Midcoast Humane Society will hold its first annual Shelter-bration from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath. This 11-month-old Lab mix, Bear, is looking for a home and is available at Midcoast Humane’s Brunswick Campus at 30 Range Road. For tickets to Shelter-bration and/or to learn more about […]
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Best friend's loyalty may be shifting in middle school drama
DEAR ABBY: I’m in middle school. “Jill” has been my best friend for 11 years. She has always been shy, while I am outgoing. Recently, she has been hanging out with the class “ho,” “Kelly,” and I’m being more and more left out. Kelly is turning Jill into a slut, too. Jill isn’t excited to […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 31
100 years ago: 1918 The preliminary conversations which lately have occupied the allied representatives in Paris have been concluded and more important discussions now are beginning, according to reports reaching official quarters here. To take part in the discussions, Andrew Honar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, went to France yesterday, crossing the channel in an […]
Posted inBoston Red Sox, National Sports, sj-web
On Baseball: Decisions loom for Red Sox after parade
Boston Red Sox chairman Tom Werner holds the championship trophy as president Sam Kennedy, third from right, manager Alex Cora, second from right, and pitcher Chris Sale, right, celebrate after Game 5 of baseball’s World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) During the 2007 World Series […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Witches Dance flash mob at Auburn Mall
Carol Thomas spins in a circle Tuesday afternoon during a Witches Dance flash mob at the Auburn Mall. Thomas is part of the Divine Divas, a group of local women who get together every month to socialize and do creative activities. They said their inspiration for the Witches Dance came from a video of a […]
Posted inBoys Soccer, sj-web, Varsity Maine
Boys' soccer A North final: Lewiston faces worthy foe in Mt. Ararat
Lewiston High School’s Enock Citenga, right, and Mt. Ararat’s Max Spelke jostle for the ball during their game at Lewiston Athletic Park in September 2017. (Sun Journal File Photo) No team has been a thorn in the side of defending Class A boys’ soccer state champion Lewiston this year like Mt. Ararat. The Eagles were […]
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$2.48 million grant expands arts program to new Lewiston elementary school
PORTLAND — A Portland-based program that provides hands-on art learning to students is expanding next year to Lewiston. The program will be offered at the new Connors Elementary School. During a Tuesday morning news conference, Beth Wilbur Van Mierlo, executive director of the nonprofit Side x Side, announced a four-year, $2.48 million federal grant that […]
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New Balance ships made-in-USA shoes to military
NORRIDGEWOCK — The first shipment of athletic shoes made by New Balance for the U.S. Department of Defense was sent this month. It’s part of a contract that fulfills a federal law requiring the military to outfit new recruits with American-made apparel. In total, about 206,000 pairs of a new model of shoe — the […]
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Auburn police cruiser rear-ended on Court Street; officer hurt
An Auburn police officer was injured Tuesday morning when his cruiser was rear-ended on Court Street. Officer John Chamberlain, 36, complained of injuries to his neck and back after the accident, and was taken to the hospital. (Submitted photo) AUBURN — An Auburn police officer was injured after he was rear-ended Tuesday morning on Court Street. […]
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Farmington man sentenced to 3 years in domestic violence case
FARMINGTON — A local man was sentenced Tuesday to serve nine months of a three-year sentence for punching an ex-girlfriend in the nose and hitting her with a frying pan in September. Ryan Cunningham, 28, of Farmington pleaded guilty to a felony charge of domestic violence assault at Franklin County Superior Court. Cunningham and the […]