LEWISTON — Jeanne Raymond has a lot of unofficial titles. She’s a “mother” to Lewiston Public Works employees, “grandmother” to teenagers on the Lewiston Youth Advisory Council and “mayor” of No Name Pond. A sign on her porch even says so. But even as city employees and Lewiston students would tell you how much she […]
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Kudos: Crystal Harnden makes it easier for Auburn police
AUBURN — Crystal Harnden has always been a workaholic. So when she suffered a stroke that put her out of work in 2011, she was told to ease back into the workplace. Harnden, an Auburn native, began volunteering and has not looked back since. In just a few years, Harnden has racked up more than […]
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Kudos: Dennis Connelly grows community spirit
AUBURN — Spring is in the air – but not yet on the ground – and Dennis Connelly is itching to get to work on his gardens. On Thursday, as Connelly was helping serve food at the Police Activities League Center in Auburn, snow still blanketed the ground where he oversees a collection of garden […]
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Kudos: Hope House volunteer leading the way
LEWISTON — Mkundo Mkonje heard about Hope House shortly after her family arrived in Lewiston in 2010. A few friends knew about it, she said, and one day she followed them there and “fell in love with the place.” A few years later, she’s supervising and spearheading much of its volunteer operation. Hope House, a […]
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Lewiston library’s Alberda offers books to go
LEWISTON — It’s one thing to keep track of every book you’ve read, but it’s something else try and keep track of someone else’s reading habits. Try doing it for 30 voracious readers, for eight years. “It works most of the time,” said Pete Alberda at the Lewiston Public Library. “I talk to a few […]
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For volunteer, finding cats a home can mean adopting them
LEWISTON — You can tell who works in the Androscoggin Humane Society’s cat room, according to longtime volunteer Jean Keefe: They have multiple cats at home. She has five. “And it’s not a very big house,” she said. “It’s a former summer cottage with one big room upstairs and three downstairs. It’s actually a very […]