AUBURN — St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center and Livgeiger, a division of Geiger, are teaming up for a Ladies’ Night to improve the health and wellness of women, on Tuesday, May 24, at the Hilton Garden Inn Auburn RiverWatch. The event will kick off on the dance floor at 5 p.m. with musical guest Laurie […]
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NAARFE to host guest speaker Daphne Loring
LEWISTON — The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 24, at the Ramada Inn. A social half hour will be followed by lunch at noon. After the speaker, there will be a business meeting with reading of the minutes. A report will be given by our Legislative […]
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Meat pie contest
The Franco-American Heritage Center will hold a contest for the best meat pie as part of the FrancoFun Festival, Friday, June 3, in Heritage Hall, Lewiston. The meat pies will be judged during the afternoon Kitchen Show hosted by Rita Dube, executive director at the center. The judges for the contest are, from left, Richard […]
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Face Time: Michael Dostie: Businessman and artist who’s walking the Walk
Michael D. Dostie is a jeweler, an artist and now an organizer for Lewiston-Auburn’s first Art Walk, an event that will turn the downtown Twin Cities into one big art gallery. The brainchild of LA Arts Gallery 5 Curator Tammie Grieshaber, the event will have local businesses hosting local artists’ work. The Art Walk will […]
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Jobs! After two years of downward trends, state and local numbers are starting to pick up
LEWISTON — Michelle Short had been looking for a job for two years. She had a full work history, including a decade in Lewiston-Auburn shoe mills and time in construction. It didn’t help. Thinking training and a career change might land her a job, she went to school and trained to become a certified nursing […]
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H.S. boys’ lacrosse: Blue Devils scorch Dragons
LEWISTON — With 15 seniors on the Lewiston boys’ lacrosse roster, a good handful of them remembered well what happened against Brunswick in 2009. That year, the Dragons opened up on the Blue Devils early in the season for a 15-goal victory, only to have Lewiston push them to the brink three weeks later. This […]
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Special services to be held for Armed Forces Day May 22
LEWISTON — The U.S.S. Canberra Association, in conjunction with area veterans’ organizations, will conduct special services for Armed Forces Day at noon Saturday, May 22, at the Veterans Memorial Park. The service will be held rain or shine. In 1950 the president of the United States proclaimed the third Saturday of May as Armed Forces […]
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Two libraries get old photos to display
AUBURN/LEWISTON — Because the entryway walls at the Androscoggin Historical Society needed painting, the Auburn and Lewiston public libraries are now displaying groups of old photographs. Twenty old photos of Auburn scenes have been installed at the Androscoggin Room of the Auburn Public Library. Twelve photos of Lewiston are in the new book area of […]
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YMCA’s Camp Connor opening for 45th season
POLAND — Registration is open for the 45th season of Camp Connor, a co-ed day camp owned and operated by the Auburn-Lewiston YMCA and licensed by the state for youngsters entering grades 1-8 in the fall. Camp Connor begins the week of June 20, and campers can sign up for any number of individual weeks […]