Homelessness is a harsh and brutal existence at any time of the year, but more so in the depths of winter. It’s always been a curious thing that the two local homeless shelters force people to endure the drudgery of tramping the streets for nine hours a day. When the mind is numb from loss […]
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Lending a hand
This is in response to Doug Taylor’s letter, printed Oct. 27. He was disappointed to find a clergyman blessing animals instead of addressing violence. The blessing of the animals took place Oct. 4 and was in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, who loved all God’s animals. Everyone was invited, and their animals, hoping to […]
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Kids give hockey a try in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Brothers Michael Ridley, 4, and Benjamin Ridley, 6, of Lisbon sat in a locker room for the first time Saturday. In the Androscoggin Bank Colisee, in a city where the hockey tradition runs deep, they wore skates, leg pads, padded pants, gloves, helmets, jerseys, and smiles. They were playing hockey for the first […]
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Improve your website for small-business success
Most small businesses have a website of some kind, and many are relying more and more on the Internet to help their marketing and sales efforts and contribute to profits. But wanting a website that works hard for the business and actually getting one that does so are two different things. L-A SCORE mentor Jack […]
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Try looking forward
This letter was prompted by Robert Lacombe’s letter, “America needs help,” printed Oct. 24. It is always easy to look back and see just how great or bad an administration was. We need to stop looking back and begin to truly look forward. President Barack Obama’s so-called failings, in my opinion, are not even part […]
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Has unique qualities
Once again it is election time in Lewiston and, once again, Lewiston’s residents have a fine slate of candidates running for the office of mayor. There is one candidate who literally stands head and shoulders above the mayoral field. That candidate is Mark W. Paradis. He possesses the unique qualities that would make him the […]
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Archbishop, social philosopher to attend Lewiston luncheon
LEWISTON — Archbishop Lazar Puhalo will attend a luncheon at Three One Cafe, 259 Lisbon St., from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8. Puhalo, a hierarch of the Orthodox Church in America, is considered one of the world’s “foremost social philosophers,” according to a news release issued by the University of Maine at Augusta’s […]
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Carbonite hires 150 in Lewiston, two months ahead of schedule
LEWISTON — The jobs are here. Early. Six months after Carbonite announced it was moving jobs from India to a new tech call center in Lewiston, the company has hired 150 people, full time. In May, it forecast hiring that many by the end of 2012. Carbonite, headquartered in Boston, specializes in online data backup […]
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Marcel Bosse
BURLINGTON, N.C. — Marcel Bosse, 72, of 807 South Ridge Road, Burlington, N.C., died Nov. 3, at Hospice home after a lengthy illness with Parkinson’s disease. Marcel was born July 16, 1939, in Lewiston and graduated from Lewiston High School. He retired from New England Telephone Co. after 25 years working in Direct Distance Dialing […]
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Carbonite hires 150 in Lewiston
LEWISTON — After announcing in May that it was moving to town, bringing jobs here from India, Carbonite has hit its hiring goal two months early. Company officials announced Friday that they have hired 150 people, full-time, to work in the new tech call center at the business park on Mollison Way. Carbonite, headquartered in […]