The “Looking Back” series is easily my favorite Sun Journal project that I didn’t have to be involved in. Those of you who have a passing familiarity with my personal philosophy get the joke. I love long-term projects, long as they don’t interfere with covering the current local athletes whose families read the paper in […]
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Great Falls Balloon Fest ends on a high note
LEWISTON — Almost all of the scheduled balloons took to the Twin Cities skies Sunday evening as part of the Great Falls Balloon Festival’s final launch of the weekend. After a weekend of rocky weather and high winds, it was one of only two full launches at this year’s festival. The other was Friday morning’s, […]
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11-year-old Naples boy found after 5-hour search
NAPLES — After a five-hour search Sunday, police located an 11-year-old boy who was reported missing from his Naples home at 4 p.m. Police announced at 9 p.m. Sunday the boy had been found. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said the boy, Anthony Labrecque, was last seen at 3:30 p.m. at 411 Harrison Road. Five […]
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Trump says WH lawyer McGahn isn't 'a John Dean type 'RAT"
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump is insisting that White House lawyer Don McGahn isn’t “a John Dean type ‘RAT.’” Trump in a series of Sunday morning tweets is responding to a New York Times story reporting that McGahn has given hours of testimony to the special counsel investigating Russian election meddling. Dean was […]
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Maine ranks last in New England for internet access
BANGOR (AP) — A U.S. Census Bureau study ranks Maine last in New England for broadband internet access but finds the state is on par with national averages. The Bangor Daily News reports the study released Wednesday found that 80.7 percent of Maine households subscribed to broadband internet in 2016. That’s compared with 81.4 percent […]
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Decades of chemical pollution suspected in Maine’s seal die-off
As the number of dead and stranded seals washing up on southern Maine beaches rises by the day, researchers are linking the sudden die-off to decades of chemical pollution that made the seal population vulnerable to toxins and disease. “We don’t think there is any possibility that these animals are biologically healthy,” said Susan Shaw, […]
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Plymouth motorcyclist seriously injured in Palmyra crash
A 2017 Chevrolet Impala struck a 2003 Indian Scout motorcycle on Interstate 95 near the northbound off-ramp in Palmyra on Saturday morning, according to Chief Deputy James Ross of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office. The motorcyclist was seriously injured and taken to Sebasticook Valley Hospital in Pittsfield. (Somerset County Sheriff’s Office) A Plymouth man was […]
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With 2019 Farmers’ Almanac soon to debut, Geigers highlight firm’s sustainability
Brothers Gene, left, and Peter Geiger stand near the solar panels at Geiger in Lewiston. The Geigers publish the Farmers’ Almanac. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald) LEWISTON — Pete Geiger, the editor of the Farmers’ Almanac, pauses at the entryway of the 50,000-square-foot fulfillment center at Geiger, the family-owned promotional products company that produces the […]
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For Maine’s marijuana industry, security’s still high-risk
“I don’t live in fear; it’s just not my style,” says grower Chad Crandall, whose operation in Jay is outfitted with surveillance cameras and motion sensors. But he admits: “The cameras, the security system, it gives me peace of mind.” (Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald) Using crowbars and jackhammers, thieves broke into Dawson and Kelly Julia’s […]
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DEA agent now private security consultant for cannabis growers
As a drug enforcement agent, Scott Durst spent three decades trying to put illegal drug dealers in jail, both in Maine and abroad. Now the retired police officer is making a second career for himself as a private security consultant for Maine’s legal cannabis growers, transporting cash between five state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries and the […]