AUBURN — The Auburn Public Library has announced teen events for January. Maine Job Corps: Teens and new adults, ages 16 to 24, may obtain information on the Job Corps by contacting Cathie Gavett at 207-458-5369 to find out more about the program and who is eligible. She will arrange a mutually convenient time to […]
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Meaning of Christmas, according to tots
PARIS — Julien Frank, 5, of Oxford, watched his 2-year-old sister, Clover, sitting on Santa’s lap, and nervously inched closer. In a tiny voice, he asked Santa for a “Pop the Pig” game, and his sisters both agreed it was fine gift to ask for. The annual children’s Christmas party in the Paris Public Library […]
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Westbrook library wants to add cameras to discourage ‘sexually deviant behavior’
The problem behavior includes sex acts and use of computers to access pornography, according to police. WESTBROOK — The city is looking to upgrade the security cameras at Walker Memorial Library to better ward off sexually inappropriate behavior there. According to Police Chief Janine Roberts, people have been engaging in “sexually deviant behavior” at the […]
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Treat Memorial Library to host Family Holiday Time
LIVERMORE FALLS — Treat Memorial Library will hold a Family Holiday Time on Saturday, Dec. 16. Festive stories will be featured at 10:30 a.m. After that, crafts and activities will be available until closing at 2 p.m. The library will host a How Many Santas? contest. Patrons are invited to guess how many Santa candies […]
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Marine Corps League seeks membership LEWISTON — Marine Corps League Central Maine Detachment 810 will host its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, at the Lewiston Armory, 65 Central Ave. All U.S. Marines, FMF Corpsman and Navy Chaplains are invited. Anyone interested in Marines Helping Veterans is also invited to attend. New members are […]
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Library tween, teen Makerspace Center nearly ready to open
JAY — Jay-Niles Memorial Library Tween and Teen Makerspace Center should be up and running by Tuesday, Oct. 24. The library received a $5,000 grant for the creation of a Makerspace for use by tweens and teens in RSU 73 last summer. The space was made possible by a Maine Public Library Fund grant. The […]
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West Paris selectmen OK for grants for library repairs
WEST PARIS — The Board of Selectmen voted Thursday to accept $10,000 from the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation for the Arthur L. Mann Memorial Library, according to David MacDowell, chairman of the West Paris Library board of trustees. MacDowell said the money will go toward a new roof and repair of the flashing surrounding […]
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Speaker: U.S. working to help Somalia, Kenya overcome challenges
LEWISTON — Kenya and Somalia may share a border, but the two East African countries have few similarities. That’s part of the challenges facing the United States in that region of the world, said Ian M. Catlett, an attorney-adviser with the U.S. Department of State. The Lewiston native was the first speaker of the 2017-18 season […]
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Juvenile Justice Panel: Music, dance and crime stats
LEWISTON — The way Rilwan Osman sees it, the more entrenched the immigrant population becomes in Lewiston, the greater their responsibility to make it a better place. “Lewiston is our home,” said Osman, executive director of Maine Immigration and Refugee Services. “We’re not going anywhere, so let’s make our city and state a better place […]
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Norway book club fall reading schedule includes story of Maine hermit
NORWAY — Norway Memorial Library’s Morning Book Club will host a discussion of “Lincoln in the Bardo” by George Saunders at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8. During the beginning of the Civil War, President Lincoln’s son, Willie, dies and finds himself in a strange purgatory. It is where ghosts mingle, gripe, commiserate, quarrel and enact […]