There was a seed giveaway and informational session Friday afternoon at the Auburn Resource Center on Mill Street.
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Trump signs executive order to end collective bargaining at agencies involved with national security
Rep. Jared Golden said he would ‘introduce legislation to repeal’ the order, which would affect Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Togus VA Medical Center, SUBSHIP Bath at Bath Iron Works, the AFL-CIO said.
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Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine, Maine Crime, News, The Franklin Journal
Jay man accused of sexually assaulting girl under age 16
Brandon J. Wilson, 19, of Jay, was fired from his position as a corrections officer at Franklin County Detention Center in Farmington on March 25, the same day of his arrest.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Androscoggin jail provides prayer mats, special food for Muslim holy days, sheriff says
An individual this week contacted the district attorney and Lewiston mayor to complain about the lack of accommodations for Muslims in the jail.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Gov. Janet Mills swears in 4 new judges, including state supreme court associate justice
Julia Lipez is now an associate justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston amends tax district for hydropower station to comply with state rule
The converter station for the 145-mile New England Clean Energy Connect corridor will take in Canadian hydropower and deliver it to Maine homes and businesses.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Halle Berry testifies before Maine Legislature to support menopause education
‘I’m in menopause, and I had no idea,’ the actress told the Health and Human Services Committee. ‘None of my doctors ever talked to me about it.’
Posted inNews, Politics
Rep. Chellie Pingree calls Trump’s EPA cuts an ‘assault on science, public health’
‘We strongly urge you to immediately reverse course and abandon this dangerous plan,’ the Maine congresswoman and Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon wrote in a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Lewiston police arrest Pennsylvania fugitive in March 14 shooting
Police concluded a two-week investigation with the arrest Tuesday of Terrell Humphrey, 40, of Scranton, Pennsylvania.