LEWISTON — The Maine Music Society, a nonprofit music organization dedicated to bringing quality choral performances of various genres to the greater Lewiston-Auburn area, is conducting its first online silent auction beginning Saturday, Nov. 3, to support the performances of the MMS Chorale, Orchestra and Chamber Singers. The online auction, available at www.32auctions.com/mainemusic, will open at […]
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People You Know: Bill Hamilton, designing for fun
AUBURN — Bill Hamilton oversaw the installation of a massive, 54-foot lighting catwalk last month in front of the stage at the Community Little Theatre that replaced a ladder system he had designed 30 years earlier. Hamilton jokes that at CLT, he is a behind-the-scenes kind of guy, and he is, definitely, a scene kind […]
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Candidates for governor debate in Bangor
A panel of journalists spiced up Sunday night’s televised Maine gubernatorial debate by asking a “unique” set of questions that instead of focusing on broad policy issues targeted individual candidates. The hourlong debate, held at Gracie Theatre on Husson University’s campus in Bangor, also gave candidates the opportunity to ask questions of their opponents. And […]
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Monday Morning QB: Raiders were prepared to weather storm
Oak Hill’s Caleb Treadwell, top, celebrates after diving through the mud as teammate Gabriel Bergeron, bottom, takes his turn at the end of Saturday’s playoff game against Lisbon in overtime. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Bad weather is often considered the great equalizer in football, and it’s not unkind to apply that axiom to seventh-seeded Oak Hill’s […]
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Women's Basketball: CMCC's Gethers-Hairston growing into two leadership roles
Edward Little High School graduate Eraleena Gethers-Hairston plays for the Central Maine Community College Mustangs. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Eraleena Gethers-Hairston has been through more than most. Growing up in a single-parent home, the Edward Little High School graduate and now Central Maine Community College senior has learned to be a part of a […]
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College Basketball: Mustangs on board with whole being greater than sum of parts
Joshua Chery and Corey David, from the CMCC basketball team, pose for a photo in front of the athletic department’s new video screen. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — FOX’s introduction to the 2018 World Series, narrated by New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, left an impression on Central Maine Community College men’s basketball coach Dave […]
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Nearly 2,200 in Oxford County still without power after Nor'easter
PORTLAND (AP) — More than 8,000 Maine residents were without power following an October Nor’easter with high winds that blew through coastal areas. On Sunday morning, Central Maine Power was reporting about 4,600 outages and Emera Maine about 3,700 outages. By mid-afternoon, Emera was down to 917 and at CMP 4,176, with Oxford County, at […]
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Gov. Paul LePage orders flags to be flown at half-staff for synagogue shooting victims
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has ordered United States and state of Maine flags be flown at half-staff in respect for the eleven victims of the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh. The Republican governor said Sunday that he and his wife are “deeply saddened by this tragedy, which occurred in a place of worship.” […]
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Maine Jewish community stunned by Pittsburgh synagogue killings
Rabbi Gary Berenson was in the middle of leading a sabbath service for his congregation at Etz Chaim Synagogue on Congress Street Saturday morning when a member received an alert on his cell phone about the shootings in Pittsburgh. A moment of stunned silence followed. “It was a dramatic pause. We fell silent and stopped […]
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Replica sloop, trashed in a storm, is in Maine for overhaul
WISCASSET (AP) — A floating piece of history that was severely damaged during a winter storm is in Maine for repairs. The 110-foot sloop, known as the USS Providence, toppled onto its side during powerful gusts in 2015 while stored in Newport Shipyard in Rhode Island. Damage included a broken mast and punctured hull. The […]