FARMINGTON — A Jay man pleaded guilty Wednesday in Franklin County Superior Court to assaulting a 17-year-old this month in Jay. Tashiel Johnson, 21, was given credit for time served and fined $300. When he said it would be hard for him to pay the fine because he is trying to get his high school […]
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Livermore Falls man's car hits Post Office
LIVERMORE FALLS — A local man hit the gas pedal instead of the brake on his vehicle, sending it into the post office building Wednesday, Police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said. Don Newcomb, 70, of Livermore Falls was checked by ambulance personnel and did not appear to be injured, Steward said. The car was destroyed, […]
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Cooling off at Clearwater Pond
Aubrey Waite, 12, of Starks makes sure her sister, Auriana Waite, 5, does not fall as they walk along a rock wall Wednesday at Clearwater Pond in Industry. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) Benjamin Waite, 9, of Starks crawls Wednesday along the bottom of Clearwater Pond in Industry. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) Auriana Waite, 5, left, and […]
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Reich Museum opening July 4
RANGELEY — The Wilhelm Reich Museum on Dodge Pond Road will open for the season Wednesday, July 4. Regular hours will be Wednesday through Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. in July and August. Visitors can learn about Reich’s writings and how they came to be banned and burned by the federal government in 1956, […]
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Poliquin supports immigration bill that fails to pass in House
An immigration bill that sought to bridge the divide separating Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives failed by a wide margin Wednesday. The compromise measure that President Donald Trump urged the House to pass secured the support of only half of GOP lawmakers, including U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, a two-term incumbent from Maine’s […]
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Judge again orders Trump’s voting commission to give documents to Maine’s secretary of state
A federal judge has for the second time ordered the Trump administration to turn over documents to Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap related to his participation on a presidential commission on voting integrity. The order, issued Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, D.C., rejects the commission’s contention that Dunlap is […]
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West Village Chorale to perform at Basilica Sunday
LEWISTON — On Sunday, July 1, the 70-member West Village Chorale under the direction of Colin Britt, will perform at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. The concert starts at 5 p.m. Goodwill donations will go toward restoration of the Basilica’s Casavant organ. The Chorale, an avocational choir based at the historic Judson Memorial […]
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Shipyard Brewing loses lawsuit
Shipyard Brewing Co. has lost its trademark infringement lawsuit against a Missouri brewer that created a brand of beer called Shiphead. A Missouri federal judge on Monday granted a request for summary judgment by Logboat Brewing Co., the maker of Shiphead, dismissing Shipyard’s claims that Shiphead violated the Portland brewer’s trademark with its name, the […]
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Adolph L. Fisher Jr.
AUBURN — Adolph L. Fisher Jr., age 73, of Lisbon passed away at Androscoggin Home Healthcare and Hospice in Auburn on Monday, June 25. He married the love of his life, Claudette Houle Fisher, on July 25, 1964. He enjoyed his kids and family, and also his cat, Betsy, and dog, Petie. He leaves behind his […]
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100 years ago, 1918 Sometimes the unexpected happens. It happened this morning when a circus not widely known in this part of the country arrived in Lewiston. Had it been Barnum’s or Ringling’s the people would have known what to expect. It required but a short time after the circus arrived in town for the […]