LEWISTON — Geiger recently presented its quarterly Geiger Star Awards to recognize two associates’ efforts to work the values of The Geiger Way. The associates, by practicing the principles of continuous improvement, embrace fresh and innovative ways to add value to customers and positively contribute to the company’s business. Gloria Arita has been help desk […]
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Community Credit Union gives back
Community Credit Union presents the Greene Baptist Church Food Pantry with a $250 check this year. The pantry serves about 75 families per month and provides about 20 Thanksgiving baskets each November. The pantry is open to residents on the first and third Thursday of every month from 1 to 3 p.m. From left are […]
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Community Concepts gains grant
LEWISTON — The board of directors for Community Concepts has received a $10,000 grant to continue to refine its governance capabilities. After 18 months of training in a national program of the NeighborWorks America network, members of the board qualified for the grant to continue to build a stronger and more effective board. Effective boards […]
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Maine gubernatorial debate gets feisty
The three candidates for governor sparred over negative advertising Thursday, accusing each other or their supporters of making false and disingenuous statements in the final days of the campaign. The tense exchanges came during the final time the three contenders — Democrat Janet Mills, Republican Shawn Moody and independent Terry Hayes — shared a stage […]
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Mainers vote absentee in record numbers
Mainers are setting early voting records for a governor’s election, with 34 percent more absentee ballots submitted so far this year than in 2014, contributing to a projected turnout of 65 percent. Democrats continue to outpace Republicans in absentee voting, with 61,792 ballots — representing 18 percent of all registered Democrats — returned as of […]
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Field hockey: Track stars provide Spruce Mountain with valuable speed
Spruce Mountain’s Ashlyn Williams takes a swing at the ball as Mountain Valley’s Courtney Carrier gets a stick in her path during a field hockey game in Jay last month. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) JAY — The Spruce Mountain field hockey team is fast, and it has the records to prove it. Many of the players […]
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Question 5 would provide money for community college upgrades
Maine Community College System officials are hoping voters will support Question 5 on the Nov. 6 ballot, which proposes a $15 million bond to upgrade facilities at each of the state’s seven community colleges. “In the past, we’ve been successful with the voters,” Maine Community College System President Derek Langhauser said. “I think the voters […]
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Heading home from Bates College
Geoffrey Stehli heads home after visiting the Museum of Art at Bates College in Lewiston on Thursday. Stehli visits the campus often, but it takes him a bit longer to get there now that he is using a walker to get around. Stehli said that he is looking forward to Saturday’s Bates Orchestra concert and […]
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Fact or fiction: More claims from Maine’s 2nd District congressional race
As campaign operatives fill the airwaves with a barrage of commercials that often make astounding claims, it can be tough for voters in Maine’s 2nd District congressional race to know what’s true and what’s not. The Sun Journal is checking up on some of the advertising and mailers to help voters make sense of what […]
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Paul LePage rips into Jared Golden, predicts he’ll lose to Poliquin
Despite working with 2nd Congressional District candidate Jared Golden this year to help returning military medics, Republican Gov. Paul LePage assailed the Lewiston Democrat on Thursday as a partisan do-nothing. Speaking on Portland radio station WGAN, LePage said Golden told “a bald-faced lie” in a radio advertisement that mentioned their cooperation on legislation. But the […]