PORTLAND/LEWISTON — Goodwill Industries of Northern New England has announced the start of the Multilanguage Leadership Corps, a new program that places AmeriCorps members with English Language Learners in schools and nonprofit organizations in greater Portland and Lewiston. AmeriCorps members focus on mentoring, school skills support and community engagement to increase academic engagement among English […]
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A. Culpovich: Obvious media bias
If Barack Obama is re-elected, it will in large part be due to the media bias favoring his administration. The major TV networks and printed media seldom report news that would show the failings of his administration. As a newspaper, if the Sun Journal gets a news article from the Associated Press, the headline and […]
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R. Slovenski: Listens to both sides
Mike Beaulieu has been a wonderful state legislator for Auburn and all of Maine. He listens to both sides and has the courage to vote for what is best for everyone, whether he votes with Democrats or Republicans. I first knew him as a terrific teacher and coach who had my children in his classes […]
Posted inObituaries
Dorothy A. Leavitt
WILLISTON, Vt. — Dorothy A. Leavitt, 83, of South Burlington, Vt., died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Vermont Respite House following a long illness. She was born Feb. 26, 1929, in Chicago, Ill., the daughter of the late Thomas and Bertha (Tankey) Levi. She lived most of her […]
Posted inLocal Sports
HS Football: Bulldogs blast fired-up Blue Devils
LEWISTON — Lawrence came out a little flat for Friday night’s Pine Tree Conference tilt with Lewiston, but the unbeaten Bulldogs’ flat is full-speed to a lot of other teams. Lawrence finally shook off the fired-up Blue Devils in the second half for a 48-20 victory thanks to three touchdown runs by Josh Doolan and […]
Posted inOur View
We live in a unique nation of differences
It’s the foundation upon which this country was built, and from which all other rights extend. If we believe that our government is a government of the people, conversely that means that our government officials have protection from “we the people” infringing on officials’ free speech. Right? That’s the dramatic irony about the dustup over […]
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Bates student dies after fall
LEWISTON — Bates College student Troy Pappas died on Friday, six days after he was injured in a fall in a stairwell at Parker Hall. College President Clayton Spencer sent an email message to the campus community Friday night to share the news that Pappas, 18, of Eliot, had died. “This news is heartbreaking for […]
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Dressage event to benefit Dempsey Center
DURHAM — Central Maine Dressage will host the second annual Kur for the Cure from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Esprit Equestrian Center, 268 Newell Brook Road. This is a freestyle dressage event, also know as horse ballet, ridden to music. All proceeds will benefit the Patrick Dempsey Center for […]
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Region 9’s Barlow named Maine tech teacher of the year
LEWISTON — Peter Barlow was named Maine’s Career and Technical Educator of the Year at a conference here Friday. Barlow is a metal trades instructor at the Region 9 School of Applied Technology in Mexico where he’s taught since 1991, according to a release from the Maine Department of Education. He was surprised with the […]
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They care
Nine Oxford Networks employees participated in the United Way Day of Caring at Advocates for Children in Lewiston. From left are Ann Nadeau, Ryan Newgard, Lauren Eastman, Theresa Camic, Michelle Arsenault, Keith Ellis, Janet Bilodeau, Dawna Hannan and, in front, Jean Williams. The volunteers prepped hundreds of craft supplies for the agency’s Holiday Festival for […]