The historic restoration of the Osgood Building on Lisbon Street was acknowledged by Maine Preservation with a 2018 Honor Award, one of 13 designations celebrating outstanding examples of historic preservation and revitalization statewide. It also recognizes the owners, professionals, preservationists and partners who make them possible. The Osgood Building is a four-story white brick building […]
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Red Kettle Campaign rings on
Jeannine Beliveau of Lewiston talks with Salvation Army bell-ringers Jeff and Debbie Reynolds after dropping some money in the kettle outside Walmart in Auburn on Wednesday. The Reynoldses have been volunteering for the Red Kettle Campaign for the past seven years. The Salvation Army has until Dec. 24 to meet its campaign goal of raising […]
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Leavitt Area High School surprises chemistry teacher with $5,000 award
TURNER — Eight years ago, Leavitt Area High School chemistry teacher Julie Schmidt pitched the idea of an after-school program to help students struggling to finish classes and graduate on time. This week, students heaped on praise — she “makes you feel like your opinion matters,” she’s “funny and a good listener,” she “taught me […]
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Jared Golden’s lawyers call GOP’s election case appeal ‘a Hail Mary pass’
BOSTON — Lawyers scoffed Wednesday at U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s emergency appeal to a federal court to block the certification of Maine’s 2nd District congressional race results and perhaps leave Maine’s 2nd District congressional seat empty until the case is resolved. Calling Poliquin’s move “a Hail Mary pass,” lawyers for Democrat Jared Golden said the […]
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Trump says he’s eager to sign sweeping criminal justice bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a sweeping criminal justice bill Tuesday that addresses concerns that the nation’s war on drugs had led to the imprisonment of too many Americans for non-violent crimes without adequately preparing them for their return to society. Senate passage of the bill by a vote of 87-12 culminates years of […]
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U.S. Senate to vote on funding government through Feb. 8
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will take up a short-term measure Wednesday to fund the federal government through Feb. 8, a move that eases the risk of a shutdown and comes only after President Donald Trump backed off his demand for border wall funds. McConnell opened the Senate saying […]
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He’s perfect but she doesn’t want to kiss him
DEAR ABBY: I have a close friend who is in her mid-30s. She’s a wonderful, divorced, hardworking Christian mother of four who has finally ventured back to the dating scene. She’s currently seeing a guy who in all respects is perfect for her, she says. Unfortunately, when it comes to romance, for some reason she […]
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Make ELHS a world-class facility
I am writing in response to a recent letter that disparaged citizens’ desires for amenities in Auburn’s new high school. As a disabled senior citizen without any children in the school system, I still wish that the new school, which will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Auburn, to become a world-class facility, with both a […]
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Infrastructure can be unifying
Infrastructure is not eternal. It needs maintenance, and a policy promoting infrastructure can be unifying. The president wants (perhaps) to unify the country by building a wall along the southern border between the U.S. and Mexico. That would not work on boat people, who might avail themselves to the 10,000-plus mile coastline; and some people […]
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Federal Reserve has to find the right balance to preserve growing economy
WASHINGTON — The nine-year economic recovery is dead. Long live the recovery. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) — the Federal Reserve’s main policymaking body — meets this week to decide whether or not to raise interest rates. No matter what it does, the decision is likely to be criticized. Since late 2015, the Fed […]