The Dirigo High School Student of the Month award for April was presented to Morgan Morrow at an awards assembly. From left are Mike Poulin, Dirigo High School principal; William Clunie, grandfather; Nancy Carpenter, grandmother; Morgan; Trancie Newton, mother; and Anna Morrow, sister.
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Jubilee Center’s annual Empty Bowls Supper to raise funds for programs
AUBURN — The Trinity Jubilee Center’s 14th annual Empty Bowls Supper will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 20, at the First Universalist Church, 169 Pleasant St. Potters from across the state have created hundreds of bowls, plates and mugs and 17 local restaurants are preparing dinner. Everyone is invited to purchase […]
Corvette club plans ride, dinner
The Mid Maine Vettes Corvette club will hold the first cruise ride/dinner of the year Saturday, May 19, to Doolins Pub at the Meadows Golf Club, Litchfield. Any Corvette owner interested in participating or obtaining information about the club may contact Ray Faucher at 207-754-1323 or visit www.midmainevettes.com. Members gather for the October 2017 ride to […]
Geiger students 'Bike to School'
Geiger Elementary School students and parents ride on College Street during the annual Bike to School Day in Lewiston. (Abigail Austin/Sun Journal) Matthew Stevens, a third-grader at Geiger Elementary School in Lewiston, waits to ride in the annual Bike to School where Geiger students ride their bicycles from Pettingill Park to school. (Abigail Austin/Sun Journal) […]
LRTC seniors craft TV commercial
LEWISTON — Lewiston Regional Technical Center students have created a commercial for Lewiston Adult Education featuring hands-on classes. Seniors in Sylvie St. Amand’s multimedia class shot footage, mixed and edited the 30-second commercial. They visited welding, rug braiding and construction students during free time after school. “It is a pleasure for me when my students […]
St. Michael's Church names new priest
AUBURN — St. Michael’s Episcopal Church of Auburn has selected the Rev. Judson Pealer to be the Priest in Charge beginning June 1. Pealer was ordained in Vermont and has served several parishes inVermont, New York, West Virginia and most recently in Rangeley. He is married to artist Sandra Pealer and they have three adult children. […]
Public invited to give input to planning future new Museum L-A
LEWISTON — Museum L-A wants to hear from the community about what they want to see its future new museum be as it honors the past, remembers the people and inspires the future. A community forum will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, in the Gallery at Museum L-A, 35 Canal […]
Giflts for pets
Megan Goddard, pictured with Yoko, presented the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society on April 5 with the donations received from her 16th birthday. Megan, a 10th-grade student at Leavitt Area High School, Turner, asked for donations for the pets in lieu of birthday gifts. The shelter is located at 55 Strawberry Ave., Lewiston. If interested in […]
Sharing food and food for thought
St. Michael’s Church, 78 Pleasant St., Auburn, collected books, along with food, for the High Street Food Pantry this month. Pictured are adults Joyce Baker with Father Jud Pealer and Jonathan Whitmore (background) with some of the children of St. Michael’s Sunday school, from left, Madison Parker, Emma Pettengill, Abigail Frumiento and Emma Frumiento. Baker […]
Brothers help shelter animals
At right, Gregory Bouchard-Diaz, 8, and his six-year-old brother, Linkin, of Lewiston, shown here on April 21 with Paisley, presented the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society with the donations from their combined birthdays. Both students at the Acadia Academy, Gregory, a second-grade student, and Linkin, a kindergartner, asked for donations for the pets in lieu of […]