federal lawmakers wrestle with the latest specter of a government shutdown, Maine’s Congressional delegation appears to be mostly unified in their stance against closing the government’s doors — again. A 17-day federal government shutdown in 2013 resulted in millions of dollars lost to Maine’s economy and billions being lost to the national economy. The […]
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Local vet center counseling, leadership jobs unfilled
LEWISTON — A shortage of mental health counselors at the Veteran Center in Lewiston has Maine’s U.S. Congressional delegation pushing for answers and Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald warning that a desperate, untreated veteran might act violently. As a measure of the problem, veterans and counselors say the local center has been without a team leader […]
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Mt. Blue football: Senior athletes give Cougars ample options in ‘B’ North
Yes, it’s true that the Cougars lay claim to the breadth of linemen and depth of backs that coach Jim Aylward, now in his second season, favored while winning four state championships at Mountain Valley. You don’t look the proverbial gifted horse in the mouth, however, and Aylward knows he has a prized pony in […]
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Dates set for important events and meetings in Wilton
WILTON — At Tuesday’s select board meeting, Town Manager Rhonda Irish shared information about several upcoming meetings or events. The committee working to write a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant for replacement of a retaining wall at the swimming area of Kineowatha Park will meet at the park 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9. Irish said […]