LEWISTON — The 42 black cast-iron stools look like they’re out of another era. Dozens of vintage-style bulbs hang from the ceiling. Wide barn boards cover the bottom of a long soapstone-topped bar and the walls are exposed brick. A short menu includes an Elvis-inspired sandwich, and word is you can catch the chef singing […]
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Fontaine Family continues support for Make-A-Wish Maine
Fontaine Family – The Real Estate Leader recently raised $7,131 to help grant the 1,400th wish by the Make-A-Wish Maine organization. The money was raised through Fontaine’s Bid-For-Wishes Facebook silent auction. For the past 10 years, the real estate company has raised money for Make-a-Wish through the Walk-for-Wishes or Bid-for-Wishes events to help grant the […]
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Third suspect in Lewiston shooting arrested in Massachusetts
LEWISTON — Police said they have arrested a third person in connection with a shooting on Bartlett Street on Saturday, July 7. According to a department Facebook post, Peter Pearson, 30, of Poland was found in Fall River, Massachusetts, and arrested on incidents allegedly committed in Massachusetts on Thursday, July 12. At the time of […]
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Transient accused of trafficking in heroin
FARMINGTON — A transient was charged Thursday with dealing heroin, after he agreed to sell $150 worth of the drug in a police sting operation. A Maine Drug Enforcement agent arrested Scott Edward Towers, 28, on a charge of felony unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs. According to the agent’s probable cause affidavit filed in Franklin […]
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Lewiston firefighters extinguish burning trash bin
Lewiston firefighters put out a fire Friday afternoon in an apartment building trash bin on Blake Street. This story will be updated. (Abby Austin/Sun Journal)
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Animal control officers and clinics busy with rabies scare
BRUNSWICK — People in the Brunswick area are on edge after a recent spate of incidents where rabid wild animals have attacked residents or their pets. Brunswick police have received several calls a day from people reporting animals in their yard they fear are infected. Patrolling Raymond Road on Thursday, Animal Control Officer Heidi Nelson, […]
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Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to invasion of computer privacy
FARMINGTON — A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty Friday to accessing a car buyer’s previously deleted nude photos and sending them to himself. Kevin Rennie, 32, of Philadelphia entered the guilty plea to a felony charge of aggravated criminal invasion of computer privacy, with his attorney Peter Kaynor by his side, in Franklin County Superior Court. […]
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Hannaford opens new store in Mechanic Falls on July 28
MECHANIC FALLS — Hannaford is opening its 63rd store July 28 on Pigeon Hill Road. At 20,000 square feet, it’s Hannaford’s smallest grocery store to include a pharmacy, spokesman Eric Blom said. “We know that it is a needed service in this community,” Blom said. “Our team worked hard to design a store that not […]
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Hawk gets up in driver's grille; Auburn police 'Birdman' helps with rescue
AUBURN — A hawk that became wedged in the grille of a pickup truck Friday appeared to be doing well after the grille was dismantled and the hawk released, according to Auburn police. “Here’s a Friday feel-good story for you,” read the Auburn Police Department’s Facebook post Friday. “We had a call from a gentleman […]
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Congressional race called a toss-up in Maine's 2nd District
Things just got tougher for U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s bid for a third term in Maine’s hardscrabble 2nd District. The Cook Political Report, a respected guide to races across the nation, switched the Republican incumbent’s bid from leaning Poliquin’s way to being a toss-up. Democrat Jared Golden, a 35-year-old U.S. Marine veteran from Lewiston, moved […]