Free Veterans Luncheon at Green Ladle LEWISTON — The Auburn Exchange Club will be hosting a free Veterans Luncheon again at the Green Ladle on the campus of Lewiston High School at noon Friday, Nov. 9. All active duty and veterans are invited and may bring a guest. Program features a buffet-style meal provided by the […]
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Music Theater, Curtis Memorial Library presenting children’s programs
BRUNSWICK — Maine State Music Theatre and Curtis Memorial Library will present two special programs for young audiences at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, in the Morrell Meeting Room of the library. The programs are free on a first-come, first-served basis and are recommended for children up to third grade. They will focus […]
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Museum L-A's Desgrosseilliers to lead panel discussion
STAMFORD, Conn. — Rachel Desgrosseilliers, executive director of Museum L-A, has created a seminar for the New England Museum Association Conference on Nov. 7-9. The theme is Museums on the Move. Desgrosseilliers will lead the panel discussion titled “It Can’t Be Done” to “We Can Do It,” with three speakers who have had to deal […]
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Mid-Knights of the Month selected
Congratulations to the September Mid-Knights of the Month at Bruce M. Whittier Middle School in Poland. From left are Dominic Frechette, Parker Demelia, Mattieu Bessette, Sayla Bergeron, Emma Pulkkinen and Gretchyn Paradis, who were selected by their teams for showing outstanding leadership, hard work and positive attitudes during the first month of the school year.
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Connie Francis tribute show to come to Franco Center
LEWISTON — It was September 1994 when Reindeer Theatre Company presented its debut performance of “Among My Souvenirs,” a tribute to legendary princess of pop Connie Francis, in the upstairs auditorium of the Warren Memorial Library in Westbrook. It was a show that was a long time in the making, a jukebox musical created by Louis […]
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Teacher weighs reaching out to former student behind bars
DEAR ABBY: Twelve years ago, I taught a boy I’ll call Brandon in my first-grade class. I was very fond of him, and we had a strong connection. I knew Brandon had a tough home life and did my best to provide him a safe place in my classroom. I stayed in contact with his […]
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Funny how the stock market tweets come and go
After a long absence, another “Stock Market up” tweet was issued Wednesday by Donald Trump. He’d been the troubadour singing his own praises when the Dow Jones industrial average hit new highs, but when falling stock prices wiped out most of the gains for 2018, the music stopped. He was back even though the Dow […]
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Disabled veterans sled hockey team to play, hold clinic
AUBURN — The New England Warriors, the Lewiston-based disabled veterans’ sled hockey team, will be playing two games on Saturday, Nov. 10, at the Norway Savings Bank Arena at 985 Turner St. The first game starts at 8:10 a.m. and the second at 9:40 a.m. Following the second game, from noon to 1 p.m., they […]
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Americans losing cohesion, becoming fragmented
WASHINGTON — Perhaps it was naivete, ignorance or stupidity — or all three — but when I was growing up in the 1950s in a suburb of New York City, I had no sense of anti-Semitism. By that, I do not mean that I looked around and found little evidence of anti-Jewish feeling. I mean […]
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CEBSPORTS Central Maine Basetball League to host coaches meeting
WATERVILLE — CEBSPORTS Central Maine Sunday 7/8th grade girls and boys travel basketball league will be holding a coaches informational meeting on Sunday November 4 at 3 p.m. Meeting will be held at the Waterville Area Boys/Girls Club-Alfond Youth Center 126 North St in Waterville. The league plays for 10 Sundays with both home and away […]