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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PublishedNovember 29, 2021
Lewiston schools cancel bus, van runs due to driver shortage
COVID-19-related absences worsened problems in the district’s student transportation services.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2021
Bowling with a cause: Just-in-Time collects hundreds of food items for homeless Lewiston students
The Lewiston business plans to make eight Christmas meal packages, each containing $50 in gift cards to purchase perishable foods.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2021
Durham to form maintenance committee for historic church
Union Church, built in 1836, is badly in need of cosmetic and structural repairs; the building was added to the National Historic Register in 2001.
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PublishedNovember 25, 2021
Lewiston group shares food, blankets, Narcan on Thanksgiving Day in Kennedy Park
More than two dozen people, many of them homeless, receive help.
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PublishedNovember 25, 2021
Thanksgiving fire destroys Paris home; 2 taken to hospital
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2021
Dempsey Challenge reaches annual $1.5 million fundraising goal for the first time
Despite fewer participants, the 2021 Dempsey Challenge raised $200,000 more than in any previous year.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2021
Saint Dominic Academy’s Lewiston campus to move to remote learning
The school was designated with outbreak status by the Maine Center for Disease Control this week.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2021
‘It doesn’t even hurt!’: Lewiston schools host vaccine clinics
The Lewiston school district is hosting a series of vaccine clinics in partnership with the CDC on Thursday and Friday.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2021
Minot selectmen pass resolution on American Rescue Plan Act funds
The board additionally tabled a discussion related to the FirstLight broadband expansion project.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2021
Lewiston special education audit shows improvements, but more work to be done
The consultants recommended that the district strengthen its literacy curriculum, improve IEPs, and restructure the program.
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