LEWISTON — We like Peter Geiger, but darn it, we’re not always fans of his Farmers’ Almanac forecast. We’ve lost count of the recent days the Maine Turnpike Authority has lowered the speed limit because of ice and snow. But remember, that was in the fall. Winter arrives at 5:23 p.m. Friday, the winter solstice. […]
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Reporters' notebook: 'Class boss' has the power
LEWISTON — For a Thanksgiving Day feature, I and a photographer visited a McMahon Elementary School classroom to interview kindergarten students about the holiday. Near the teacher’s desk was a little desk with a sign that read: “Class boss.” A poster also declared that on that day, Mohamud was the class boss. What is a […]
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Reporter's notebook: New furniture styles for new school
LEWISTON — There’s another type of ballot counting going on — in addition to the 2nd Congressional District contest between Bruce Poliquin and Jared Golden — for what kind of cool furniture should be in the new Connors Elementary School, scheduled to open in August. New styles of learning and new styles of furniture will mean the […]
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Reporter's Notebook: Lewiston early voting seeing some early confusion
Early voting began this week in Lewiston and, according to the City Clerk’s office, some voters have been a little confused — at least about the inability to rank choices for the governor’s race. City Clerk Kathy Montejo said Wednesday some voters have been asking about the inability to rank their choices for governor, especially […]
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Fake story prompts question about school lunch menu
In a recent Facebook post to a community page, Tracey Levesque, a former Auburn School Committee chairwoman and wife of Mayor Jason Levesque, questioned the School Department’s lunch policy, which does not serve pork products in prekindergarten through grade six. The basis of Levesque’s post was a widely circulated story from 2015, which turned out […]
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‘Like a burrito’ Twenty years ago this month when he was called up for duty in the Maine Army National Guard for the 1998 ice storm recovery, one of Master Sgt. Michael Wall’s jobs had him clearing trees off power lines around Bangor. He had the right protective gear and was skilled with a chain […]
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Reporters' notebook: Blankets pouring in
POLAND — Dominic Ferry is all smiles after dozens of people donated more than 400 blankets to his cause, “Quiet Cries,” which helps children caught up in domestic violence. As reported in a Dec. 19 Sun Journal story, Dominic, 12, held a blanket drive at Whittier Middle School to help children exposed to domestic violence, […]
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LEWISTON — Boston magazine gave a nod to a Lewiston favorite this month in its food feature, “How to Eat Like a New Englander.” If you want to road trip for a regional classic, the magazine encourages, head to Labadie’s Bakery for a whoopie pie. “While its origins remain unclear — was it invented in […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: ‘Designing Women’ actress’ favorite
Actress Judith Ivey, in Lewiston the last three weeks guest-directing “The Ladies Foursome” at the Public Theatre, has played dozens of roles over a 40-year-career. Asked to name a favorite, she pointed to B.J. Poteet on the TV series “Designing Women” in the early 1990s. “It was based on a wonderful journalist, Molly Ivins,” Ivey […]
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Reporter’s notebook: Christmas cheer
Making someone’s day I think I made Sally Belisle’s day last week. Belisle is a retired teacher. She used to be “Mrs. McDonald,” teaching fourth-graders at the Lake Street Elementary School in Auburn. One of her students was Susan Ross. On Dec. 16, the Sun Journal published a story about a book Ross wrote, “Kiki […]