Klara Tammany, right, leads services on July 8 at Trinity Episcopal Church in Lewiston. She and Andrew Day, left, are part of the church’s team of lay leaders who preach and lead morning prayer services on the second Sunday of each month in Lewiston. Tammany used a poem and text from the Gospel of Mark 6:1-13 […]
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Chin's vision, values can be trusted
Since moving to the area, I have been impressed by the community commitment I have seen in many younger residents in Lewiston. They are making a big difference by bringing new ideas, energy, skills and enthusiasm, which gives me hope for the future. Now that I am reaching elder years, I am ready to pass […]
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Living without prejudice
Klara Tammany’s guest column (Feb. 5) regarding the U.S. was right on target. I share her sentiments and believe that many other people also do. Some of us had the good fortune to be raised by parents who took their parental responsibilities very seriously. Those parents taught their children to respect others, to love and […]
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History provides lessons that can provide insight to leaders
I am the daughter of an immigrant mother who barely survived the siege of Budapest and who came here in 1949. She never wanted to leave Hungary. In 1980, her first time back there, she took me with her. It was well before the Iron Curtain crumbled. I learned how hard life was for my […]
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Eating healthy for a cause
LEWISTON — Gale Hart smiled after taking a bite of Pad Thai at The Peasant Pantry Cafe at 97 Blake St. on Thursday. “It’s awesome!” the United Way employee and a Pad Thai fan said. “I have it a lot. This is very fresh.” She took a class at the center on how to make the Asian […]
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Group hopes to open home for abused, addicted women
LEWISTON — First, organizers want to raise $25,000 to shore up the budget for the downtown Center for Wisdom’s Women drop-in center next year. Then, it’s on to raising $1 million. They hope to follow the model of a successful Nashville farm and open a house for women recovering from abuse, sex trafficking and addiction […]
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Klara Tammany, Marty McIntyre, Jane Morrison, Kathy Durgin-Leighton: Put an end to the plague of domestic violence
In 2012, Maine police recorded 5,593 domestic assaults. Half of Maine’s homicides are domestic violence-related. It is not getting any better. Statistics from the Maine Department of Public Safety show that, for the second straight year, domestic violence police reports increased by 4.5 percent. Safe Voices, our local domestic violence agency, served 6,095 people, provided […]