AUBURN — Logan Day of Paris is one of three Central Maine Community College students awarded scholarships recently from the Maine Chapter of the American Society of Professional Estimators. Day and the other two recipients, Michael Smith of Gorham and Maxwell Stanley of Vinalhaven, are students in the Building Construction Technology program at CMCC. The […]
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Maine Music Society elects officers
LEWISTON — At its recent May meeting, the Maine Music Society elected officers who will steer the organization through its 28th and 29th seasons. Re-elected for another two-year term were Treasurer Gil LaPointe, Secretary Susan Trask and Chair Connie Hitchcock. Board member Sandy MacDonald was elected Vice Chair, replacing retiring Richard Wagner. The Maine Music […]
Community Concepts seeks volunteer drivers for western Maine
LEWISTON — The Community Concepts Transportation Program is in need of volunteer drivers to help those with no other means of transportation get to essential medical appointments and other destinations. Drivers are needed throughout Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties. Drivers need to have their own vehicles and liability insurance, and they should have clean driving […]
Maine Wildlife Park offering animals enrichment activities
GRAY — The Maine Wildlife Park will host a wildlife enrichment day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 30. Enrichments are items that provide mental and physical stimulation and exercise to captive wildlife to encourage natural behaviors, activity and play. The wildlife park animals are offered enrichments several times a week, and visitors […]
New Ventures Maine to offer free confidence building class
TURNER — New Ventures Maine will offer a free, three-week Building Confidence class from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, starting on July 10, in Turner’s adult education building. Attendees of this three-week class will practice ways to build their self-confidence daily. The class will explore and practice concrete tools that build self-compassion and strengthen […]
L-A Rotary Lunch Club to hear incoming president MacDonald
AUBURN — Tom MacDonald will be the featured guest speaker at Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Lunch Club from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 28, at the Village Inn. MacDonald will become the club’s president in July. MacDonald has more than 30 years of banking experience, primarily in the areas of commercial credit analysis, credit policy administration and enterprise risk […]
Lisbon honors veterans
Howard “Shep” Shepardson of Lisbon Post 66, American Legion, lays the remembrance wreath on Lisbon’s monument to its veterans of wars prior to World War II during local American Legion Posts’ Memorial Day ceremonies.
Morse Library honors longtime trustee
Greene’s Morse Memorial Library recently installed a new plaque honoring library volunteer Evelyn Hodgdon, left, who served on the library’s board of trustees for more than 20 years, including during the library’s building expansion project. She is pictured with library staff member Lynn Busch. Both retired teachers, Hodgdon and Busch were colleagues for many years […]
School's out for summer
Kristin Beaulieu, center, says goodbye to her kindergarten class Thursday afternoon as Montello School in Lewiston lets out on the last day of school. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)
Graduation ceremony for Lewiston eighth-graders held at high school
Lewiston High School Principal Jake Langlais welcomes Lewiston Middle School eighth-graders to high school Wednesday night during the eighth-grade completion ceremony. (Bill Webster photo) LEWISTON — The eighth-grade completion ceremony is normally held at the Lewiston Armory. This year, it was moved to Lewiston High School in a student-focused ceremony that included Principal Jake Langlais […]