AUBURN – Robert Shetterly told Auburn Middle School students Monday that he paints American history by creating portraits of individuals, many he initially knew nothing about. The Maine artist famous for his portrait series, “Americans Who Tell the Truth,” spoke to students who’ve been using them to learn about courage, democracy and change. Since 2001, […]
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Class B West girls’ quarterfinal: Lincoln upends York
PORTLAND — A sophomore and a freshman took over what looked like a lost cause Tuesday night and accelerated Lincoln Academy into the next round of the Class B West girls’ basketball tournament. Point guard Brie Wajer amassed 20 points, nine steals and five assists, and first-year, six-foot center Kaitlyn Feltis scored three huge baskets during […]
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Lincoln school officials replace table saw in wake of student accident
LINCOLN — On Friday, school officials replaced the table saw at which a Mattanawcook Academy student accidentally severed a finger last month, Regional School Unit 67 Superintendent Keith Laser said. Cameron Fournier’s finger was surgically re-attached at a Boston hospital. Technology education teacher Thomas Vicaire purchased what Laser described as a SawStop table saw on […]
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Penobscot Valley Hospital to end baby deliveries in 2015
LINCOLN — A hospital in rural Maine is ending nonemergency deliveries of newborn babies next year following a decline in babies in the area. Maine Public Broadcasting Network reports Penobscot Valley Hospital in Lincoln is ending deliveries on May 1, 2015. The hospital recently saw the departure of four physicians, which also played a role […]
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Hard rain floods roads, basements
LEWISTON — They don’t put out flood warnings for nothing. As promised, hard rain in the early evening Thursday left roads flooded in several cities and towns, and crews were scrambling to keep up. In the Lewiston-Auburn area, the intensity of the rain began to pick up at about 6 p.m. Two hours later, it […]
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19-year-old Lincoln man killed in single car crash
LINCOLN — A police officer’s memory and a mother’s telephone call led officers to a young man killed in a car crash late Saturday night on Bagley Mountain Road, officials said Sunday. Nicholas Haynes, 19, of Lincoln was found dead by Officer John Walsh about 11:20 p.m. at the end of Bagley Mountain Road farthest […]
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Auburn’s Lost Valley looks for ideas to save alpine skiing
AUBURN — Despite this past winter that seemed like it only just ended, a co-owner of Lost Valley, the only Alpine ski hill in the Twin Cities, said that without help the resort would be unable to open for another season of skiing and snowboarding. “We’re looking for ideas,” said Lincoln Hayes, a co-owner of the […]
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Collins pushes jobs plan, hometown ties in speech to Lincoln Chamber
LINCOLN — It’s been awhile since U.S. Sen. Susan Collins was thought of only as Sam Collins’ sister. But as she stood before several hundred Lincoln Lake’s Region Chamber of Commerce members on Saturday night, the Republican occupant of the seat once occupied by Margaret Chase Smith joked that her old title might be the […]
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Lincoln paper mill layoffs due to contract lost to Indonesian firm
LINCOLN — Lincoln Paper & Tissue has revealed in a federal document that it was more than a boiler explosion that led to the recent decision to lay off 200 millworkers — the loss of a major customer also influenced the decision. The company on Dec. 16 filed a petition with the U.S. Department of […]
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Lincoln paper mill delays plans to rebuild boiler, rehire furloughed workers
The first of the layoffs began with a handful of workers sent home from the overnight shift Wednesday. Mill co-owner Keith Van Scotter reiterated that the layoff is indefinite and not permanent but he did not commit to restarting paper production or adding to the mill’s tissue-making capacity. “It is true that we are laying […]