This is a letter of endorsement for Ellie Espling for the Maine Senate. There are many things about her that make her stand out more than the other candidates. First thing is that she loves helping out the community. She helped me and my friends out by bringing us up to the State House to […]
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SeniorsPlus announces October classes
LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus has announced its Education Center classes for October. Classes are held at 8 Falcon Road and free, unless noted. Androscoggin County Community Engagement Forum: 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Oct. 3, The Dolard & Priscilla Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar St., Lewiston; 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, St. Mary’s Lepage Conference Center. The Androscoggin Community […]
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Accident ends couple's plan to have children together
DEAR ABBY: I am 15 years older than my boyfriend, “Spencer,” and have two kids from a previous marriage. Spencer and I have been living together for the past 10 years. I planned to have his child, but was involved in an accident and now can no longer have kids. He blames me nearly every […]
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Looking Back on Sept. 21
100 Years Ago: 1918 Through the Lewiston Chamber of Commerce, a new shoe factory is to be established in Lewiston. The two upper floors of the Levasseur garage on lower Lisbon Street has been secured for the factory and is to employ between 300 and 400 people. 50 Years Ago: 1968 “Crime and Social Revolution” […]
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Fire rousts Pine Street tenants in Lewiston; no injuries reported
LEWISTON — An air conditioner went up in flames Thursday afternoon starting a fire and sending tenants of a three-story apartment house scurrying for safety. The blaze at 164 Pine St. started when the air conditioner caught fire at about 6 p.m. in a third-floor window. Several tenants of the apartment house, at the corner […]
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Common Ground Fair to focus on strengthening agriculture
Three keynote speakers at this year’s Common Ground Country Fair will address the work being done on Maine farms and the interconnectedness of the farming community and how working together can solve some of the problems facing agriculture worldwide. The fair, now in its 42nd year, focuses on organic living, sustainability and local food production. […]
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H.S. roundup: Gray-New Gloucester, Mt. Abram earn close boys' soccer wins
GRAY — Drew LaCerda had a goal and an assist as the Patriots (1-4-1) came from behind to erase a 2-1 deficit and edge the Raiders (2-4) in a boys’ soccer matchup Thursday. Keegan Brooks had the winner with 13 minutes remaining, as LaCerda chipped in a direct kick to the far post that Brooks […]
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Portland lobster business gets green light for new HQ, major expansion in Saco
SACO — Ready Seafood has nabbed the last local permit it needs to build a $10 million lobster processing, storage and research center in Saco. On Monday, the city’s planning board unanimously approved Ready’s plan to build a 64,000-square-foot facility on a 40-acre lot at 1016 Route 1. When building is done in 12 to 14 […]
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Day shelter serving Portland’s homeless cutting hours
PORTLAND — Beginning next week, the nonprofit social services provider Preble Street will begin scaling back hours at its busy day shelter, a move that worries some in the homeless community and in the surrounding Bayside neighborhood. Preble Street says the decision is driven by financial pressures. It comes as neighbors say they are making hard-earned […]
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Maine bans projecting political messages on State House
AUGUSTA — Legislative leaders voted Thursday to prohibit political messages from being projected onto the Maine State House in what they said was an effort to maintain the Capitol as a “neutral institution of democracy.” Projecting images or messages onto buildings is becoming increasingly common in Maine and nationally as activists seek to make splashy, highly […]