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Two years on, many residents are still in temporary housing and left to fend for themselves in a ‘worse position’ than they started

Music is powerful. It reduces stress and relieves frustration. It impacts the brain circuits that process emotions. Music motivates and inspires us, and it helps us learn. For children, learning to perform music has significant advantages. Learning to play a musical instrument can improve mathematical learning and stimulate creativity in all areas of school performance. It helps students build motor skills and teaches them discipline, responsibility, and leadership. Joining us are three high sch...

The USM LA Senior College, 51 Westminster St. Lewiston, has announced its winter schedule. It will continue on Zoom format for this semester. Registration

Louise Rowe was just 19 when the legendary Bob Wills discovered her on a Dallas stage and escorted her into the annals of Western swing.

Parkway High School Band already had plenty to toot its horn about. Now, it has six reasons more. Parkway alumnus Jeffrey Weaver, Sr. (pictured in white) reached out with a jaw-dropping offer. He wanted to donate his late father’s half-dozen trumpets to the Pride of Pantherland Band. Making the donation especially significant was the elder Weaver was a career musician in the military, serving 25 years in both the U.S. Navy Band and U.S. Air Force Band. He acquired and played the custom-made i...

Program house dedicated to student veterans planned for fall February 16, 2021 A residential program house dedicated to student veterans will open this fall near West Campus, providing a much-needed space for Cornell’s growing veteran population to find community, resources and support. The house – the result of a robust partnership with the Cornell Undergraduate Veterans Association (CUVA) – will likely accommodate around a dozen student veterans as residents, with room for future gro...