AUBURN — The Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society will be holding its fall membership meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Auburn Public Library’s Androscoggin Room. The meeting will include the election of officers and board members, and the drawings for the group’s annual raffle fundraiser. At the meeting’s conclusion a presentation by guest speaker […]
James Myall
Posted inConnections, Lewiston-Auburn
Myall to speak on 'Lewiston's Rum War'
LEWISTON — In collaboration with the Quebec Delegation, the Franco-American Collection will present “Bootleggers, Bribes and Ballots: Stories from Lewiston’s Rum War” from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, at the University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn College, Room 170, 51 Westminster St. Maine was the first state to adopt prohibition. From the 1850s through […]
advertisement
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Maine legislators ponder taxes on legal marijuana
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers hope to have a bill detailing proposals for the legalization of marijuana by month’s end, said Rep. Teresa Pierce, co-chairwoman of a special committee created to wade through the many issues involved in implementing last fall’s ballot question. The Falmouth Democrat said the Committee On Marijuana Legalization Implementation is “getting down to […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Let's not forget them
I am proud of the Sun Journal’s decision to publish the stories of the former residents of St Joseph’s Orphanage (June 18). Several years ago, I interviewed a number of those women for the Franco-American collection at USM’s Lewiston-Auburn College. It was a heart-rending experience to hear what they had gone through and how they […]