Lewiston High School graduate Al Winslow gives Bryanna Bagnato, center, and Marissa Larock a hug after the LHS cheerleaders gave Winslow a get-well card during the football game between LHS and Edward Little High School in Auburn on Friday. Winslow’s son, Gunnar, is a junior lineman for the Edward Little Red Eddies and played in […]
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Regulators delay decision on CMP transmission line
Regulators who have the power to approve or derail a plan to build a 145-mile transmission line through Maine are delaying their decision. The Maine Public Utilities Commission, which had been expected to issue a decision by year’s end on Central Maine Power’s plan to bring hydropower from Quebec to markets in Massachusetts, filed an […]
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Cross country: Edward Little's Jillian Richardson improving, peaking at right time
Jillian Richardson stetches before practice at Edward Little High School to warm up. Richardson is heading to the Class A XC state championships in Belfast on Saturday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Jillian Richardson finished eight seconds behind Falmouth sophomore Sofie Matson at the Festival of Champions meet at the end of September. Nearly a year earlier, […]
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D South girls' soccer semifinal: Richmond beats Buckfield, returning to region final
Richmond’s Marie Wockenfuss kicks a ball past Buckfield’s Katy Henderson during a Class D South semifinal soccer game Friday in Richmond. (Andy Malloy/Kennebec Journal) RICHMOND — The Buckfield girls soccer team was buzzing, and had just turned its dominance of the first few minutes of its Class D South semifinal into a one-goal lead. The […]
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Central Maine Medical Center calls on Poliquin to pull health care ad
A new political advertisement from U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s congressional campaign features a politics-heavy gathering at a Lewiston hot dog stand that includes a local doctor touting the two-term Republican’s health care record. At one point in the 30-second spot, the camera zooms in for a close-up of the physician’s name embroidered on his white […]
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Video shows Lisbon girls’ soccer player throwing punch that sparks outrage
Both times Mt. Abram and Lisbon high schools met on the girls’ soccer field this season, it was more of a clash than a contest. The physical play crossed the line near the end of the teams’ Class C South quarterfinal matchup Wednesday afternoon at Lisbon High School. Kaylee Knight scored what ended up being […]
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Campaign starts for paid sick days for Maine workers
Mainers may get the chance to follow the lead of 10 other states that mandate employers offer paid sick days to their employees. “I’m proud to be part of a group of worker, family and health care advocates who have taken the first step in submitting language for a referendum to guarantee access to earned […]
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New Gloucester fire chief placed on administrative leave
NEW GLOUCESTER — Town Manager Carrie Castonguay confirmed Friday that Fire Chief James Ladewig was placed on paid administrative leave Thursday, Oct. 18. Castonguay said by telephone Friday that she is in the middle of an investigation on the matter that she hopes will be completed by next week. She declined to give details on […]
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Seth Carey hoped beer could win him votes at Bates College
Republican district attorney candidate Seth Carey hoped to use beer to try to snag some extra votes from Bates College students in Lewiston. But his plans to hold a free keg party Saturday at an Auburn bar after the football game between Bates and Colby colleges fell apart late Friday when the establishment’s owner pulled […]
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Lewiston man charged with OUI after turnpike crash
LEWISTON — A Lewiston man was charged with operating under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident, after a two-car crash that injured three people Thursday night on the Maine Turnpike. David Strout of Lewiston was heading north on Interstate 95 at a high rate of speed when he struck the guardrail at […]