AUBURN — Albert Flick, the 76-year-old local man accused of fatally stabbing a woman last month outside a Lewiston laundromat in front of her 11-year-old sons, will be held without bail until his murder trial, a judge ruled Tuesday. In court Tuesday, Flick denied the murder charge that was handed up earlier this month by […]
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H.S. field hockey: New year, new era for Edward Little
Kim Joler, the new Edward Little field hockey coach starts a team building exercise called Two Truths and a Fib with her team Tuesday morning on their field at Sherwood Heights Elementary School in Auburn. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — The first practices of a new fall sports season are often plagued by uncomfortable heat […]
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Bull Moose growing to 3 times its size and staying in Lewiston Mall
LEWISTON — Bull Moose is moving down the hall at the Lewiston Mall, growing three times as large and adding books, more vinyl, CDs and games. For old school devotees: The VHS and cassette tapes are moving, too. Bull Moose will take over the former Pet Life space and the hallway in front of it […]
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Bowdoinham man flips U.S. flag in protest and hears from critics
BOWDOINHAM — A 13-star American flag hanging upside down from a Bowdoinham man’s porch has captured eyes and jeers from a few passers-by, but the owner says his protest isn’t intended to be divisive. “Flying the flag upside down is not a symbol of disrespect. It’s not stepping on the flag, it’s not burning the […]
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Kennebec Land Trust to honor donors for 371 acres donated at annual meeting
FAYETTE — Kennebec Land Trust will celebrate 30 years of land conservation and honor donors at its annual meeting Sunday, Aug. 19, at Camp Winnebago on Echo Lake. Founded in 1988, the Trust has conserved 6,200 acres and has constructed 44 miles of trails on KLT lands. The meeting will start s with KLT’s popular […]
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Bowdoinham man charged with terrorizing after threats against CMCC
AUBURN — Central Maine Community College added security personnel Tuesday after police say a Bowdoinham man threatened to “shoot up” the college. Deputies from the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office arrested Darren Lilly, 23, at his Feldspar Lane home Monday. He was charged with terrorizing, a Class C felony punishable by up to five years in […]
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Crash outside parliament in London treated as terrorism
LONDON (AP) — A car plowed into pedestrians and cyclists near the Houses of Parliament in London during the morning rush hour Tuesday, injuring three people in what police suspect is the latest in a string of attacks in the British capital that used vehicles as weapons. Armed police flooded the area after the incident […]
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Over 30 dead harbor seals wash ashore in Maine in 2 days
Marine mammal experts are at a loss to explain why a large number of harbor seals have turned up dead on beaches in southern Maine this summer. The most recent cluster of deaths was reported Monday when the carcasses of 11 harbor seals, mostly pups, were discovered on Bayview and Kinney Shores beaches in Saco. […]
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Forage opens a Portland store
Portlanders are getting a chance to try “one of America’s best” bagels, as Saveur magazine anointed them two years ago. The much-anticipated soft opening of Forage Market took place over the weekend at 123 Washington Ave. If you missed it, a second soft opening is scheduled for Thursday and Friday from 7 a.m. until the […]
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Bridgton beach reopens after E. coli
Highland Lake Beach in Bridgton has reopened after town officials were forced to close it twice in two weeks because of high levels of E. coli. The popular public beach was closed to swimming Friday because of high bacteria levels, but reopened Monday after tests showed levels of E. coli were within the acceptable range, […]