100 years ago: 1919 Walter Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Johnson of Myrtle Street, Auburn, has returned from France, where he has been since March. He enlisted in the 54th motor-artillery and before going overseas was stationed at Fort McKinley. He was in active service until the Armistice in November. 50 years ago: […]
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Volunteers and surplus greeting cards are needed
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine (CRCWM) is looking for people to volunteer in the following capacities: supervise drop-in hours, assist with mailings and phone calls, create cards and notes to send to patients, do light cleaning, and assist with opening the center for classes and programming, including set-up and monitoring the […]
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LPD Citizens Police Academy LEWISTON — The Lewiston Police Department’s Citizens Police Academy provides an inside look over the day-to-day operations of the department. This is an opportunity to engage with the department and to be informed on the services they provide, to discuss current issues taking place within Lewiston and out, and to ask […]
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Anti-vaxxers spread a plague of ignorance
An outbreak of measles four years ago at Disneyland focused attention on a growing health menace — the refusal of parents to vaccinate their children. The threat has gone international. The World Health Organization has just named the anti-vaccination movement among the 10 biggest global health crises. Italy is ground zero, thanks to a law […]
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Auburn to celebrate WinterFest 2019
AUBURN — Auburn’s Winter Festival will begin Friday and run all weekend. The schedule is: Friday — ‘Family Fun Night at the Mountain’ where Lost Valley is hosting activities. Torchlight Parade and fireworks at 9 p.m. Saturday — ‘Kids Activity Zone’ in downtown Auburn at Festival Plaza where activities includge a snow mountain, fire pits […]
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Trump has options with State of the Union address
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has given President Trump an opportunity to change the dynamic of the State of the Union address, an event that has become predictable and often boring. It has featured members of Congress popping up and down like whack-a-moles, interrupting the president with applause if they agree with him, or stone silence if […]
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Ask some difficult questions
With the U.S. government shut down, people should be asking some difficult questions. Is having the border wall so important that the public stands by while President Trump refuses to negotiate with Congress? Saying “it’s the wall or nothing” is not negotiating in good faith. Are American citizens’ welfare simply a Trump business deal where […]
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Lower-leg swelling may be due to venous insufficiency
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 84-year-old man in reasonably good health. I have taken blood pressure medicine for about 30 years. For the past six months, I have been taking trospium tablets to treat frequent urination. I have prostate cancer treated with radioactive seeds, not surgery. About two months ago, I began noticing swelling […]
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Former St. Dom's student accepts position with NASA
LEWISTON — Jacob Charest of Lewiston, a member of the Saint Dominic Academy Class of 2016, has recently accepted an engineering co-op with NASA. Charest is a junior at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, enrolled in the Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering master’s program. He’ll be working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, […]
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Dead River Historical Society 2019 calendars available
STRATTON — The Dead River Area Historical Society’s pictorial 2019 calendars are available. The cover features Stratton School grades three and four, 1949-50, with teacher Nyra Stevens. Other photos are January: 1947 basketball team; February: Kern’s Inn; March: Novelty Mill Stratton, circa 1907; April: Eustis Village postcard, 1903 or earlier; May: Stratton, Brook Bridge, accident scene […]