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DEAR SUN SPOTS: Connect Church will host Lead Me Home, to connect community voices Jan. 27 from 4:30-6 p.m. at the church at 263 Turner St. We will discuss advocacy supporting our unhoused neighbors in Lewiston-Auburn. Guest speaker is Darlene Conant, founder of Salt & Light Community Center. Auburn Mayor Jeffrey Harmon and Advocate Dan […]

In December, the team took the state championship for the second year in a row and third time in six years. Some marvel at their success given the city's makeup, but no one questions there could be a dynasty in the making.

The Lewiston High School Mock Trial Team defeated Cape Elizabeth High School in the statewide high school mock trial final competition, held Dec. 8 at the Capitol Judicial Center in Augusta. Mock Trial is an academic competition in which students assume the roles of attorneys and witnesses in conducting a criminal trial. In this year’s […]

I am impressed with Jeff Harmon. Running hard for mayor of Auburn, he absolutely understands the challenges facing the city and its residents. He understands the city manager form of government and how it should work. His many years of working for the State Police and interacting with state government over policies, procedure and budgets […]

LEWISTON — A self-guided historical tour is available for Riverside Cemetery, 192 Summer St. Founded shortly after Lewiston was incorporated as a city, the cemetery spans more than 40 acres and contains more than 9,000 graves, including those of many of the area’s most historical figures. That includes Civil War generals, mayors, governors, and founders […]

I support Bettyann Sheats as a Clean Election candidate for Maine Senate District 20. As a longtime teacher of American history and economics I respect the Maine Clean Election Act, which severs the connection between private money and public office. Using the strict rules of the CEA, Clean Election candidates and Maine citizens avoid the […]

Read Article LEWISTON — Joan Macri, the longtime mock trial and debate coach at Lewiston High School, had a feeling that Maine Center for Disease Control Director Dr. Nirav Shah had a background in public speaking and debate, so she asked him during a virtual Great Falls Forum discussion Thursday. Katie Boss of Healthy Androscoggin, prepares to interview Dr. Nirav Shah in her Auburn home for a virtual installment of the Great Falls Forum. The topic “New Year’s Resolutions for Maine’s H...