LEWISTON — Joline Bell has announced that gift certificates for upcoming senior trips are now available. Day trips Swansea, Massachusetts — March 12. Celtic Angels singers and dancers from Ireland will perform at Venus de Milo. Quebec — April 19. Bellevance Sugar Shack will host a sugar party. Danvers, Massachusetts — April 25. Davensport Yacht Club will present a concert by […]
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Posted inDear Abby, sj-web
Wife resists giving support to man's new career plan
DEAR ABBY: I am an older IT professional (58) who had a very successful career until a year ago. I was part of a major layoff at the company I worked at for many years. I have not been able to find a job in the IT field since. Besides my skills and knowledge in […]
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Girls' basketball: Oak Hill opens season with win over Monmouth
Oak Hill’s Desirae Dumais wrestles a rebound from Monmouth’s Abby Flanagan and turned and scored during the first half of Saturday’s girls’ basketball game between Oak Hill and Monmouth in Wales. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) WALES — Oak Hill spent a quarter subduing its first-game jitters, then subdued Monmouth Academy to the tune of six second-half points […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Jewish community shares light during annual Chanukah celebration
James Mockler of Grey, center, was not happy with the view Sunday night from his seat with his mother and his bubbe (Yiddish for grandmother), so he found a better vantage point in the middle of the center aisle at Beth Abraham Synagogue in Auburn during the annual Chanukah celebration. Members of the congregation were […]
Posted insj-web, Sun Spots
Readers respond to Irish language in Maine query
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I read with interest your inquiry regarding the use of the Irish language in this country. I am a 5th generation Irish-American on both sides of my family, so I have no personal experience with use of the Irish language, but do have a couple suggestions that might be of help in […]
Posted inBethel, Franklin, Oxford Hills, River Valley, sj-web
This week's agenda
Monday Bethel: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Crescent Park School Buckfield: Holiday-Light Decorating Committee, 6 p.m., Municipal Center Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Farmington: RSU 9 Board of Directors, 7 p.m., Mt. Blue Campus, The Forum Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: […]
Posted inRiver Valley, sj-web
Peru fundraiser makes — and keeps — organizer 'warm'
PERU — Barbara Lane of Peru set a collection goal for her food drive. And if she missed that goal, she would spend 24 hours in the cold. Lane hoped to raise $4,321, collect 4,321 food items or a combination thereof. The money and food would be divided among two area food pantries: Servants Heart […]
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Working: Shooting for art
Harold Strout at his Pepperell Mill studio in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Kaleigh McClure was there for a photo shoot to build her modeling portfolio. As they brainstormed, Harold Strout is pretty sure he was the one who suggested they go get a snake. The lighting was right. The orange corn snake was chill. […]
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, Dec. 10 LEWISTON — Finance Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m. in the administrator’s conference room at City Hall. LEWISTON — Planning Board meeting, 5:30 p.m. in the council chamber at City Hall. AUBURN — Conservation Commission meeting, 6 p.m. in the community room at Auburn Hall. LEWISTON — Lewiston School Committee, regular meeting, 6:45 p.m., Dingley […]
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Scrutiny grows along with Wreaths Across America
A Maine nonprofit that places wreaths on veterans’ graves has seen explosive growth in donations over the past decade, its revenues growing from $227,000 in 2011 to $14.6 million last year. As Wreaths Across America has grown, the company from which it buys all of its wreaths has reaped similar rewards. But the nonprofit and […]