AUBURN — Fostering personal growth and curiosity, the Lewiston-Auburn Senior College and the Auburn Public Library will kick off the Curious Minds Lecture Series with a seminar on the benefits of meditation by Todd Glacy. The free program will take place at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, in the Androscoggin Community Room of the Auburn […]
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Oxford Hills/Buckfield Adult Education class topics include finances, crocheting
PARIS — Oxford Hills/Buckfield Adult Education has announced its course offerings for April. Intro to Computers 102 with Teresa Drag: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays for five weeks beginning Monday, April 3. Students will learn to manage their home computer, set up and use an email client, install and uninstall applications, remove malware, connect a […]
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Maple syrup producers hope for a sweet season
The weather hasn’t cooperated, but that didn’t stop maple syrup producers from giving visitors wagon rides, demonstrations and samples during the 34th annual Maine Maple Sunday. Tony Couture of Maple Valley Farm in Jay said he has made 200 gallons of syrup this year with most of it made in early February. Sap hasn’t run […]
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Benny Benedetto: 98 and still putting on a show
JAY — Every Friday night for the past 15 years, Arthur “Benny” Benedetto has played bass in the VFW open mic house band. The show starts at 6 p.m. Sometime during the night, he’ll take to the microphone and switch over to guitar to sing a song or two, such as “I’ll See You in […]
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Resi Stiegler captures U.S. Alpine Championships slalom crown
Resi Stiegler, center, celebrates her first place finish along with second place finisher Roni Remme (left) and third place finisher Lila Lapanja (right). CARRABASSETT VALLEY — With one run under her belt in the anything-can-happen slalom event, Resi Stiegler clung to a .16-second lead over Megan McJames, and Roni Remme of Canada and the University of […]
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Philip H. Walters Jr.
FARMINGTON — Philip Harris Walters Jr., 97, passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 21, with family members around his bedside. Philip was born in Wilmington, Del., on Dec. 1, 1919, the eldest of eight children born to Philip Harris Walters Sr. and Katherine Sawyer Walters. He graduated from Granville High School in New York State in […]
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Eats: What's for dinner? Depends on what's in the cupboard!
Strata, a savory and cheesy bread pudding, can be made in advance using stale bread and a couple cups of chopped meat and vegetables left over from other meals. I live over 10 miles from the nearest grocery store so I have a tendency to stock up when I’m in town. I never know when […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Carrabassett Valley Academy trio takes on Nationals
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Sam Conzelman, Emma Kearing and Rylee McCormack gave Carrabassett Valley Academy bragging rights by qualifying for the U.S. Alpine Championships at Sugarloaf. “This was our goal, and it’s so cool that all three of us made it,” Kearing said. “We’re the only academy that has three girls in this.” Making the U.S. […]
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Face Time: Alexis White, tick hunter
Growing up in Leeds, Alexis White wanted a career in math. What she got was a career in ticks. White, a doctoral student at Old Dominion University in Virginia, researches the little blood suckers that are increasingly plaguing the region. Her goal: control them. And if a tick-killing robot helps, all the better. Name: Alexis […]
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Public health nurses improve the health of a community
Public health nurses are unsung heroes, an often overlooked but absolutely necessary part of health care — ask any primary care nurse or doctor. In addition to providing important educational, preventive, diagnostic and treatment services to individual patients and families, public health nurses are vital to the health of the Lewiston-Auburn community. Even if we, […]