AUBURN — A Lewiston father of five American children pleaded guilty to welfare fraud-related charges in an effort to avoid deportation and remain with his family when he gets out of prison. Abdi Hassan, 48, of 69 Lincoln St. was charged in 2013 with 15 counts including felony theft, forgery and negotiating a worthless instrument. […]
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What you need to know: Buckfield Board of Selectmen
Buckfield Board of Selectmen July 3, 2018 Buckfield Municipal Center Marijuana moratorium What happened: Selectmen extended the town’s moratorium for the retail sale of marijuana for another 180 days, as details are continued to be ironed out in Augusta. What it means: The moratorium, which bans the sale of retail marijuana, was first approved at […]
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Minot fire chief suggests replacing broken pumper
MINOT — Fire Chief Jim Allen recommended to selectmen Monday night that the Engine 8 pumper be replaced because it needs an estimated $17,360 in repairs and is more than 20 years old. He said the 1,250-gallon-per-minute pump on the 1996 Navistar broke during a routine test recently. Allen said used apparatuses in similar condition, […]
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Police charge man in Blake Street beating
LEWISTON — Police charged a Lewiston man Tuesday with striking a man on the head with a pipe Monday night on Blake Street. Omar Omar, 22, was arrested on a charge of aggravated assault, according to Lt. David St. Pierre The victim, 39, who was also punched and kicked, was taken to Central Maine Medical […]
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A tall order for veterans
Mike Gignac, on lift at right, plays the national anthem on electric guitar as the American flag is raised Tuesday at NeoKraft Signs in Lewiston. The new aluminum flagpole is 80 feet tall, the tallest in the Twin Cities. It was dedicated to Frank DuBois of Rumford, who served in the U.S. Navy at Pearl […]
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Auburn renames park as improvement project begins
AUBURN — Little Androscoggin Park in New Auburn will now be known as Auburn Anniversary Park, as the city embarks on an overhaul of the entire area heading into its 150th anniversary celebration next year. The park’s name change, approved Monday by the City Council, is just part of a much larger New Auburn Village […]
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Red, white and blue rules the parade
Hunter Carrier, 5, of Wilton, left, and Kristen Delavan of Jay put the finishing touches Tuesday on the Corner Stone Baptist Church’s float before the Tri-Town July 3 Parade kicked off in Jay. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) Owen Duca of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, left, follows his brother, Wyatt Duca’s ATV on Tuesday as they ride down […]
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Police still investigating fatal park beating
LEWISTON — Police are sifting through photographs and videos posted on social media, studying street surveillance footage and conducting nearly 100 interviews with witnesses as they continue to investigate the beating death of a local man last month near Kennedy Park. No arrests have been made in the June 12 incident in which Donald Giusti, […]
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H.S. basketball: New coach St. Germain hopes to keep intensity, enthusiasm at Dirigo
Cody St. Germain played for four different coaches in a four-year high school basketball career that culminated with Dirigo’s first state title in 29 years. Dirigo’s newest varsity boys’ basketball coach understands how that perennial upheaval might appear to some. But he’s never been more thankful to have had his hoops knowledge shaped by some of […]
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Bill Berlinghoff to perform at North Church
FARMINGTON — The Farmington Historical Society’s North Church Concert Series will present folk singer Bill Berlinghoff at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 7. Doors open at 6 p.m. for a pie social and jam session Berlinghoff has more than a half-century of professional performing experience, from Maine to Virginia and as far west as Montana, Wyoming, […]