Eastern Star meeting Nov. 8 AUBURN — Pine Cone Chapter 26 Order of the Eastern Star will meet at 7p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, at the Masonic Hall, 1021 Turner St. Members will be having an ESTARL supper and will be honoring chaplains. Supper will be at 6 p.m. Cribbage League winners named LEWISTON — The […]
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New life for former Lisbon Street restaurant
LEWISTON — The former Pizza Hut on Lisbon Street is becoming The Ark. The Northern New England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists bought the building and started renovating it over the summer, associate pastor Don Ball said Tuesday. They plan to host church services on Saturdays and regular discussions most weeknights, and eventually open a vegetarian […]
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Healthy Androscoggin receives $125,000 to prevent Youth Substance Use
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gil Kerlikowske, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, has announced $7.9 million in new Drug-Free Communities Support Program grants to 60 communities and six new DFC Mentoring grants across the country. Healthy Androscoggin, serving Androscoggin County, will receive $125,000 in DFC grant funds to involve and engage their local […]
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Angus King greets voters in Lewiston
Senate candidate Angus King greets voters in Lewiston at the Multi Purpose Center.
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Lewiston city services slowed today
LEWISTON – City Clerk Kathy Montejo reminds residents that many city services will be slowed Tuesday because of Election Day duties. “The city utilizes many city employees to help work at the seven polling places across the city to assist voters with election services,” she said in an email. “We have employees from every city […]
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‘August Gale’ author will give talk at L-A College
LEWISTON — Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Barbara Walsh will discuss her book, “August Gale: A Father and Daughter’s Journey into the Storm,” on Thursday, Nov. 15, at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College. Walsh is also the author of “Sammy in the Sky,” a children’s book illustrated by painter Jamie Wyeth. In “August Gale,” she delves into the story […]
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P. Siebenlist: No to seismic air gun testing
The Department of the Interior is expected to make a decision soon whether to allow seismic air gun testing along the East Coast. Seismic air gun testing is a method deployed by oil companies to search for oil and gas beneath the sea floor. If approved, it would be the first step toward expanding drilling […]
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Creativity at work
L/A Arts will host the “Trails of the Fall” art show and exhibit, presented by Creative Trails. The show features paintings, graphic art, jewelry, handmade crafts, hand-dyed items, woven items and sewn items done by adults with intellectual uniqueness. Artwork will be displayed through December, first at the Community Gallery and then at the DownStage Gallery. An opening reception will […]
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“The Figure Revealed IV”: Life-drawing group members showing their works at Atrium Gallery
LEWISTON — More than 80 works by 53 artists will be shown at Atrium Art Gallery in a statewide juried exhibition exclusively focused on work created in the environment of a life-drawing group. “The Figure Revealed IV” exhibition, featuring artwork in media ranging from pencil and charcoal to oil and watercolor, will open Friday, Nov. 9, with a […]