CHAIN OF PONDS TOWNSHIP — A Canadian driver lost control of his tractor-trailer on a steep, downhill portion of a slippery Route 27 early Saturday, causing the truck to roll over into a deep ditch. Jimmy Quirion, 38, of Frontenac, Quebec, was operating the 2019 Peterbilt, which sustained extensive damage to the tractor and trailer, […]
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The Sun Journal Top 10 of 2018: Teams, athletes took success to the next level
Two thousand eighteen was the kind of year that a kid from Lewiston, who at times growing up lived a somewhat nomadic life, won a national championship and signed a pro contract with Nike. It was the kind of year that saw Lewiston won its third boys’ soccer state title in four years, and its […]
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UMaine turning water into wine?
Imagine a New Year’s Eve of drinking with no calories or hangover. Imagine eating broccoli and tasting chicken wings. Orono Assistant Professor Nimesha Ranasinghe can imagine that and virtually so much more.
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Russ Dillingham: Best photos of 2018
Lewiston High School graduate and Penn State junior Isaiah Harris crosses the finish line to win the 800 meters run at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on June 8, 2018. (Sun Journal photo by Russ Dillingham) Throughout my career, I have crossed the line of what is considered ethical journalism on several occasions. A journalist […]
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Bin Laden appears right on U.S. resolve
Osama bin Laden predicted it and his prophecy appears to be coming true. In his book, “The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11,” Lawrence Wright quotes bin Laden as saying: “Look at Vietnam, look at Lebanon. Whenever soldiers start coming home in body bags, Americans panic and retreat. Such a country needs only […]
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Send captured IS fighters in Syria to Guantanamo
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s decision to withdraw all U.S. forces from Syria is already having unintended consequences. The U.S. departure could lead to the release of 1,100 Islamic State fighters now held in detention camps in northeastern Syria — creating a dangerous new terrorist threat to the West. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) — the […]
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The decline of rural ways
The news that the Boy Scouts of America may go bankrupt should have shocked, but it didn’t. The Scouts are sinking under the weight of payouts to people who as children were abused by Scout leaders. Should the Boy Scouts go under, we would lose yet another social institution that has served down the years […]
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The 11 most consequential political trends of 2018
President Donald Trump again dominated 2018 politics, but the year was also notable for what happened, what didn’t happen and what it could all mean in 2019. Here’s The Washington Post’s list of the political trends that defined the year in politics: 1) Trump’s mounting falsehoods Trump’s false or misleading claims more than tripled during […]
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SunJournal.com: Local tragedies and political drama dominated 2018's web traffic
LEWISTON — Tragedy. That best describes the stories that got the most traffic on SunJournal.com in 2018 — stories about drownings and killings. But there was also crime: Leading the list was the story of the day federal, state and local law enforcement officers raided local buildings and confiscated piles of marijuana plants. And a […]
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Investors losing confidence in Trump
Stock market losses and volatility, particularly in financial stocks, have people worried about, well, everything. This recent sell-off is historic in scale but strange because it’s hard to identify a specific culprit behind it. The jitters could be chalked up to the hawkishness of the Federal Reserve, the flattening of the yield curve, trade wars, […]