Dave Wolfe drove the grant application that would transform Monmouth’s Phoenix Farm into Project TLC to Augusta on Friday. “I’m going to hand-deliver it,” he said from the road. The project, which would work with up to 10 homeless women to teach them farming and life skills, faced a public hearing in Monmouth on Wednesday. […]
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Reporters notebook: Amnott retiring; this time he means it
LEWISTON — Did you hear? Paul Amnott is retiring. Again. He means it this time: r-e-t-i-r-i-n-g. Amnott, a 37-year veteran for the Lewiston School Department, and long-time assistant principal at Lewiston High School, retired in June 2012. At least, that was his plan. A few months later, Lewiston Superintendent Bill Webster got news that Lewiston […]
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Way to go, kids
On Wednesday, I was assigned to go to Walton Elementary School to cover a 9/11 ceremony. Principal and former music teacher Mike Davis led a ceremony focused on students helping others. Wearing lots of red, white and blue, students sang patriotic songs, thanked first responders and honored 9/11 victims they never knew. Many made pledges […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Jaguars in Brazil
How to follow up vultures in Mongolia? Make it jaguars in Brazil. Elaine Makas — Androscoggin County commissioner, adjunct associate professor, former state legislator and, clearly, adventurer — spent two weeks last summer tagging vultures as a volunteer through the Earthwatch Institute. This August she headed to South America for two weeks to the Jaguar […]
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Reporters notebook: Furniture giveaway leads to verbal exchange
AUBURN – There was an odd exchange at Wednesday’s School Committee meeting that stemmed from confusion about a furniture giveaway Aug. 17 at the School Department garage on Industry Avenue. Some, including Joel Gray, wondered if the School Department is in such a dire financial situation, why it is giving furniture away. As a front […]
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Tanks for the ride, LPD The Lewiston Police Department unveiled its new recreational vehicle Tuesday: an armored personnel carrier acquired from Portland via the U.S. Army. Chief Bussiere was even gracious enough to offer an eager reporter a ride around town, turning me instantly into a goofy, grinning 10-year-old. Having lived on an aircraft carrier […]
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Summer school heats up
LEWISTON — Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. the outside temperature was already 88 degrees and rising. Inside Longley Elementary School summer school classes were warm, but still bearable. Youngsters seemed engaged, teachers wearing flip flops were still smiling. Fans were humming, but there is no air conditioning. Lewiston Superintendent Bill Webster wants to expand summer […]