LISBON — The Mountain Valley High School field hockey team came into its regular season opener with rival Lisbon wanting to play more consistent after an up-and-down 2017 campaign. Longtime Falcons coach Melissa Forbes liked what she saw Wednesday as her squad captured a solid 3-0 Mountain Valley Conference road win. Following a season of […]
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H.S. field hockey: Edward Little blanks Brunswick in season opener
Edward Little’s Kiara Fournier runs past Brunswick’s Erin Coughlin in the first half Wednesday. (Eric Maxim/Brunswick Times Record) BRUNSWICK — Edward Little received goals from five different scorers and relied on its midfielders to secure a 5-0 victory in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference high school field hockey clash Wednesday. In the season opener for […]
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Eyemart Express holds Grand Opening
AUBURN — Eyemart Express celebrated the opening of its first store in Auburn with a grand opening Saturday, Aug. 25. The new store at 363 Center St. brings 10 new jobs to the community. It offers a 10 percent discount program for all veterans, retired, active- and nonactive duty military personnel and their families. A […]
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Professional Development Series Sept. 19
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce will hold its next Professional Development Series talk titled 7 Principles of Generating Retirement Income from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, at the chamber’s conference room, 415 Lisbon St. Presenters include Ruben Gonzalez, Northeast/Retirement director, and Janus and Salvatore Bonetti, financial advisers, Baystate Financial. […]
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Chamber Power Lunch Sept. 12
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce will hold a Power Lunch seminar from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the chamber conference room, 415 Lisbon St. Ben Gilman of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and Rob Wood from The Nature Conservancy will be the presenters. The session will be […]
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Business After Hours is Sept. 20
AUBURN — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce will hold Business After Hours from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, hosted by Evergreen Subaru, 774 Center St., and catered by Mac’s Grill. Evergreen Subaru will introduce its 2019 Subaru Share the Love charitable partner, Tree Street Youth in Lewiston. The Share the Love […]
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Franklin County Chamber to offer Legislative Forum
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Chamber of Commerce and Woodlands Senior Living Center of Farmington is offering a Legislative Forum for all Franklin County legislative candidates from 7 to 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5, in the Bass Room at Franklin Memorial Hospital. Expected to attend are Jan Collins and Russell Black, Senate District 17; Christina […]
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Junior hockey: L/A Nordiques start training camp with 21 players
The L/A Nordiques have announced the 21 players who will take part in training camp, which begins Saturday. There will be plenty of familiar faces this season, as 16 of the 21 players played for the Nordiques in 2017-18. The biggest strength head coach Cam Robichaud sees heading into the new season is depth. “I […]
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Paul LePage urged to apologize for last week’s outburst at Tom Saviello
In an unprecedented move, the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee sent a letter Wednesday to Gov. Paul LePage condemning his actions at a public meeting last week during which he called a lawmaker “the most repugnant human being” he’d ever seen. The committee urged the governor to apologize to Sen. Thomas Saviello, R-Wilton, and to the entire […]
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Freshmen need more support
AUBURN — High schools must provide extra attention to freshmen — such as holding an orientation day — because research shows the first year of high school is critical, said Craig Jipson, an Edward Little High School coach and teacher who coordinates upperclassmen who mentor freshmen. National statistics show, Jipson said, that 11 percent of […]