LEWISTON — Hundreds of spectators enjoyed a “moonglow” at the Great Falls Balloon Festival in Simard-Payne Memorial Park on Saturday evening. Morning rain and evening wind grounded the scheduled launches of more than a dozen balloons Saturday, but two more are scheduled at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday under clear skies. On Saturday evening, a […]
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Winthrop Art Festival shows passion for painting
WINTHROP — Jim Decker kept painting under a corner of the open-sided tent that covered the Richmond artist’s watercolor and acrylic works of art. The once-hard rain lessened and people started to trickle onto the streets of downtown for the 31st annual Winthrop Sidewalk Arts Festival Saturday morning. “I’m just entertaining myself — making the […]
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Great Falls Balloon festival parade
Victoria Sinclair, 4, of Lisbon gives a high-five to a Kora Shriner Crazy Cop during the Great Falls Balloon Festival parade in Auburn on Saturday. The rain let up in time for the annual parade to make its way from Auburn to Lewiston. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) Tom and Barbara Doyle of Auburn enjoy the Great […]
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Three-time Oxford 250 winner Dave Dion was one of a kind
Brad Leighton, in car No. 55, pulls alongside fellow New Hampshire driver Dave Dion (No. 29) on a straightaway during the Stanley 100 race at the New Hampshire International Speedway in July 1996. (Portland Press Herald file photo) He’s one of the most respected and accomplished men to ever strap into a Late Model stock […]
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Golf: Anderson breeding new life into The Meadows
Randall Anderson, owner of the golf course, The Meadows, in Litchfield, plays with his dog, Doolin, whose name graces the new updated year round pub at the club. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LITCHFIELD — New owner Randall Anderson wants you to have a “fling” the next time you play the Meadows. He’s not going to play […]
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Outdoors in Maine: The legend of unsung hero 'Uncle Tim'
Uncle Tim Pollard was a game warden’s game warden. At least that’s the impression you’ll get if you read a tattered, faded clipping of an article from the Maine Sunday Telegram circa 1926. At that time he was the longest-serving game warden in Maine history. A Dover-Foxcroft native, Pollard, or more precisely, Game Warden Captain […]
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Par for the Course: Warren planning to return to PGA Championship
Because only three Maine golf professionals (Tim Angis, John Hickson, Mike Bauber) ever had competed in the PGA Championship prior to this year’s event, many Maine golfers thought that Shawn Warren had made a significant accomplishment by qualifying for this year’s tournament, held Aug. 9-12 at the Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri. And […]
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Juror no-show problem targeted by fed-up judge in central Maine
SKOWHEGAN — Superior Court Justice Robert Mullen has had enough with people not showing up for jury duty. So much so that Mullen, the state’s deputy chief justice, is ready to go old school on no-show jurors and haul them into court for not appearing when summoned to serve their civic duty. The prevalence of […]
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Manafort judge says he fears for jurors' safety
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The judge in Paul Manafort’s financial fraud trial saiys he has received threats and he fears for the “peace and safety” of the jurors deciding the fate of the former Trump campaign chairman. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III revealed his concerns Friday when explaining why he doesn’t intend to make […]
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Canadian company ditches plans for large Auburn pot grow
AUBURN (AP) — A Canadian company has ditched plans to buy a marijuana-growing facility in Auburn, Maine. The Bangor Daily News reports that Vancouver-based C21 investments pulled the plug on the deal because of rules imposed by the Maine Legislature. But the newspaper said the property’s owner, Kevin Dean, is also linked to a federal […]