LEWISTON — Erin Beardsley of Windham is the first recipient of the Tasha Dunham Memorial Scholarship. Beardsley is a certified school psychological service provider at the Margaret Murphy Center for Children in Lewiston, as well as a student in the University of Southern Maine school psychology doctorate program. The Tasha Dunham Memorial Scholarship was established […]
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Marketing specialist joins Androscoggin Bank
LEWISTON — Androscoggin Bank in Lewiston has hired Melissa Rock as its senior marketing specialist, a newly-created position. She comes to the bank after serving 10 years as director of marketing and communications for Shawnee Peak in Bridgton.
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Adams named Maine Fire Instructor of the Year
LEWISTON — Lewiston firefighter Jonathan “JP” Adams, a 10-year fire service veteran, was named Maine Fire Instructor of the Year on Oct. 22 in Augusta. The award was presented by Maine Fire Service Institute Director Bill Guindon during the institute’s fall instructor workshop. The Deputy Chief Marc Bellefeuille Instructor of the Year Award is presented to […]
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Blanchette Moving earns award
LEWISTON — Allied Van Lines has announced that Blanchette Moving and Storage Co., 32 Lexington St., has earned the APEX quality award. Blanchette was one of 11 Allied agents to receive the award at a national convention in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The APEX quality award is given to those agents who have achieved the highest […]
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Free fall workshop is for parents, teens
LEWISTON — The Lewiston-Auburn Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative and Healthy Androscoggin will host a free fall workshop for Lewiston and Auburn parents and teens called Families in Action. The program will begin at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2. Free meals will be provided to participants. Families in Action is a program that helps parents and […]
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YWCA to offer visual arts classes
LEWISTON — The YWCA will offer an eight-week session of visual arts classes beginning Tuesday, Nov. 1, with art instructor Lynda Leonas. Leonas’ past experience includes working as a K-6 visual arts teacher at Sherwood Heights Elementary School in Auburn and as the former owner/operator of studioELL Fine Arts Center in Lewiston. Students ages 5-18 […]
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Susan Poulin has found, will share her ‘inner moose’
LEWISTON — Maine’s funny woman and Down East Magazine’s humorist Susan Poulin will return to The Public Theatre as Ida Le Clair in her latest show, “The Moose in Me, The Moose in You,” playing Nov. 4-13. In this new show, Ida has found her “inner moose” and become a Certified Maine Life Guide. After […]
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Elks fundraiser to aid food bank, Safe Voices
LEWISTON — The Give Thanks FUNdraiser will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Elks Lodge, 1675 Lisbon St. The fundraiser will benefit the Good Shepherd Food-Bank and Safe Voices (formerly AWAP). There is no entry free and plenty of free parking. People are asked to bring nonperishable food items […]