MONDAY, June 3 AUBURN — City Council workshop and meeting, 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber at Auburn Hall. LEWISTON — Lewiston School Committee, Dingley Building, 6:45 p.m. On agenda, recognizing retiring Superintendent Bill Webster; recognizing student representative Rizzajem Reboquio, field trip approvals for Martel and Longley schools, presentation on computer science programs, update on […]
Bonnie Washuk
Bonnie Washuk is the weekend reporter for the Portland Press Herald. She previously was the education writer and a general assignment reporter for the Sun Journal, focusing on Lewiston-Auburn schools. She began as a Lewiston Daily Sun reporter on Halloween, 1983. Since then she's worked for the Lewiston Evening Journal, Sunday, and the Sun Journal covering just about every beat. For 10 years she covered politics as the State House reporter. Bonnie's interests are cooking, dogs, the environment. She's an avid recycler, drives a Prius and does a lot of dog walking with her dogs Lucy and Zoe. A wife, mother of three sons and grandmother of four, she loves children. A great assignment for her is interviewing students. She lives in Portland, grew up in Augusta and attended the University of Maine at Augusta.
Lewiston School Committee candidate wants to help youths
Walter Hill is running for the Ward 1 seat.
New elementary school in Lewiston gets finishing touches
Furniture is being delivered to the new Connors Elementary school in Lewiston, where an open house is scheduled for 3:30-5:30 p.m. Monday, June 17.
Mother, daughter graduate together
Cathy Gray, 49, and her daughter Bronwyn Gray, 21, both of Lewiston, graduated from USM on Saturday.
Auburn super recycler: Zero-sort ‘not effective’
Silver Moore-Leamon wants Auburn’s recycling program to be improved so it can be successful.
Is Maine’s recycling in the trash?
Auburn is one of the latest Maine municipalities to consider ending recycling because of rising costs, low participation and improper recycling habits by residents. Supporters say haste will make waste.
L-A This Week
MONDAY, May 13 AUBURN — Auburn City Council workshop and special meeting, Auburn Hall. Workshop at 5:30 p.m. On agenda: recycling program overview by Public Works Director Dan Goyette, councilors to decide whether recycling should continue, and Capital Improvement Program. Meeting at 7 p.m. to vote on adopting the 2019-20 Auburn school budget. TUESDAY, May […]
Lewiston school budget vote set for Tuesday
Reminder and brief about all day voting May 14 at Longley school on Lewiston school budget
New school would help special ed students learn, get jobs
Margaret Murphy Centers for Children plans to open a new school in Lewiston in 2020, combining two existing schools, for about 80 special education students.
Lewiston school budget referendum May 14
The referendum for the Lewiston School Department’s proposed budget is May 14, absentee ballots available at Lewiston City Hall.