DEAR SUN SPOTS: Please let your readers know Museum L-A wants to hear from them about professional musicians who made an impact during their lifetime. Museum L-A invites everyone to bring us a photo in memory of a professional musician who you would like to have remembered at our “Dance Party under the Stars II.” […]
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H.S. football: Blue Devils finally set foot on new field
Head coach Bruce Nicholas talks to the Lewiston football team Monday morning at the start of the first day of football practice on a brand new football field. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Head coach Bruce Nicholas, far right, leads the Lewiston football team in the very first drill on the new football field on Monday morning. […]
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Castaldo named Director of Communications for Sunday River
NEWRY — Sunday River Resort has hired Karolyn Castaldo as its new director of communications. She will be the official spokesperson and will oversee all internal and external communications for the resort. Castaldo, a New Hampshire native and longtime Sunday River skier, graduated from the University of Denver in 2014, and quickly returned to New England […]
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Police ID Massachusetts woman's body found in car trunk
GARDINER — The woman found dead in the truck of a vehicle following a shooting in Gardiner on Thursday has been identified. The Worcester County District Attorney’s Office identified her Monday afternoon as Maddilyn Burgess, 28, of Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Her body was found in the trunk of a vehicle driven by Gyrth Rutan, 34, also […]
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Face it: They love art!
Eryn Esty, left, and Olivia Reil make chalk art Monday along Howe Street in downtown Lewiston. Esty, 10, and Reil, 8, will head back to school at Montello Elementary School in a couple of weeks. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)
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Thos. Mosher hires L.L. Bean's Brad Kauffman
Thos. Moser, the Auburn-based furniture maker, has hired an L.L. Bean executive as its chief revenue officer. Brad Kauffman was senior vice president of business transformation and strategy at Bean. He was also vice president and general manager of merchandise and retail for five years at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Kauffman started in his […]
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Advice from Lewiston native, Flowfold COO: 'Take a leap of faith'
Earlier this year, Lewiston native James Morin hiked Mount Kilimanjaro to see how different backpack designs stood up to the grueling heat and cold of Tanzania. It was just another day at the office at Flowfold. Morin, 30, is chief operating officer of the young Maine company that specializes in making sturdy, lightweight wallets and […]
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Poliquin floods his Maine district with taxpayer-funded mail
LEWISTON — Former Mayor Larry Gilbert has seen a lot of odd things in politics over the years, but even he was surprised recently when his congressman sent matching, unsolicited letters to his two adult daughters. One letter touted U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s record in targeting sexual harassment on Capitol Hill, while the other hailed […]
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Maine voters can now request absentee ballots online
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine voters can now request absentee ballots for November’s election online. Democratic Secretary of State Matt Dunlap said voters can vote by absentee ballot through mail or in-person at their town hall. Mainers will elect a new governor to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Paul LePage. Voters will also elect a U.S. senator, […]
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Baseball items from Bates grad, who was early Red Sox star, up for auction
BIDDEFORD (AP) — Some items belonging to one of the Boston Red Sox’s early members — when the team was known as the Boston Americans — are coming up for sale. Third baseman Harry Lord played for the Americans and then the Red Sox, becoming one of the first captains in 1910, before he switched […]