Maine Event Comedy presents Leah Douglass at Bear Bones Beer in Lewiston at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 19. She’ll be joined by fellow comics Danny Jordan, Steve Cloutier and Al Ghanekar. Open mic will follow the show. Douglass was a part of last year’s Portland Comedy Festival and Women of New England Show. Jordan has performed […]
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Kudos: Jeanne Raymond offers behind-the-scenes support to many
LEWISTON — Jeanne Raymond has a lot of unofficial titles. She’s a “mother” to Lewiston Public Works employees, “grandmother” to teenagers on the Lewiston Youth Advisory Council and “mayor” of No Name Pond. A sign on her porch even says so. But even as city employees and Lewiston students would tell you how much she […]
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Bonding while welding
Manuel Levesque, 12, helps his father, Shannon Levesque, repair the tailpipe to their truck Sunday morning in downtown Lewiston. “I’m not a welder, but it will have to do,” Shannon Levesque said. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)
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Woman fatally stabbed on Lewiston sidewalk
UPDATE: Auburn man charged with murder in stabbing death LEWISTON — A local woman died Sunday after being stabbed in front of a laundromat on Sabattus Street, police said. The victim was identified as Kimberly Dobbie, 48, who lived at Hope Haven Gospel Mission on Lincoln Street, according to Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen […]
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UMaine professor cleared in sexual harassment cases
ORONO (AP) — A University of Maine professor who was accused of sexual harassment has been cleared. The Bangor Daily News reports that English professor Robert “Tony” Brinkley was granted access to campus last month after officials concluded an investigation. Brinkley was placed on leave on Jan. 2. University officials determined Brinkley didn’t violate the […]
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Hampden woman died of multiple gunshot wounds, Maine State Police say
An autopsy conducted Saturday in a Hampden murder investigation has concluded that the victim died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds, Maine State Police said Saturday. Philip Clark, 55, of 557 Kennebec Road in Hampden, was charged with murder Friday in the death of the woman who lived in the same building, according to […]
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Rapper’s offer of free movie tickets draws a crowd to Portland's Nickelodeon
Rory Ferreira invited 79 of his closest friends and never-met strangers to the 4:20 p.m. showing of “Sorry to Bother You” at the Nickelodeon theater in Portland on Saturday. And they didn’t have to pay even a nickel to see the film. Ferreira, a Biddeford rapper whose stage name is Milo, bought all 129 of […]
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Maine will no longer suspend driver's licenses over unpaid fines
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine will no longer suspend driver’s licenses over unpaid fines once a new law goes into effect. The law says until October 2021, Maine will no longer automatically suspend driver’s licenses for failure to pay fines unrelated to driving. The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine said suspending driver’s licenses make it […]
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Story of Paris Hill man connects Maine to ‘complexities’ of slave trade
The story of the boy who was abducted from the eastern coast of Africa and wound up living among country folk in western Maine has captivated the residents of Paris Hill for more than 160 years. It’s a revealing tale, at turns tragic, bewildering and inspiring, that stretches across an ocean, three continents and nearly […]
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Crumbling captain's home in Searsport is being dismantled ever so slowly
SEARSPORT (AP) — A crumbling gem of a home built by a sea captain is being dismantled in slow motion, so slowly that some people wonder whether Mother Nature will raze it before the owner completes the job. Searsport officials told the owner of the 150-plus-year-old home to tear it down more than two years […]