Since 1980, the rate of childhood obesity in Harlem has quadrupled. While this is part of a national trend, Nadirah Chestnut, director of the Healthy Harlem program run by the Harlem Children’s Zone, the growing waistlines of Harlem’s youngsters are a cause for concern. “Over the long term, it is something that could undermine our […]
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Lewiston educators head to Harlem in search of ideas to address poverty
What they saw, they said, might help transform the community by raising students and families from generations of hardship.
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Lewiston educators head to Harlem in search of ideas to address poverty
What they saw, they said, might help transform the community by raising students and families from generations of hardship.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
L-A This Week
MONDAY, Feb. 3 AUBURN — City Council workshop and meeting, 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber at Auburn Hall. TUESDAY, Feb. 4 AUBURN — Age-Friendly Community Committee, 5:30 p.m. at the Auburn Senior Community Center in Pettengill Park. LEWISTON — City Council workshop and meeting, 6 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall. WEDNESDAY, […]
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GALLERY: Bates students Puddle Jump into the cold
Hundreds of Bates College students walked out onto frozen Lake Andrews and jumped through a large square cut through eight inches of ice Friday during the annual Puddle Jump at the Lewiston campus. Members of the Bates Outing Club host the event every year during the weeklong Winter Carnival.
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Lewiston looks to Harlem programs to spur change
Officials see an opportunity to copy some Harlem Children’s Zone programs to help combat poverty in troubled neighborhoods.
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The pipeline for Harlem’s children
The whole idea at the Harlem Children’s Zone is to create a sort of wrap-around group of services that envelopes children from the earliest possible age and never lets them go until after college, if then. Here’s a quick list of some of the programs involved: Early Childhood: Baby College and a pre-K program called […]
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Winter Dance Showcase to be presented at Franco Center
LEWISTON — The Franco Center and Bates College Winter Dance Showcase, re-branded as FAB15 in honor of the partnership’s 15th year, returns with several performances by artists from all over Maine and regionally. The main show opens at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, at the Gendron Franco Center. There will be a pre-show musical performance […]
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Calderwood Consort to give pair of concerts in Lewiston
The Calderwood Consort, one of Maine’s longest performing early music groups, will perform two concerts presenting sacred and profane love songs from the twelfth through the seventeenth centuries. The first performance – a short, half-hour program of dances and love songs by Machaut, Lindini, Dufay, Byrd and others, will begin at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, […]
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Lewiston man sues Westbrook cops over arrest
The would-be restaurateur claims his false arrest and bail conditions dashed his dreams of launching a barbecue restaurant.