TURNER — Freshman Jonathan Schomaker lined up on the starting line last week alongside cross country runners from around the state. While most everyone was placing their feet in position for the starting gun to go off, Schomaker pushed the same arm bars on the same wheelchair he has used since he was six years […]
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USDA secretary, Bruce Poliquin hear needs of rural areas in Farmington
FARMINGTON — Representatives of several professions and nonprofit services from Maine’s rural counties met Wednesday with the U.S. secretary of agriculture and stressed the need for federal support for high-speed internet access, telehealth services and fighting opioid addiction. USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue and U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, participated in the discussion at Franklin Memorial […]
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Bangor Savings Bank coming to Auburn
The three-story apartment building at 170 Turner St. in Auburn will be torn down to make way for a Bangor Savings Bank branch office. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Bangor Savings Bank will build a new branch office on Turner Street with a scheduled opening of fall 2019. The company purchased the three-story apartment building […]
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Northeast Bank branch earns town's award
The Northeast Bank branch at Poland Crossing at 1399 Maine St. in Poland has been chosen by the Poland Community and Economic Development Committee to receive the Quarterly Excellence in Business Award. The branch is one of 10 in the area. In addition to bank employees volunteering at local events, such as Heritage Day, Northeast […]
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Winthrop teen pleads guilty to murdering parents
AUGUSTA — In front of a courtroom packed with news media, Andrew Balcer, 19, pleaded guilty Wednesday to murdering his parents on Halloween morning 2016. A month shy of turning 18, Balcer called police that day, saying Antonio and Alice Balcer were beyond help. Balcer confessed to detectives several times as well, but pleaded not […]
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Athens man charged with OUI 10 hours after being charged in another accident
KINGFIELD — After three run-ins with police in 10 hours, an Athens man was being held at the Franklin County Detention Center on Wednesday on charges of drunken driving, criminal mischief and failure to report an accident. The series of events involving Anthony Cobb, 33, began shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday when Franklin County Deputy Brian […]
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State denies teaching credentials to former Democratic lawmaker accused of inappropriate behavior
A former Westbrook lawmaker who resigned his seat amid allegations he engaged in inappropriate relationships with female students can no longer teach, coach or work in a school environment now that state officials have refused to renew his credential. The State Department of Education denied Dillon Bates’ renewal request on the basis of sexual harassment […]
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Westbrook OKs first phase of project that includes Market Basket
WESTBROOK — The Planning Board on Tuesday night unanimously approved plans for the first phase of what could eventually become a 100-acre mixed use development near Westbrook’s border with Portland. The approval is the last major local hurdle for the start of the Rock Row development on what used to be a quarry near Main […]
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An ark in a bus: Driver rescues 64 dogs and cats from Hurricane Florence
There is nothing like a meal at the Waffle House after driving more than 60 animals from the South Carolina coast to southern Alabama inside of a school bus. Tony Alsup can attest. Alsup, a 51-year-old trucker from Greenback, Tennessee, was parked at a Waffle House outside Fayetteville, North Carolina, Sunday night for a quick […]
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Gail Archer to perform season's organ concert at the Basilica
LEWISTON — International concert organist Gail Archer will perform the penultimate organ concert of the 2018 season at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23. Her performance will Bach, Buxtehude and Schumann, as well as contemporary composers Mary Howe and Judith Shatin. Archer founded Musforum, an international network to […]