Mention the name “Maine” and there’s a lot that sets us apart. We’re the state closest to Europe. We’re the only one among the lower 48 that rubs elbows with only one other. In recent months we have been showered daily reminders that we are the only jurisdiction to use Ranked Choice Voting on either […]
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New Year's Eve celebrations
Dee Turcotte Caouette, front, exalted ruler of Elks Lodge 371 on Lisbon Street in Lewiston, rings in the new year with friends at the lodge Sunday night. Her goals for 2018 are “happiness and less stress.” She said she doesn’t like to make resolutions because she can never keep them. Nancy Preble, back, said she […]
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Wait for it . . . 2018
There’s no sugarcoating it: 2017 has been a tough year. Angry politics. Sexual harassment. Sexual assault. California wildfires. Hurricanes. Drugs. Violence. The threat of nuclear war. Net neutrality. More sexual harassment. More sexual assault. More angry politics. It’s so bad that people are turning to Hallmark Christmas movies in droves. Escapism via fake snow, sugar […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: You say goodbye, I say hello
It’s time to bid goodbye to 2017, and there are lots of ways to do it. Farewell. Au revoir. Macsalaamo. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Shopping Siren is particularly fond of that last one. But it’s also the perfect time to say hello. To 2018! To a female Doctor Who! […]
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Eager for 2018?
Stock photo Are you looking forward to a happier 2018? Staff Writer Lindsay Tice is writing a story about all the things to look forward to in 2018 and she’s looking for people who are excited about the coming year. Maybe, for you, 2018 means the birth of a baby or a grand wedding anniversary. […]
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New year, new babies
LEWISTON — Two new babies were welcomed early Sunday morning. Charlotte Oh of Lewiston gave birth to Lewiston’s first baby of the year, Zander Reuben Callahan, at 12:03 a.m. Jan. 1 at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. Her boyfriend, Daryn Callahan, was with her during the birth. “I’m doing good,” Oh said. Zander, born after […]
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Farmington’s fist baby of new year may also be first in Maine
FARMINGTON — Isiah Norman Daku, the first baby born at Franklin Memorial Hospital in 2016, may be the first baby born this year in Maine. FMH spokesperson Jill Gray said she is still waiting to hear from two of the state’s largest hospitals, Mercy Hospital and Maine Medical Center, before she can confirm it. On […]
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River views: Grandness of the Strand awed audiences
“A bit of Broadway dropped onto Main Street, Lewiston,” said a lady as she stepped from a taxi at the entrance of the New Lewiston Theatre, Thursday night. That’s how hundreds of L-A residents celebrated New Year’s Eve a century ago. It was opening night at an opulent addition to the abundant entertainment venues of […]
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2014: A year of tragedies, triumphs and tribulations
At first glance, 2014 looks like a year of staying the course — of familiar faces and the unchanging Maine way of life. We elected a new governor who wasn’t new to us at all. We voted against a referendum that would have changed the way sportsmen hunt bears in the Maine woods. A popular […]