This week’s edition!
Camden National Bank helps area students support school teams
The Lewiston High School Class A State Champion hockey team
Over the past several weeks, Camden National Bank has donated over $10,000 to provide tickets for over 2,100 high school students to attend and cheer on their boys’ and girls’ hockey and basketball teams as they competed in the state championship finals.
Ice Out Plunge at Winthrop Town Beach to benefit Special Olympics
For the inaugural event three years ago, organizers needed to cut a large hole in the ice.
Special Olympics Maine and the Maine Law Enforcement Torch Run will present the fourth annual Ice Out Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Maine on Saturday, March 25 at noon at the Winthrop Town Beach at Maranacook Lake. Hosted by the Alfred W. Maxwell Jr. American Legion Post 40 and Auxiliary of Winthrop, the event is open to everyone aged 8 and older. Each participant must raise a minimum of $100 and will receive a long-sleeve commemorative T-shirt. Additional prizes and incentives will be awarded for achievement in fundraising.
Governor’s Address: Congress should stick to its promises on ObamaCare
After saying for eight years they would repeal and replace ObamaCare, many politicians in Congress are now focused on doing just that.
Dear Maine Taxpayer,
I went to Washington for one reason: to advocate for the Maine people. Unfortunately, an element of the highly paid career politicians down there are focused more on getting re-elected than truly reforming our health care system.
My goal is not to increase government spending on entitlements. I am fighting for an accountable and affordable Medicaid program that provides a strong safety net for our elderly, disabled, women and children and those who are unable to buy insurance.
Only Steps Forward: Those profiting from our rivers should help with L-A’s redevelopment
By Jonathan P. LaBonte
Mayor of Auburn
Last week, the LA Metro Chamber hosted its monthly breakfast at the Franco Center in Lewiston highlighting the topic of the Androscoggin River.
I was pleased to be able to share the floor with Ed Barrett, City Administrator of Lewiston, and Shelley Kruszewski and Jim Pross from the Androscoggin Land Trust to provide an update on progress being made to reconnect the community with the river and the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.
While many in Auburn have heard my pitch before about how the rivers, both the Androscoggin and often-forgotten Little Androscoggin, could be recreational and environmental assets that would attract people to visit and want to live in our neighborhoods, it seemed like this might be a chance to check in again as we enter spring.
Enough is Enough: Bad behavior putting stress on neighborhoods of longtime residents
By Robert E. Macdonald
Mayor of Lewiston
One of the most pressing problems facing Lewiston today is a chemical so powerful that just a slight elevation in one’s body causes crazy and destructive behavior.
At this point federal, state and local governments have not invested one penny towards research in order to bring elevated body levels of this chemical down. This failure to act is causing financial and emotional distress among the residents of several Lewiston neighborhoods.
No, I’m not talking about opioids, but a chemical found in abundance in adolescent and often thoughtless young men: testosterone.
Auburn Superintendent to address Rotary Breakfast Club
Katy Grondin
The guest speaker at the next meeting of the L-A Rotary’s Breakfast Club on Wednesday, March 22 from 7 to 8 a.m. will be Katy Grondin, Superintendent of Schools for the City of Auburn. The event will take place at the United Methodist Church at 439 Park Avenue in Auburn.
DownEasters complete first season
Pictured here (l. to r.) are team members MinAh Kim, Nina Silvia, Sue Gagne-Rousseau, Heidi Coffin, Sarah Holmes, Coach John Niles Merrill, Chelsea Ferk, Sarah Lawsure Moulton, Maureen Matatall, Suzanne Collins Gagne, Lynne Cote, and Clelia Signaud.
Maine’s only Adult Synchronized Skating team, comprised of members ranging in age from 19 to 63 and with varying levels of skating skills, just completed their first competitive season as the DownEasters. The team finished the season with two gold medal performances, a bronze medal performance and a fifth-place finish at the U.S. Figure Skating Eastern Synchronized Skating Championships in Hershey, Pa. Coached by John Niles Merrill, a member of U.S. Figure Skating and a Certified A-level coach with the Professional Skating Association, the team made their home at Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn.
L-A College to stream one-day conference on French Canadian migrations to New England
Mary Rice-DeFosse, professor of French and Francophone Studies at Bates College, will be a panelist at the event.
On Monday, March 20, Mary Rice-DeFosse, professor of French and Francophone Studies at Bates College, will speak at a conference called “French Connections: Franconnexions.” While the event will take place at the University of Vermont, those who want to see her speak need only travel as far as USM’s Lewiston-Auburn College, where the Franco-American Collection will stream all three sessions live via Facebook for viewing in Room 283.
Maine Music Society to present Bach’s Mass in B Minor
Imagine the sound of 66 blended voices, six soloists, and 26 musicians performing this timeless piece, with the Franco Center’s stained glass windows providing the ambience.
Under the direction of Artistic Director John Corrie, the Maine Music Society Chorale and Orchestra will present Johann Sebastian Bach’s incomparable Mass in B Minor on Saturday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m. and again on Sunday, March 26 at 3 p.m. at the Gendron Franco Center in Lewiston.
Governor’s Address: ObamaCare’s Welfare Expansion Has No Place in Health Care Reform
When it comes to health care costs, nothing is free. It will always be expensive for someone—and that someone is you, the taxpayer.
Dear Maine Taxpayer,
Medicaid expansion is back in the news, both nationally and in Maine. In Washington, leaders are debating how to replace ObamaCare. In Maine, socialist welfare lobbyists put Medicaid expansion on the ballot for the November 2017 election.
I have successfully vetoed this misguided policy five times, and I am working hard to ensure it is defeated for good both in Washington and in Maine. ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion has already been a budget-buster for states. It is a major part of the reason why ObamaCare has completely failed.
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