The Falmouth-based Maine Cancer Foundation recently awarded eight grants, totaling $580,083, to Maine organizations in support of cancer screening projects. Cancer screening is a vital component of cancer control, increasing the chances of finding cancer early, when treatment is likely to have the most success. Across the U.S., many cancer screenings were put on hold […]
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Summer Concert Series returns to Basilica in Lewiston
Performances are free and open to the public, but donations will be accepted
Maine CDC Director Dr. Shah visits ‘COVID Still Sux’ rehearsal
After Christine Henry’s Broadway parody show, ‘COVID Sux,’ sold out in Monmouth, she decided to return to Maine with a sequel show — ‘COVID Still Sux.’
Farmington man found dead behind Lewiston courthouse
Police said the 27-year-old was found by a passerby. When police and emergency crews arrived shortly after, they determined that the man was dead.
The Public Theater production ‘Be Here Now’ should ‘Be Seen Now’
With fast dialogue and strong characterizations, the play, which runs through Sunday, June 26, explores how we find meaning and purpose in life.
Kudos: Joe Cook keeps the Lewiston Farmers’ Market running
The 67-year-old volunteer, who uses a wheelchair most of the time, is the official greeter and much more.
Hofstra University names local dean’s list students
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Two local students, Francelia Depalma of Carthage and Lucy Frenette of Lewiston, have been named to the 2022 spring dean’s list at Hofstra University. Students must earn a grade point average of at least 3.5 during the semester to make the list.
Republicans say Lewiston key to victories in November
At Friday’s Maine GOP Unity Rally party leaders say things are looking bright for their candidates this year.
Art Walk L/A set for June 24 in downtown Lewiston
Art Walk L/A! is planned for 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 24, in downtown Lewiston. There will be experiences in more than a dozen locations, including a meet-the-artists event and performance by Chicks With Sticks at 5 p.m in Dufresne Plaza. A Music in the Park summer concert will be held from 7 to […]
‘Be Here Now’ opens at The Public Theatre
A pessimistic professor of nihilism develops a medical condition with a side effect that turns her into a happy, hopeful, believer in love. But what if curing her condition will return her to misery? This wise and quirky comedy asks: Is happiness a choice or a pre-existing condition? “Be Here Now,” by Deborah Zoe Laufer, […]