Denise Acritelli, a teacher at Spruce Mountain Middle School in Jay, was named Teacher of the Year for VFW District 9 and the state’s overall winner.
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VFW District 9 names patriotism program winners
Denise Acritelli, a teacher at Spruce Mountain Middle School in Jay, was named Teacher of the Year for VFW District 9 and the state’s overall winner.
Lewiston bird club to host winter wildlife tracking talk Feb. 5
Winter tracking will be the focus of the Stanton Bird Club’s next meeting, scheduled for Monday, Feb. 5, at the Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring St. The talk will be held from 4-6 p.m. Ben Nugent, district supervisor for U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services in Maine, will be the guest speaker. Nugent grew up […]
Auburn church to screen films starting Feb. 4
In celebration of Black History Month, the First Universalist Church of Auburn is set to screen two films honoring the contributions of notable African Americans. The Adult Religion Education group will present these documentaries for free, following worship services in the vestry at 11:45 a.m. on Sundays, Feb. 4 and 18, as part of its […]
Litchfield man indicted on charges he kidnapped, assaulted woman in Chelsea
Joshua L. Tilley, 40, allegedly approached the woman while she was sleeping in a trailer, called her names and threatened to kill her if she made noise, according to an affidavit.
Council recognizes Youth Food Champion Award winners
The Good Food Council of Lewiston-Auburn awarded the 2023 Youth Food Champion Award winners Jan. 15 at the Bates College MLK Day workshop Young Mainers’ Efforts for Food and Climate Justice. The event also included a talk on Food Sovereignty and Youth Activism from Scarlet Labbé-Watson from Maine Youth for Climate Justice. The awards are […]
Auburn’s Great Falls Comedy Club offers standup Feb. 7, 8
Mark-Anthony Lewis, James Firth, Ben Chadwick and Chris Neuguth, and Nick Gordon, Paul Hunt and Austin Branson are scheduled to take the stage.
Maine eyes rule change to make it easier to grow food in urban areas
Lawmakers consider greenlighting more low-cost hoop houses to cultivate food.
‘And Then There Were None’ production wraps up this weekend at CLT
Cast members in the Community Little Theater production of the famous Agatha Christie murder mystery “And Then There Were None,” from left, Archer Slater as Anthony Marston, Tony Roy as William Blore, and Ray Fletcher as Doctor Armstrong will take the stage again this weekend for the final performances of the show. Ten strangers are […]
During the hunt for Robert Card, police were also balancing hundreds of routine calls for help
Dispatch logs show local and county police were dispatched to nearly 600 calls during the two-day lockdown.