With Mary Seaman retiring, Dan Sansoucy wil take over her duties as liaison for homeless students at Lewiston High School, Assistant Superintendent Shawn Chabot said. LEWISTON — While homeless education program liaison Mary Seaman is retiring, the Lewiston High School program will still “run as it has in the past,” Assistant Superintendent Shawn Chabot said. […]
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How Mary Seaman helped Casey — and others
LEWISTON — In 2010, Casey Paladino was a 15-year-old Lewiston High School student who didn’t have a home and was on his own. He couch-surfed with friends. Fast forward to today. Paladino is a Lewiston High School graduate, Class of 2012. He has two degrees from Syracuse University in New York, one in civil engineering […]
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Lewiston High School’s ‘mom’ retiring
LEWISTON — Mary Seaman never had any children, yet she’s known as “mom” at Lewiston High School. She’s had a baby named after her. Former students, and parents of former students, show up in her yard and join her for breakfast. She’s built a community within a community at the school. After years working as […]
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Casco Bay’s Mackworth Island: A place to feel ‘the slow circles of nature’
“Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back in the slow circles of nature, is a help.” That quote comes from a posthumous publishing of the journals of May Sarton, the Belgian-born, Massachusetts-raised poet and memoirist who spent her later years living and writing in York, Maine. While Sarton wrote […]
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Future of Downeast Correctional Facility still unknown
AUGUSTA — Washington County lawmakers are planning a last-ditch attempt this week to reopen the Downeast Correctional Facility while acknowledging the need to look beyond their months-long political and legal fight with Gov. Paul LePage over the prison’s future. In early June, the LePage administration quietly transferred the handful of remaining Downeast Correctional inmates and […]
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Experts disagree with Susan Collins on ‘precedent’
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has a nuanced position on how the abortion issue will play into her assessment of President Trump’s next Supreme Court nominee, and several leading legal scholars say her reasoning does not stand up to scrutiny. Collins, a critical confirmation swing vote in the Senate, has repeatedly said that her primary […]
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American Legion baseball: Franklin County wins one, drops one against Augusta
Franklin County pitcher Miles Pelletier throws during first game of an American Legion doubleheader against Augusta on Saturday in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — The start of the American Legion baseball doubleheader between Franklin County and Augusta was delayed 26 minutes Saturday morning while the visiting Flyers waited for a ninth player to show […]
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Proper retirement
Ed Perry, sergeant-at-arms of Rumford American Legion Post 24, lights an American flag during a disposal ceremony Saturday. At left: Elliot Richardson and Samantha Searles from Girl Scout Troop 910. The post collected and disposed of 3,675 retired flags. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)
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Golf: Croteau finds his form, qualifies for Maine Amateur on his second attempt
Brendon Croteau. from Lewiston poses at the Martindale Gold Club recently. Croteau is headed to the 99th annual Maine Amateur next week in Belgrade Lakes. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Brendon Croteau’s golf game has grown in the past year. In his first attempt at qualifying for the Maine Amateur in 2017, he came up […]
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Atlantic Music Festival showcases emerging talent
WATERVILLE — The 10th annual Atlantic Music Festival kicked off Saturday with a concert debuting new chamber music from emerging composers at Lorimer Chapel on the Colby College campus in Watervile. Guests attending the free afternoon concert were treated to 16 original pieces, the first being “Parallel Lines” from composer Xiangyu Zhou and a quintet […]