Rabbi Sruli Dresdner and Rebbetzin Lisa Mayer of Auburn took to stage with their instruments to perform the Shema, ‘Judaism’s most sacred prayer,’ to honor a survivor of last year’s Hamas attack on Israel.
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Finding Our Voices founder to join national domestic violence webinar Oct. 21
On Oct. 5 in Skowhegan, McLean will be giving a morning presentation on how she found her own voice after three decades of domestic abuse, leading to her forming Finding Our Voices, at the first Women’s Health Conference at Reddington-Fairview General Hospital.
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Spectrum Generations’ Celebrity Chef Challenge raises more than $50K
AUGUSTA — Three Maine chefs went head to head Sept. 16 at the Augusta Civic Center, competing in Spectrum Generations’ 12th annual Celebrity Chef Challenge fundraiser and serving more than 200 guests. Chef Michael Gosselin of bon Vivant, 133 Lisbon St., Lewiston received the Judges’ Choice Award, and Chef Steven Dumas, an Augusta native and […]
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Judge grants families of Lewiston shooting victims access to gunman’s medical records
A Sagadahoc County probate judge appointed a woman who lost her husband and son in the mass shooting to take over part of the gunman’s estate in order to give her access his military and medical records.
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Community Concepts to receive federal grant to train 30 aspiring teachers in Franklin county
The Lewiston-based nonprofit will use the grant to train aspiring teachers over the next three years.
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Kudos: Tim Griffin named Trinity Jubilee Center’s Volunteer of the Year
Griffin, who also volunteers for Andwell Heath Partners, said volunteering is showing you care for your community with “more than words.”
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When it comes to Halloween, some say go big or go home
We went looking for the 12-foot skeletons that are all the rage these days, but we found so much more. In mid-September!
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A year after Lewiston, UNE students prepare for mass casualty incidents
Saturday’s student-run mass casualty training featured Dr. Timothy Counihan, Central Maine Healthcare’s chief of surgery, who coordinated the immediate response to the Lewiston shooting.
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Health advocate Fowsia Musse wins Courage is Contagious Award
The Justice For Women program at Maine Law honored her for continuing her work after ‘an unimaginable horror’ that almost killed her in Kenya.
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Safe Voices to hold domestic abuse and violence vigils Oct. 7
The candlelit vigils will start at 6 p.m. and will be held simultaneously in Dufresne Plaza at 72 Lisbon St. in Lewiston and at Meeting House Park at 139 Main St. in Farmington.