A single-wide mobile home caught fire in the Worumbo Trailer Park at 2 Arrowhead Drive in the early morning hours Tuesday. No injuries were reported.
Joe Charpentier
Staff Writer
Joe Charpentier came to the Sun Journal in 2022 to cover crime and chaos. His previous experience was in a variety of rural Midcoast beats which included government, education, sports, economics and analysis, crime, and environment. He loves surprising his editors with spontaneous enterprising stories and prides himself on mastering the ability to slip the odd Oxford comma by the copy editors. When not on the beat, Joe enjoys spending time with family, writing fiction and woodworking.
Posted inBethel, Maine, News
Hiker from New Hampshire dies on Lollapalooza Trail in Newry
Todd Soucy, 51, of Exeter, New Hampshire, was hiking the Jordan Mountain trail with a friend, officials said.
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Posted inMaine, News, Oxford Hills
Oxford County Commissioners investigate Sheriff Christopher Wainwright
The commissioners are investigating Wainwright after he admitted to using his position to try to help a woman who had received a traffic citation.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Auburn Lobster Festival no joke as thousands turn out for Maine culinary tradition
Food, music and craft beer drew well over 2,000 Saturday for Auburn’s first lobster festival, according to officials.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston Middle School student struck by box truck
The eighth grader was transported to Central Maine Medical Center and the driver, Wade Gould, 41, of Lisbon Falls was cited for a traffic violation.
Posted inMaine, Oxford Hills
Warden rescues 76-year-old from flooded car in Waterford
Karen Palmer, 76, of Leesburg, Florida, was driving from Florida to Poland late Monday night.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn standoff suspect has long criminal history
AUBURN — Daryan Bryan Saunders, 47, of Auburn, who was arrested Tuesday morning after a 21-hour standoff with local and state police, has a number of criminal convictions that began in 1994 when he was 18, when he paid a $100 fine for disorderly conduct. Over a decade later in October 2005, he was charged […]
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Workers’ rights honored, PRO Act endorsed for International Workers’ Day
The Maine chapters of the Communist Party USA and the Party for Socialism and Liberation honor workers’ rights for International Workers’ Day, at Kennedy Park in Lewiston.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, bPlus
The Maine Pottery Tour: Putting Maine’s clay crafters and their creations on the map
The Maine Pottery Tour will return for its 11th year May 6 and 7 with 65 studios and 21 guest artists from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Phillips to Machias opening their doors to the public. The tour will be split into six regions: central, southern, western, Down East, midcoast and Portland. The central Maine tour […]
Posted inbPlus
‘I became a potter for all the dopamine moments!’
Area potters say relaxation, inspiration and joy are all benefits of the creative process as they form clay into objects of function and art.