LEWISTON — The Ladies of St. Ann Sodality of the Prince of Peace Parish will hold a celebration for the new Sodalist of the Year at the Green Ladle on Wednesday, May 9. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and chicken cordon bleu will be served at 6 p.m. Tickets are $15 and may […]
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H.S. Lacrosse: Dragons deal Devils first defeat
BRUNSWICK — The Lewiston High School Blue Devils girls’ lacrosse team started strong, but Brunswick pulled away in the second half for a 16-5 victory in a KVAC match-up of unbeatens. Despite the lopsided score, Brunswick coach Beth Caputi was impressed with the Lewiston club. “They were much faster and more athletic then I anticipated,” […]
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Lewiston-Auburn students rally against online bullies
AUBURN — For 16-year-old Michael Kelley of Auburn, the simple act of standing beside Lewiston-Auburn’s busiest stretch of road and holding a sign is an act of defiance. “I’ve been bullied,” Kelley said, standing at the center of Longley Memorial Bridge. “I know for a fact it really hurts. This gives me a chance to […]
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Police searching for missing Bethel woman
BETHEL — Police are asking the public for help in their search for a Bethel woman who has been missing for nearly two months. Fay Johnson, 62, was last seen in Bethel on March 7 as she was moving into a new apartment, according to a press release from the Maine State Police. There has […]
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Women’s Center lists May events
LEWISTON — The Women’s Center now has a kitchen and is able to offer cooking related activities. The center kicked off the month with a May Day brunch on the first. On May 15 at 10 a.m. Denise Dill, food educator from the Nutrition Center of Maine, will lead her monthly class with a focus […]
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J. Barrett: Inflicting more pain
For Easter Sunday and my daughter’s birthday on April 17, I left an angel at her gravesite. I went back on April 21 and it was gone. This is not the first time someone has stolen items at her gravesite. At the cemetery we are allowed to leave “winter” baskets from November through April 15. […]
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P. Lavallee: Control prescription painkillers
This is in response to the article “Prescription painkiller sales on rise in Maine” (April 29). It is truly alarming to read about such a large increase in heavy duty medications that were prescribed for pain in Lewiston during the past 10 years. Also, in the same section of the Sunday paper was a related […]
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P. Caron: Running out of money
I can’t believe what I have heard. Government officials say they must make cuts to school funding, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid because there isn’t enough money. But government agencies and Congress put in $20 million worth of overtime. The budget cuts should start with them. The nation is going broke while they keep filling […]
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M. Perreault: Governor’s abusive words
I did not vote for Paul LePage in the election for governor because, during his campaign, I found him to be extremely abusive with words. In the April 28 Sun Journal, there was a story in which LePage called state workers corrupt. That certainly proves my point for disliking him. My sister worked 32 years […]
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Lucien R. Chamberlain
HOLDEN, Mass. — Lucien R. Chamberlain, 85, of Worcester, Mass., formerly of Lewiston, passed away on Monday, April 30, at Holden Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, of advanced stages of Parkinson’s disease. Lucien was born in Turner, the son of David and Mary (Albert) Chamberlain and had lived in Maine before moving to Worcester in 1952. […]