Community briefs for Tuesday, Oct. 6

Farmington Grange is open for rentals FARMINGTON — Farmington Grange will host a Pomona meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, wearing masks and using social distancing. Grange members have been meeting in the hall for the past two months. Prior to that, they were using Zoom. The Grange has been receiving donations to help […]

Cartoon for Tuesday, Oct. 6

Safe Voices seeks donors for holiday outreach programs

LEWISTON — Safe Voices, a domestic violence resource center, has invited businesses and community members to participate in its annual holiday programs, Feed-a-Family and Adopt-a-Family. Individuals, businesses and community organizations are welcome, and may choose to support one or both programs. The annual program serves more than 100 families across Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties […]

Food for Thought program to focus on hearing technology

LEWISTON — The Senior College Food For Thought online program at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, will focus on hearing loss. Debra Bare-Rogers, Lisa Penney and Scott Murray will share information about distance communication technology. The program is free and open to the public. Bare-Rogers will talk about Maine Relay, a free service that assists […]

Freeport, New Gloucester offer trick or treating alternatives

FREEPORT — Visit Freeport, the Freeport Police Department and the town of Freeport have canceled the Freeport business district’s annual Trick or Treat night due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision to cancel aligns with the advice on trick or treating recently issued by the CDC as well as Maine’s ongoing guidance limiting large gatherings. […]

Cartoon for Sunday, Oct. 4

Joan Macri: Reelect Sheats to House District 64

As a long-time debate coach, I choose elected officials carefully. I do my research, and that research is not influenced by the number of signs a candidate has, nor the glossiness of their pamphlets. I use the Internet to see what positions candidates have taken in the past, and how that matches with how they […]

John Cleveland: Keep Claxton, Sheats in Augusta

In this age of enormous campaign spending and special interest funding of political campaigns, I am very proud of Sen. Ned Claxton and Rep. Bettyann Sheats for choosing to be clean election candidates. As clean election candidates they only accept $5 contributions from voters in their legislative districts, which is matched by the state’s Clean […]

Rudolph Ziehm: Trump ignores truth, justice, decency

There is no way President Trump will ever win a majority of voters. I find myself gagging on his lies. He preaches law and order, while ignoring truth, justice and decency. He skews the messages from our health agencies in a very lethal game of propaganda, all the while preparing, once more, to defeat the […]

Leonard Pitts Jr.: We expect better of Joe Biden

Asked about race at Tuesday’s presidential debate, one candidate gave a very disappointing answer. The other was Donald Trump. Which is not to suggest Trump had satisfactory answers. To the contrary, asked by moderator Chris Wallace why America should trust him to heal its racial wounds, he was, as is his norm, nonsensical and miles […]