LEWISTON — A few days before Thanksgiving, McMahon Elementary School Principal Amber Eliason allowed a Sun Journal reporter and photographer to visit Laura Grover’s kindergarten class and interview students about the holiday. As students wore the turkey and feather hats they made in class, we asked them to tell us about Thanksgiving. From one declaring […]
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First Thanksgiving: Happy to be working
LEWISTON — Soraya Karbasi and Bryan Jeff Mayo will be working on Thanksgiving. But that’s what they’re thankful for. The two nurses are part of a cohort of 13 hired from the Philippines to work for St. Mary’s Health System’s d’Youville Pavilion. St. Mary’s couldn’t find enough local nurses to work in the nursing home. […]
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Thankful for police officer who 'saved my life'
LEWISTON — It was January 2017. Keirsten Walder was doing badly. Very badly. “I had tried to overdose and harm myself,” she said. She was suicidal. The police were called. The first on the scene was Lewiston Police Department Officer Garrett Clark. As they waited for the ambulance, he stayed with her, encouraging her not […]
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Raymond Masse: 'I'm glad to be here'
LEWISTON — Raymond and Doris Masse, who’ve been married for 58 years, are grateful to be able to celebrate another Thanksgiving with their family. Two weeks ago he suffered a heart attack. “I was sitting right here,” he said from his living room chair. It was 10:15 p.m. on Nov. 8. His wife had just […]
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Auburn family gets help with Thanksgiving dinner
Renee Brezovsky, center, and her daughter, Gabrielle, 13, right, talk with Evelyn Kennedy after the Brezovsky family brought over food Wednesday so that Kennedy and her grandchildren, of Auburn, can have a Thanksgiving meal. Kennedy lost her husband, Mike, in January and raises her two grandchildren on her own. “We were going to stay home […]
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Holiday blitz in bars to lure young professionals back to Maine
Looking for a young, hip professional who might think about moving to Maine for a job? Try the local bar. Even better, try the bar on Thanksgiving weekend, when it is sure to be filled with kids home from college or out-of-state jobs, as they take a break from visiting with family to catch up […]
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Boxes full of Thanksgiving
JAY — “I am just thankful to be able to give back where I can,” said Al Beave of Jay as he checked over the contents of a box filled with Thanksgiving essentials. Beave was one of nearly 40 volunteers who gathered Sunday, Nov. 18 at Tri-Town Ministerial Association Food Cupboard. The group formed an […]
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Street Talk: The fussy man's guide to Thanksgiving
I won’t lie to you. As far as Thanksgiving dinner guests go, you won’t find one worse than me. For one thing, I’m more fidgety than your 4-year-old. After five minutes of sitting at the boring adults’ table, I’m going to want to get up to look out the window. Or to go see what […]
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Coming Thanksgiving: Kindergarten commentary
In our Thanksgiving edition Thursday, we give to you a brief visit to Mrs. Grover’s kindergarten class at Lewiston’s McMahon Elementary School. We interviewed some 5-year-olds about the big holiday while they wore the turkey and feather hats they made. Hard hitting? Absolutely not! Cute? Yes! (Bonnie Washuk/Sun Journal)
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A few inches of snow expected Tuesday then a bitter, cold Thanksgiving
Maine is done with heavy snow accumulations for now, but the Thanksgiving holiday week promises to bring extreme cold to the region. Even though the official start of winter is still more than a month away, Thanksgiving Day temperatures could drop into the single digits, with high temperatures of 17 degrees forecast for Lewiston-Auburn and […]