Vanessa Paolella is a staff writer at the Sun Journal primarily covering local education. Before joining the Sun Journal in 2021, she interned for the paper twice and led the Bates College student newspaper, The Bates Student. Vanessa graduated from Bates College with a bachelor of science in geology in 2021 and wrote her senior thesis on water quality changes in the Androscoggin River from 1930 to 2019.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2023
Lewiston elementary school program rewards students’ kind deeds with books
Over the past few months, dozens of students at Geiger Elementary School have received books from the school’s new vending machine as a reward for being kind to others.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2023
Naked and afoot?
Do you sometimes like to strip off your clothes and run around outside? Or have you in the past? We’d like to hear your best — or even your only — streaking stories for an upcoming feature in the Sun Journal. Given the subject matter, your current home town and first name will be fine. […]
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2023
Turner-based school board keeping ‘Gender Queer’ in high school library
A controversial book about gender and sexual identity will remain available to students at Leavitt Area High School after a 5-3 vote by Maine School Administrative District 52 directors.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2023
‘We can’t wait to go’: Auburn’s mystery lunch trips thrill local seniors
Part of the fun of the Auburn Community Senior Center’s mystery lunch trips is guessing the destination.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2023
Trinity Church redevelopment to start next week
The congregation plans to reinvent the church as a multi-purpose community center.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2023
Turner-based MSAD 52 board to decide on ‘Gender Queer’ book for library
A committee formed to review the book recommended that it remain in the library. A Turner parent has appealed the decision, bringing the vote to the board of directors.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2023
Auburn school district freezes most open positions
About 70-75% of open positions in the Auburn school district will not be filled until at least the end of the school year.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2023
Lisbon council recognizes library director’s 35th anniversary with town
At the Town Council meeting Tuesday night, councilors celebrated Nadeau’s 35th anniversary with Lisbon’s libraries.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2023
Actor, playwright implores attendees to embrace activism at Bates MLK Day celebration
“All men and women and the nonbinary are not created equal,” said Keith Hamilton Cobb. “It’s nonsense. What we are is equally human.”
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2023
Classes canceled Tuesday for Lewiston Middle School after teacher’s death
Math teacher Tim Strohm died Friday from a sudden medical event.
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