Oxford Hills’ Shane Kubicek fights for control of the ball with Edward Little’s Chase Martin, right, during the season opening soccer game in Auburn on Tuesday night/ Edward Little’s Christian Beliveau comes into the play on the left. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Edward Little trailed two different times in the first half against Oxford […]
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Volunteer team patrolling Kennedy Park
LEWISTON — There was a time not long ago when Karen Doucette didn’t feel altogether safe in the city’s downtown park. She might bring her 5-year-old grandson to Kennedy Park, but at the first sign of violence, she’d have to hustle him right out again. It left her wondering if there was any point in […]
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Two Wilton residents, Mass. woman face federal drug charges
FARMINGTON — Two Wilton residents and a Massachusetts woman have each been indicted on a federal charge of conspiracy to distribute and possession of the opioid fentanyl. Dennis Ayala, 55, and Andrea Hoffman, 35, both of Wilton, and Patricia “Mama” Pimentel, 24, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, were charged Aug. 23 with conspiracy to distribute and possess […]
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No charges filed after 2-hour standoff in Durham
DURHAM — Police spent about two hours negotiating with a man Wednesday evening after shots were reported at a home on Soper Road. The 65-year-old occupant was said to be armed and agitated, but after speaking with him several times over the phone, police determined that he was not a threat to public safety. On […]
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Jared Golden and Bruce Poliquin exchange fire over political ads
The contenders in Maine’s increasingly heated 2nd District congressional race are getting testy. Both Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin and Jared Golden, the Democrat who hopes to unseat him, complained this week about campaign advertising they said crossed the line. When Golden read a Maine GOP post on Facebook calling into question his commitment to […]
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How's that TV binging going?
We know of a guy who watched all seven seasons of “Homeland” without any sort of break. He just sat there, near-catatonic on his couch and watched episode after episode until he was a bleary-eyed mess of a binge TV addict. For others it’s been “Game of Thrones,” “The Walking Dead,” “Orange is the New […]
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Maine DOT says no to roadside memorial for lobsters
State officials are throwing cold water on the idea of putting up a 5-foot tall granite tombstone at the site of a lobster truck crash in Brunswick – but animal rights activists behind the idea say they aren’t giving up. People for the Ethical Treatment for Animals, known for attention-getting publicity stunts, wanted to put the tombstone on the […]
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Former employee sues Portland PR firm, alleging she was drugged at a holiday party
A woman who claims she was drugged at a holiday party for a Portland public relations firm is suing her former employer, claiming she was fired after asking for accommodations while she recovered. Diana Salas said she was drugged at the party for TrueLine Publishing on Dec. 18, 2016. Her federal lawsuit said Hamjil Carr, […]
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Winthrop student says post that got him charged with terrorizing was a joke
WINTHROP — Was it a threatening statement by a high school student posted on social media or an ill-advised joke? That’s the question police and administrators of Winthrop High School asked themselves early Wednesday morning, the first day of the school year, when they learned that a senior had written a strange post on Instagram […]
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Mainers urged to avoid mosquito bites after West Nile is found in York County
Mosquitoes in York County have tested positive for West Nile virus and Mainers should take steps to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention said. The positive test is the first direct confirmation this year that the disease is being carried by mosquitoes in Maine. The disease spreads in […]