Abby Bedard, 13, spent 10 months at the Redington-Fairview General Hospital emergency department – a stay that highlights the shortage in Maine services for children with disabilities.
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Swine & Stein Brewfest returns for 15th year in downtown Gardiner
The event this Saturday, modeled after Oktoberfest in Germany, celebrates the work of breweries, wineries, distilleries and meaderies across the region and state.
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Posted inElection 2024, Maine, News, Politics
From Margaret Chase Smith to Kamala Harris, on the perils of seeking the presidency
The U.S. senator from Skowhegan, perhaps best known for standing up to Joseph McCarthy in 1950, was the first woman to have her name placed in nomination at a major party convention.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Too slow to catch bears and too poor to afford peanuts
Talk of the town: There are vicious, limb-ripping bears and then there are the blessed creatures that look and smell just like bears but get you out of covering political candidates.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
Pilgrimage to Holy Land ends in ‘amazing’ hand-carved Nativity and altar at Lewiston’s basilica
In April of 2023, a group of three-dozen worshipers from the Prince of Peace Parish traveled to the Middle East to visit various sites in the Holy Land. What they came back with is truly epic.
Posted inMaine, News, Uncategorized
Young leaders, seen as key to ending toxicity of politics, gather in Waterville
Youth Voting Summit seeks to inspire high school, college-age youths to engage their peers in voting and civic leadership.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Rumford-area families learn about owls in Maine
The event included two live owls which are native to Maine: our smallest owl species, a Northern saw-whet named Caribou and a great horned owl, the largest owl species in Maine, named Archie.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England
Boston eyes $8 billion rail plan that would benefit Maine
A new ‘Rail Link’ between North and South stations would ease passenger rail between Maine and the rest of America
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Politics
Sagadahoc County voters consider criticism from governor, Lewiston commission in vote for sheriff
Both candidates have been criticized for the department’s failure to stop the gunman in the mass shooting. While that has swayed some voters, others said it’s not on their radar.