With the weather getting warmer, the Maine CDC puts out an advisory on ticks,.
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.
Mitchell Thomas resigns as Franco Center’s executive director
The Gendron Franco Center’s executive director since 2014, Mitchell Clyde Thomas, has resigned. The center’s board president, Elaine Roop, said Thomas is leaving to pursue music.
L-A This Week
A listing of public meetings in Lewiston-Auburn for the week of April 29.
Don’t release balloons and other tips to reduce plastic pollution
Tips on reducing plastic pollution.
Reducing plastic because ‘it breaks up and never goes away’
Plastic pollution in Maine: How big of a problem is it, what’s being done, and what can be done?
Auburn voters will get two ballot questions on new Edward Little High School
AUBURN — When voters go to the polls June 11 to decide on a new Edward Little High School, they will be asked two ballot questions that break up local costs, the School Committee and the City Council agreed Wednesday night. The two ballot questions will give voters some “voice and choice” about the local […]
What’s in the 2 ballot questions
what the 2 ELHS ballot questions on June 11 would include
Lewiston-Auburn’s recycling rate is among the lowest in Maine
Recycling programs in Lewiston-Auburn, like many in Maine, are struggling with low participation and lots of “contamination.”