Maine coach Joe Harasymiak coaches against Jacksonville State during the FCS playoffs earlier this month in Orono. (Portland Press Herald photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette) Joe Harasymiak took the University of Maine football team to new heights this fall. And now he’s moving on after three years as the Black Bears’ head coach. Harasymiak, 32, […]
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S and J Enterprises donates
St. Mary’s Nutrition Center staff receive a $1,000 donation from S and J Enterprises LLC to be divided evenly between the Summer Youth Gardening Program and St. Mary’s Food Pantry. From left are Scott Berry, Eliza Huber Weiss, Fiston Mubalama Lowatiwiya and Jeffrey Stewart. Nutrition Center programs provide the tools for participants to find affordable and low-barrier […]
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Candlelight vigil Friday to recognize the plight of the homeless
LEWISTON — The public is invited to participate in a candlelight vigil Friday to remember the homeless during the holiday season. It will be held from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., even if it’s raining. Participants will walk from Trinity Jubilee Center at 247 Bates St. to Calvary United Methodist Church at 59 Sabattus St. The […]
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Car fire at CMMC parking garage
A Lewiston firefighter inspects the trunk of a car that caught fire Thursday morning on the top of the parking garage at Central Maine Medical Center. (Sun Journal photo by Daryn Slover)
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Jared Golden plans town halls, listening tour as he prepares to take office
LEWISTON — Standing on a Birch Street sidewalk Thursday, Jared Golden said he has no doubt he will take the oath of office Jan. 3 as the next congressman from Maine’s 2nd District. Though a court fight continues over the constitutionality of the ranked-choice voting system that ended with his victory last month, the 36-year-old […]
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Police nab burglary suspect after a chase in Gray that locked down schools
GRAY — At least two schools were locked down Thursday afternoon as police searched for a burglary suspect who reportedly fled on foot after a vehicle stop. As police searched for the suspect shortly after noon, Gray-New Gloucester High and Middle schools, both on Libby Hill Road, were ordered locked down as a precaution, police […]
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Putin issues chilling warning on rising nuclear war threat
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a chilling warning Thursday about the rising threat of a nuclear war, saying “it could lead to the destruction of civilization as a whole and maybe even our planet” — and putting the blame squarely on the U.S. Speaking at his annual news conference, Putin scoffed at […]
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CMMC a top cardio hospital
LEWISTON — Central Maine Medical Center has been named one of the nation’s 50 top cardiovascular hospitals by IBM Watson Health. The Watson Health 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals study is in its 20th year. This is the first year that CMMC, with its Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute, has been recognized and it is […]
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Community meals
SUMNER — There will be a community supper at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, at the Congregational Church of East Sumner, 50 Main St, Route 219. There will be casseroles, salads, desserts, coffee and punch, as well as a raffle of baked goods and household items. Donations are accepted for the meal. Proceeds benefit the outreach mission of […]
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Community sale
LEWISTON — Tommy’s Feral Feline Friends will hold a benefit Purrrrfect Christmas bake sale and bottle drive from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 22 and 23, at Sabattus Street Self Storage, 1434 Sabattus St. They are need of bakers to make food to donate for the bake sale, as well as […]