DEAR SUN SPOTS: I need the help of Sun Spotters. I’d like to have recommendations for available over-the-counter hearing aids. Google reviews are very positive, but I find you can’t always trust those as often-times they are very skewed to favor particular products. I have much more confidence in personal recommendations coming from Sun Spots Land.As […]
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Local worshippers and Ukrainian refugees stand in solidarity for ‘720 Days of Resistance’
Prayers for peace and Ukrainian stories and songs filled the Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul on Sunday as the community and several Ukrainian refugees stood in solidarity for 720 Days of Resistance.
Photo: Visiting Sabattus Pond for ice fishing
With no ice on Cape Cod where he lives, Don Dyer sets out to Maine to try his luck.
Maine teachers call on lawmakers to raise their minimum salary
A bill before the Legislature would increase the minimum teacher salary from $40,000 to $50,000 by the 2027-28 school year. Another proposal would establish a minimum wage for education technicians and support staff.
Reader offers options for enjoying Somali food at Lewiston businesses
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Regarding the Feb. 20 Sun Spots, I am no expert in Somali cuisine, but I do live on Lisbon Street in Lewiston and have noticed, and recently enjoyed eating at, three establishments located very near each other on lower Lisbon Street: Sabans Cuisine, Naima Restaurant, and Heritage Restaurant. Also on lower Lisbon […]
Working Together Lewiston/Auburn taking applications for home renovations
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m a volunteer with Rebuilding Together Lewiston/Auburn and we are looking for homes to renovate this year. The nonprofit organization is supported entirely by contributions of time, labor, materials and money. We are dedicated to repairing the homes of those who, due to financial hardship, age and/or disability, cannot do the work […]
Film Fest supports land trust
BETHEL — Granite Backcountry Alliance (GBA), a nonprofit organization developing backcountry skiing terrain in New Hampshire and western Maine, is coming to The Gem Theater in Bethel, Maine, to screen the Granite Backcountry Film Festival on Saturday, February 24. GBA is teaming up with Mahoosuc Land Trust, a nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving land to further biological diversity, recreational access, […]
Astronomers find what may be the universe’s brightest object with a black hole devouring a sun a day
The quasar – the core of a galaxy – was spotted in 1980, but was thought to be a star.
Maine Gladiators Lions Tournament skating strongly into its 52nd year
The tournament, reportedly the longest running event of its kind in the United States, hosted 37 teams this weekend from Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Police report multiple gunshots fired at apartment on Pine Street in Lewiston
No one was injured when shots were fired early Sunday at an apartment at 189 Pine St., police said, and the shooter reportedly fled in a vehicle.