According to the calendar, it’s March. And if it’s March, the International Maple Syrup Institute says it’s Maple Syrup Month. Celebrated in the United States and Canada, the monthlong tribute coincides with the crescendo of the sugaring season. This year, a series of warm days in February had some people worried the maple trees would […]
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Talk of the town: What I won't do for love
Baby Cakes Hee. I was behind a minivan the other day that bore a license plate with some variation of that name on it. Baby Cakes. I snickered. I guffawed. I both snickered and guffawed to the point where I was actually snickuffering. Then I pulled up alongside the van and saw that the dude […]
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One simple meal makes a world of difference
On any given week day, at about noon, a veritable army of volunteers fans out across our state on a mission. They are the Meals on Wheels volunteers, delivering simple Maine-cooked, nutritious meals to thousands of Maine’s most vulnerable older adults. While the act may seem simple, the benefits of the Meals on Wheels program […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Maine Poetry Central and Dennis Camire This week’s poem by Bruce Guernsey of Bethel sheds light on how we see, or fail to see, our world. The poem appears in the collection “From Rain: Poems, 1970-2010.” Ice Fishing By Bruce Guernsey When the doctor beams his line of light in the […]
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Chin inspired me to get involved
Two years back, I was deeply frustrated with the political leaders in Maine and Lewiston. Every time I read a local headline, I was embarrassed, saddened and shocked. Then, a young man who was running for mayor of Lewiston, Ben Chin, inspired me to get involved politically — for the first time in my life. […]
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Irene L. Thibodeau
AUBURN — Irene L. Thibodeau, 92, of 440 Minot Ave., Auburn, died on Wednesday, March 15, at Clover Manor Health Care Facility surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Lewiston, on July 15, 1924, the daughter of the late Lucien and Alvine (Landry) Rancourt and had been a resident of this community all […]
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Well done
ORONO — The Maine Association of Broadcasters have announced the awarding of scholarship support to local University of Maine undergraduates: Jonathan Petrie of Rumford; and Samuel Wheeler, Greenwood. — FINDLAY, OH — Erika Thibault of Lewiston has been awarded the Dr. Michael T. Homsher Memorial Scholarship at the University of Findlay for the 2016-2017 academic year. — CANTON, N.Y. — Bryanna L. Sult of Lisbon Falls is participating in a St. Lawrence University off-campus study […]
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Mainers cannot afford proposed health care replacement plan
As a practicing family medicine physician in Lewiston, I am concerned about the fate of the Affordable Care Act. The repeal of the ACA and its replacement by the proposed Republican Healthcare Bill would be extremely detrimental to the citizens of Maine, particularly those in central Maine. Maine has the oldest population in the country, […]
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Central Maine Dart League results
Standings as of March 6: A Division 1. Schmengees Darts on Fire 54-23 2. 20M Notorious crew 52-25 3. 20M Sitting Ducks 52-36 4. Lefty Screamin’ Eagles 48-18 5. 20M Screamin Pigeons 35-31 6. Those Guys 15-62 6. Trippin B’s 8-69. 5B’s Division 1. LHC Leftovers 47-41 2. NASC Rolling Stoners 47-30 3. Carlton Club […]
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Hebron voters approve 3 percent raise for town employees at town meeting
HEBRON — Voters approved an approximate $785,000 municipal budget Saturday as about 40 voters turned out for annual town meeting at the Hebron Station School. The approved municipal budget includes about a 3 percent raise for town employees. Voters re-elected incumbents Selectman Dan Eichorn, Moody Library Trustee William Clough and Budget Committee member James Trundy’s, […]