THOMASTON — Firefighters and the Knox County Sheriff’s Office responded to a car engulfed in flames Monday afternoon, March 25, at Dorman’s Dairy Dream on Route 1. The fire was reported at 4:02 p.m., according to Assistant Fire Chief Jamie Leo, who said the occupants reported attempting to put out a fire that had started […]
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
Posted inMaine
Nine Maine Medical Center labor and delivery nurses are expecting their own babies
Nine nurses who work in the labor and delivery unit at the largest hospital in Maine are expecting babies in the next few months
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Posted inNation / World
How to become a mermaid
“What makes a mermaid is your ability to make other people believe.”
Posted inNation / World, News
British Airways plane lands in Scotland, not Germany
The flight seemed to go perfectly well, until passengers realized it had landed in the wrong city and the wrong country
Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
Analysis: Susan Collins is most likely to work across aisle
Democrats say Republican Sen. Susan Collins toes the party line too often, but a think tank at Georgetown University says she’s the most likely to work across party lines
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lisbon man to serve 12 years for sexual assault of a child
Christopher Conner, 37, pleaded guilty in an agreement that called for 12 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Bingo and bongs: More seniors seek marijuana for age-related aches
More Americans in their 70s and 80s are adding marijuana use to the roster of senior activities
Posted inPerspective
How extremists use online engagement to recruit killers
The Islamic State mastered online channels to spread militant ideology. White nationalists are using the same tactics.
Posted inMaine
NTSB: Jet missed the runway in Presque Isle and tried to land in deep snow
PRESQUE ISLE — The National Transportation Safety Board says a United Express regional jet didn’t slide off a runway in Maine — it missed the runway altogether. A preliminary report Thursday indicates the 50-seat Embraer 145 approached to the right of the runway on an aborted first landing attempt and then again when it touched […]
Posted inNation / World
After confrontation over poo pickup, dog’s owner charged with stealing phone
According to Fairfax County police, one stole the other’s phone after they started to record each other.