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The City Council appointed new members to the Planning Board a month after rescinding appointments made by the previous council. Evan Cyr, an 11-year veteran of the board is out. Ryan Smith, who has been closely aligned with Mayor Jeff Harmon on zoning issues, is in.

LEWISTON — Kora Shriners elected James ‘Jim’ A. Bennett of Biddeford to serve as potentate, or chief executive officer. Bennett announced the theme for the year, Miracles & Memories, to more than 250 people at a semi-public event. “We all know the main reason we proudly wear the Fez of a Shriner,” he said. “It is […]

Ben Weisner for state representative is the fresh face we need in Augusta. Ben is an independent who puts people before politics. As a business owner, he knows the problems that face small business owners. He promotes economic growth and would fight inflation by finding ways to reduce costs of fuel, groceries, electricity and heating […]

On 24 May, 2022 Bob Dylan will turn 81-years old. What has become an annual celebration in Australia, ‘Forever Young The Songs of Bob Dylan’ will return to mark the occasion on 20 and 21 May.

Read Article Contributed LEWISTON — Kora Shriners held their annual election and installation of officers on Jan. 8, and elected Brent Tanguay of Lewiston to serve as Kora’s potentate for 2021. In a COVID-19-compliant ceremony, Tanguay was installed as many Kora nobles, family and friends watched via Zoom. “It is a tremendous honor to serve as Kora’s potentate for 2021,” stated Tanguay. He added, “I anxiously await for the time when Kora’s nobles will be able to be safely back in...

Still, i want to get into this with cnn senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin and ben weisner, director of the american civil liberties union speech, private situate and technology project. jeff, i will start with you. the judge has ruled the plaintiff is likely to succeed in raising a constitutional challenge to the nsa methods of collecting phone records. what exactly does that mean? would that stop what the nsa is doing any time soon? >> no. this is a narrow ruling. it applies only to the two p...