LEWISTON — WMCA Health Services is offering free HIV testing to all as part of World AIDS Day, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, at their office at 179 Lisbon St. Anyone can either call the clinic to make an appointment or walk in that day for free testing. WMCA Health Services […]
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Modern Woodmen list December events
LEWISTON — Modern Woodmen of America’s District Office at 184 Webster St. is sponsoring several activities in December for members and their guests. Chapter 14346: Saturday, Dec. 3, 4 to 6:30 p.m., Holy Cross KC bean supper, 607 Lisbon St. Chapter 10589: Sunday, Dec. 4, Flagship Cinema, Lewiston/Auburn Chapter 12749: Wednesday, Dec. 7, 4 to […]
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Bridge results LEWISTON — The Lewiston-Auburn Bridge Club winners at the Multi-Purpose Center on Nov. 22 were as follows: first, Patricia Garcia and David Lock; second, Nancy Lindgren and Fred Letourneau; third, Jan Arey and Linda Leotsakos; first in B, Della Starbird and Anna Vitiello. Games are played every Monday and Tuesday at 9 a.m. […]
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Sights Unseen: spirited distribution
Lewiston is the home of two major beer and wine distributors in the state, Federal Distributors on Lisbon Road and, a half-mile away, Central Distributors on Foss Road. In the early morning hours, about 4 a.m., the warehouses at both facilities are buzzing as more than 40 distribution trucks are loaded and then head out […]
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Awful good falafel — Eats: Fast-rising Bates chef loves Mediterranean cuisine
His success story began when he was a young pot scrubber working at Bates College in 1992, a year before his graduation from Lewiston High School. By 1994, Owen Keene had tossed out the dish water in exchange for stocking the salad bar with fresh food. Soon after, he transitioned into the kitchen as a […]
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The future of Bates Mill No. 5: What’s your vote? A Sun Journal reader project
Should it be home to a new hydro-powered trolley? Or Universal Studios East? Or Lewiston Middle School? Just some of your ideas. With Bates Mill No. 5’s future in flux, two weeks ago the Sun Journal asked readers for ideas on what ought to become of the building and the land beneath it. The fate […]
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Making sense of subsidized housing and calls for a moratorium
Macdonald, one of two candidates for mayor in a Dec. 13 runoff, made the federal housing program a key part of his mayoral campaign. He believes his vow to pass a moratorium on new Section 8 housing in the downtown helped him win a runoff spot in the Nov. 8 election. “People are angry,” Macdonald […]
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D. Burd: A positive attitude
Maine has been my home for 45 years and Lewiston for the past two. I have watched the city go from having a thriving economy with a polluted river to a city whose manufacturing base disappeared, along with its vibrant economy. The city’s buildings sat depleted and vacant. Opportunities for the future looked dark. In […]
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Auburn couple copes with theft of savings
AUBURN — Terry Lowell once believed in people and his God. Now, he believes in neither. At 72, he is living paycheck to paycheck, trying to keep up with the bills that accompany his wife Sharon’s treatment for Parkinson’s disease. They had a cushion — $28,000 they kept wrapped in a T-shirt in a nightstand. […]
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Girls’ HS Hockey: Devils, Dragons deadlocked
LEWISTON — Jen Machin’s goal at 3:57 of the third period boosted Brunswick to a 3-3 tie with Lewiston in the girls’ hockey season opener for both teams Saturday night at Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Lewiston led 2-1 after one period and 3-2 at the second intermission. Goalies Erin Gay of Brunswick and Paige Fontaine of […]