Current Events/Pterosaur

A pterosaur is a type of flying reptile that lived millions of years ago. Its name is a combination of two Greek words: pteron, which means wing, and sauros, which means lizard. The p is silent, so it is pronounced terosaur. There is much excitement right now in the field of paleontology because of a […]

President’s list

UMaine-Augusta University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) Interim President and Provost Joseph Szakas announces the 2021 Fall Semester Full-Time President’s List. To qualify for the full-time President’s List, students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours of 100-level or higher UMA coursework (exclusive of pass/fail courses); and maintain a semester grade point average in […]

Rotary recognizes students of the month

It was built and they came, they helped, they skated

BETHEL — According to Marcy Scanlon, Bethel Recreation director, one lesson is abundantly clear during the first season of the Bethel Community Ice Rink: it takes a village to successfully skate. Volunteers maintain the rink, sometimes scraping in the middle of the night when they get off of work. “There is a large group of […]

Using artistic expression to heal

BETHEL — Joy Cromwell believes that creativity is important in our lives and she uses creative expression as means to help people coping with anxiety, depression, or trauma. “Too often we treat creativity as something supplemental,” Cromwell says. “But being in touch with your creativity helps you get in touch with your feelings in a […]

Book Review/ The Book Rescuer

By Sue Macy Illustrated by Stacy Innerst The Book Rescuer by Sue Macy is a Junior Biography, beautifully illustrated by New York Times award winning artist, Stacy Innerst. The content is about preserving Jewish literature written in Yiddish. This multiple award winning book is appropriate for young readers and listeners as well as adults. Imagine […]

How do you say that in…

English:    autographFrench:  autographeSpanish: autógrafoGerman:  Autogramm (German capitalizes nouns)Italian: autografoChinese: Qiānmíng  签名

Word of the Week

Autograph A person’s handwritten name. Also called their signature.Auto means self, and graph means to write.Some fans collect the autographs of famous people by asking them to sign things such as photographs or posters or even napkins!

Black History Month/Sammy Davis, Jr.

Sammy Davis Jr. (pronounced junior, but usually written as Jr.) was a singer, dancer, and actor. He was also a comedian, a film producer, and a television director.If you heard him sing or watched him dance, you would think he didn’t have any problems. And for the first 18 years of his life, he didn’t […]

President’s List

AUGUSTA — University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) Interim President and Provost Joseph Szakas announce the 2021 Full-Time President’s List for the Fall Semester: Taylor Day, Turner; Riley Gray, Livermore Falls; Lydia Lee, Greene; Bill Longtin, Greene; Brooke Nadeau, Greene; Deborah Brown, Kents Hill; Natasha Clarke, Monmouth; Emily Cunningham, Winthrop; Jonathan Fink, Winthrop; Kendra Furber, […]