This week’s edition!
Archive for June 2015
Mary Dempsey receives honorary degree
Mary Dempsey
Mary Dempsey, Assistant Director of the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing in Lewiston, received an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree from St. Joseph’s College in Standish at the school’s 102nd Commencement on Saturday, May 9.
Business to Business Trade Show at Colisée in Lewiston
Shelly Sirois and Pam Smith from The Woodlands Senior Living
Tricia Sierra, Flat Pat and Karen Page from The Dempsey Center. TCT photos by Jen Pike and Ashley Somma. See pages 7-12 for more photos.
Volunteer project to help keep river clean
The Cities of Lewiston and Auburn will team up to host a storm drain stenciling event on Sunday, June 28 at 1 p.m. Volunteers will meet at Festival Plaza in Auburn on the banks of the Androscoggin River for a brief clean water discussion before splitting up to conduct the stenciling in the Whitney Street neighborhood of Auburn and off Webster and Pleasant Streets in Lewiston. Volunteer participants will include 25 members of Girl Scout troops 1524, 2013, and 2012 and their parents. The rain date for the event is July 12.
Governor’s Address: Legislators must stay true to their principles
The single most important issue in last November’s election was welfare reform. But legislators didn’t get the message. Instead of “welfare-to-work,” they have created “welfare-to-even-more-welfare.”
Dear Maine Taxpayer,
Enough is Enough The right of free speech in a politically correct world By Robert E. Macdonald
Mayor of Lewiston
This week I was scolded by a gentleman, who carries very liberal beliefs, for what he characterized as the vindictiveness and contempt in my weekly column criticizing liberals. He felt that as mayor of the City of Lewiston, I should be above that. Well, I’m not.
Tickets available for Helicopter Ball Drop
Central Maine Medical Center will present its fifth annual Arbor House Helicopter Ball Drop on Tuesday, June 23 at 5 p.m. at Martindale Country Club in Auburn. Hosted by the CMMC Associates Volunteer Program, this unique fundraiser – in which raffle tickets are sold to represent the numbered golf balls to be dropped onto a target from a helicopter at the event – benefits CMMC’s Arbor House.
Basilica to host Corpus Christi procession
In honor of the Feast of Corpus Christi (also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ), Roman Catholic parishes around the Diocese of Portland have planned celebrations, Eucharistic processions and special events on Sunday, June 7.
Governor cuts ribbon at SafeVoices Walk/Run
Governor Paul R. LePage was in his hometown of Lewiston on Sunday to cut the ribbon for the SafeVoices 2015 Walk/Run to End Domestic Violence. He gave opening remarks, high-fived runners at the starting line, then cut the ribbon to start the walkers. Rainy weather did not dampen their spirits. The mission of SafeVoices is to support and empower those affected by domestic violence.
(Photo courtesy of Office of the Governor)
Governor’s Address: Legislators must stay true to their principles
When I first ran for Governor five years ago, I made it very clear that I would stick to my Republican principles. Today, that hasn’t changed.
Dear Maine Taxpayer,
Enough is Enough Governor rejects “parking ticket policies,” seeks prosperity
By Robert E. Macdonald
Mayor of Lewiston
They sound like spoiled little children, who after getting their way over the years are suddenly
introduced to the concept of “tough love.” Like any child after being told “no,” they whine that their parents are being unfair. They feel that their parents have become unhinged and unglued.
