AUGUSTA — The Maine Veterans’ Cemetery System (MVCS) will join Wreaths Across America (WAA) for National Wreaths Across America Day on Saturday, Dec. 19. Wreaths Across America will deliver wreaths to Maine’s four veterans’ cemeteries, and those wreaths will be laid on gravesites of veterans by WAA volunteers. In year’s past, the Maine Veterans’ Cemetery […]
Alex Lear
A Maine native and Colby College graduate, Alex has been covering coastal communities since 2001. He lives in the Portland area with his wife Lauren, 4-year-old daughter Alaina, and 7-year-old bulldog Walter. He has released four CDs of original music and does occasional research work for Marvel Comics' collected editions.
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Lewiston High School students achieve honors
LEWISTON — Lewiston High School has announced its first-quarter honor roll. First Honors Grade nine: Leila Abdi, Yonis Ahmed, Madeleine Albert, Badia Aldhaibani, Alexia Arel, Merveille Bamba, Jakob Beal, Ava Blanchette, Alex Breton, Isabella Brunetti, Emily Chapman, Savannah Connor-Schade, Madeline Cote, Olivia Crowley, Jersey Cunningham, Lillian Davis, Isabelle DeMars, Cody Dionne, Benjamin Drewal, Savana Emmert, […]
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Frank Kieliszek: Trump lost the ball game
Nobody likes a sore loser. We teach our children to accept defeat with grace. At the end of this year’s game (the presidential election), the referee (the American people) decided that Biden was the winner. Trump, to his surprise, was the loser. The old champion (Trump) had bragged that the only way he could lose […]
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Sunday River to host avalanche safety clinics
NEWRY — Sunday River will host two avalanche safety clinics in partnership with SAFE AS Clinics on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 19 and 20. SAFE AS, which stands for Skiers and Snowboarders Advocating and Fostering Avalanche & Snow Safety, is a women’s tailored and women-designed avalanche clinic for beginner and experienced backcountry skiers. The clinic […]
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George Howitt: Trump must stop trying to overturn election
After 85 trial and appellate judges — Republican and Democratic — have tossed all the evidence-free lawsuits from their courtrooms, and after the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to rule on the Texas lawsuit, this farce to overturn the election results should have ended. But the president has vowed to fight on, even if all […]
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Androscoggin Democrats join party in virtual food drive
AUBURN — The Androscoggin Democrats are participating in a virtual food drive to support the Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine, in partnership with the Maine Democratic Party, ending in early January. The Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine is an organization dedicated to eliminating hunger in Maine by improving access to nutritious food for […]
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COVID-19 emergency baskets going to cancer patients in Western Maine
NORWAY — For many cancer patients in western Maine, COVID-19 has compounded the financial impact they already face from a cancer diagnosis. Expenses associated with transportation and lodging related to their cancer treatment, as well as medical bills and co-pays, force them to make hard choices when it comes to purchases of food, household items […]
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James Richter: Keeping safe amid COVID is ‘patriotic duty’
On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 Americans died in a terrorist attack. On each of two days last week, over 3,000 Americans succumbed to COVID-19. In the last month the disease has killed about 50,000 Americans. It took almost nine years for 58,000 Americans to die in Vietnam. In the 41 months the United States […]
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Mt. Blue High School announces student honors
FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue High School has announced its first-quarter honor roll. Highest Honors Madison Allen, Warren Allen, James Archer, Lindsay Arsenault, Chloe Artis, Magnus Augustin, Brittany Bailey, Cole Baker, Scott Barber, Ashton Beaudoin, Ayden Beisaw, Lexi Belanger, Grace Bell, McKenzie Berry, Mason Biello, Levi Bogar, Luke Brown, Kellsie Buzzell, Elsie Campbell, Lucinda Carroll, Martha […]