DEAR SUN SPOTS: Who wants a free set of bunk beds and new mattresses? We are in the process of moving some of our rooms around and a bedroom is going to become a sewing room. This means that the sturdy (Moosehead furniture?) bunk bed set needs to be given a new home. We intended […]
Karen Kreworuka
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Former telephone operators planning reunion
DEAR SUN SPOTS: This is a request to see how many Belles of New England Telephone would like to get together for a reunion. It has been several years since most of us have been retired. We have lost many co-workers and our job as operators is now obsolete! An early response would be appreciated as […]
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Food preservation workshops
The University of Maine Cooperation Extension is offering food preservation workshops through late October. Sessions will be held in Lewiston on Sept. 30 and in Turner on Oct. 26, among others. The schedule includes lessons on canning, freezing, pickling and fermentation: · Sept. 28, 11 Municipal Drive, Scarborough; boiling water bath canning and freezing, 6 […]
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Bob Neal’s ratatouille, refrigerator pickles and frozen eggplant parm recipes
EGGPLANT PARMIGIANA TO FREEZE Ingredients: About 2 pounds of eggplant (one large or two small) 1 cup breadcrumbs (plain or Italian) 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning (1 teaspoon if using Italian breadcrumbs) 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram Instructions: Peel and slice eggplant into 1/4-inch disks. Salt lightly to remove bitterness. […]
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Saving summer’s bounty
Canning. Freezing. Drying. One man’s quest to preserve the fruits of his gardening labors for healthy, delicious and less-expensive enjoyment this winter.
Posted inMaine
OK! Boomers had the best music, the coolest clothes and psychedelics
Silver Linings: Generation Z, also known as zoomers, are dissing their elders with a simple, dismissive phrase: “OK, boomer.”
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston school board candidate announces run
LEWISTON — Meghan Hird, a lifetime Mainer, is running for the Ward 6 seat on the School Committee now held by Ron Potvin. She is the second person to announce a run for the seat. Potvin has not announced whether he will seek another term. Hird wrote in her announcement that her family has lived […]
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Appointee running for full term on Lewiston school board
Janet Beaudoin has two children in city schools.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Auburn school board approves masking at elementary schools
Most other districts, including Lewiston, require masking at all schools.
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Lewiston School Committee approves remote ‘snow days’
The state must approve the district’s plan, which would allow schools to avoid adding days at the end of the year.