DIRIGO COUGARS Coach: Ann Speth Conference: MVC; Class: C Returning athletes: Seniors — Ethan Couture, Riley Dumont, Tori Averill; Juniors — Damien Nadeau, Adrianna Belskis; Sophomores — Jacob Gallant, Spencer Jacques.. Season outlook: The Cougars return all of their skiers from last year’s team. Those experienced skiers will be joined by 13 sophomores and freshmen […]
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Nordic skiing preview: Spruce Mountain sets foundation for girls ski team
Coach Kerrie Brenner, Julia Pomeroy, Margo Kenyon, Paije Crockett, Julia Grant, Raina Breen, Grace Goodwin, Katrina Cook, and Coach Jay Lindsey make up the new Spruce Mountain High School girls’ ski team. (Sun Journal photo by Andree Kehn) RUMFORD — Spruce Mountain head coach Jay Lindsey went from zero female nordic skiers a year ago […]
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Maine's high court upholds murder conviction
The state’s highest court has upheld the murder conviction of Robert Burton, the man who shot his girlfriend to death in June 2015 in the town of Parkman and then led police on a 68-day manhunt, the longest and costliest in Maine history. Burton was convicted in October 2017 of intentional or knowing murder by a jury […]
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Wilton CareerCenter Job Fair Dec. 12
WILTON — More than 20 Farmington- and Wilton-area employers will attend the Wilton CareerCenter Job Fair next week to recruit workers. The fair will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Dec. 12, at the Wilton CareerCenter, 865 U.S. Route 2E. Job-seekers are encouraged to research the companies ahead of time, bring plenty of […]
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Museum looking for L-A's historic horse troughs
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Museum L-A is looking for any information about the horse troughs that were once in the streets of Lewiston and Auburn. Two of the Lewiston downtown troughs have been found, but there’s still a mystery surrounding the remaining two that were located in Auburn. One was located in the area of what […]
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Couple woken by smoke alarms escape burning house in Phillips
PHILLIPS — A couple and their pets escaped their burning home at 81 Toothaker Pond Road before dawn Tuesday, losing it and all their belongings to the flames. The cause is undetermined because of the extensive damage, Deputy Fire Chief Jim Gould said. The two-story home was insured. The couple, whose names were not available Tuesday, […]
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Trump says military to build border wall if Democrats refuse
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to pressure Democratic congressional leaders into supporting his demand for billions of dollars to build his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, threatening to have the military build it “if Democrats do not give us the votes to secure our Country.” Trump tweeted the threat hours before […]
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BIW's last stealth destroyer USS Lyndon B. Johnson in water
BATH (AP) — The last of three stealthy destroyers being built at Bath Iron Works is in the water. The Navy says it was multi-day process to move the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson to dry dock where it was floated on Sunday. Capt. Kevin Smith, DDG 1000 program manager, said it’s an important milestone […]
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Silver alert canceled after police locate missing New Gloucester man
An elderly New Gloucester man with dementia was found Tuesday after being missing overnight. Maine State Police are looking for an elderly New Gloucester man with dementia who was last seen Monday afternoon. Maine State Police issued a silver alert Monday morning as they tried to locate 93-year-old William Mitchell, who they said was driving […]
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Lyman girl, 10, holds her life together after both parents die of cancer
Late one night in November, Gwen Fletcher, 10, gave her mother a locket with a picture of her husband, Dylan, who had died two weeks earlier of pancreatic cancer. Julie Fletcher, 37, was bedridden and in the final stages of an extremely rare and incurable form of cancer that had started in the thymus. Gwen […]