DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m a volunteer with Rebuilding Together Lewiston/Auburn and am wondering if you could help us with finding homes to renovate this year. The nonprofit organization is supported entirely by contributions of time, labor, material and money. We are dedicated to repairing homes of those who, due to financial hardship, age and/or disability, […]
DEAR SUN SPOTS: St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston is looking for knit, crocheted or tied-off fleece blankets for our Comfort Baskets for patients. If you or your group can help replenish our stock of small lap blankets, please contact Chris Conant at St. Mary’s Mission Integration Office at 207-777-8805 or email cconant@stmarysmaine.com. Thank […]
AUBURN Scrabble fans are invited to help raise money for Literacy Volunteers by playing the game from 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 30, at the High Street Congregational Church, 106 Pleasant St. This is Scrabble with a twist, as the competition features teams of two to four players collaborating over the same letter tray to […]
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Immigrants from throughout the world settle, thrive in Lewiston-Auburn
They are strangers in a new country, often arriving without the language skills needed for work. But Lewiston-Auburn s immigrants are finding jobs through determination, a desire to learn and help from local support groups.
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Santos Panzo of Lewiston stands at his warehouse job at Core-Mark in Gardiner. Panzo, originally from Angola where he worked as a manager on a liquid natural gas project, said he initially felt “unhire-able” until Core-Mark gave him a chance.
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LEWISTON Deko Diriye left a Kenyan refugee camp when she was three months pregnant. Her husband, who stayed behind, has yet to meet their now 5-year-old daughter. Last March, Diriye lost her low-pay, irregular-hours hotel housekeeping job at the start of the pandemic.