RANGELEY — The Rangeley Region Guides & Sportsmen’s Association Strawberry Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, July 12, at Oquossoc Village Park. Attendees will enjoy vendors, crafts and fresh strawberry shortcake. The RRGSA grill masters will prepare a lunch of hot dogs, burgers and “world famous” hand-cut Guide Fries. Call […]
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American Legion baseball: Pastime's Evan Cox tosses two-hitter against Augusta
AUGUSTA — Evan Cox pitched a complete game as Pastime Club defeated Augusta 6-1 in American Legion baseball action Thursday. Cox struck out eight batters and allowed only two hits and two walks in seven innings. Brock Belanger and Nick Lerette had three hits apiece and Hunter Landry had two for unbeaten Pastime (5-0). Belanger, […]
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Hot enough for you? Cooling stations, complaints and DIY air conditioners
All through the long winter, we couldn’t wait for summer. And now this. “When it was real cold this winter, I swore I would not complain about the heat,” said Claudette Gagne of Lewiston. “But damn, this is a bit much.” Maine continued to sizzle Thursday as temperatures reached the mid-90s just about everywhere – […]
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Motorcyclist crushed between pickups on Naples Causeway
NAPLES — A motorcyclist from Biddeford was crushed between two pickup trucks Thursday afternoon while stopped at a crosswalk on Route 302. Stephen Caron, 58, was being treated for a traumatic head injury later Thursday at a Lewiston hospital, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. Police said he was not wearing a helmet. Police […]
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Tenants escape fire that burns Howe Street porch
LEWISTON – Fire ripped through a two-family apartment house porch on Howe Street on Thursday afternoon, sending tenants scrambling for safety and bringing firefighters out in scorching heat. Fire crews made fast work of the blaze at Howe and Sabattus streets, but police had to block off nearby streets and parking lots as mop-up efforts […]
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Boating around Sabattus Pond
Butch Cleveland and his grandson Wyatt Bernier boat around Sabattus Pond before their first day fishing on the pond this year. Moments after the photos was taken, Cleveland realized the boy did not have a life preserver and the two returned to shore. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)
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Maine activists call on Susan Collins to ask hard questions of Supreme Court nominee
Republican Sen. Susan Collins may hold the fate of abortion rights in the United States in her hands. President Trump, who pledged to nominate only anti-abortion justices to the Supreme Court, is days away from announcing a Supreme Court nominee. And local and national organizations are ratcheting up the pressure on Collins, a pro-choice swing […]
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Jay man OK after crash in Chesterville
Marvin Storer, 69, of Jay, told a Franklin County sheriff’s deputy Thursday morning that his truck went off Route 156 and hit a tree as he tried to grab a paper flying around in his truck, Deputy Keith Madore said. Storer was not injured, Madore said. Jay Fire Rescue Department assisted at the scene. (Donna […]
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Wallingford’s Fruit House bounces back after fire
AUBURN — Firefighters from four departments quickly tamped down flames at Wallingford’s Fruit House on Thursday morning after fire broke out in the hard cider tasting area and spread to a storage barn one day before the tasting area opened for the season. By Thursday afternoon, Perkins Ridge Road was back open, as was Wallingford’s […]
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USS Constitution sails Boston Harbor, fires guns
BOSTON (AP) — The USS Constitution sailed in Boston Harbor and fired its guns again to mark Independence Day. The world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat left its berth at the Charlestown Navy Yard on Wednesday morning. It glided through the harbor to mark 242 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The […]