“Mother Nature has not been very nice to us this year,” Liz Murphy said Wednesday as she cleared snow from her car in Lewiston. Murphy said she was getting her car ready in case of an emergency. “I’m not going anywhere in this mess,” she said. “I’m retired so I don’t have to.” (Sun Journal […]
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Auburn marijuana ordinance would allow — and limit — adult-use stores
AUBURN — A draft marijuana ordinance would allow recreational marijuana stores and other related businesses in the city, but would set caps on how many could be operating at a time. The ordinance sets a proposed cap on businesses at 10 — five for recreational or adult-use shops, and five for medical marijuana retail stores. […]
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Verso employees, contractors leave Jay mill after gas leak
JAY — Four contractors at the Verso Androscoggin Mill were taken to a hospital and employees working on paper machines left the mill Wednesday morning after a valve was left open allowing chlorine dioxide gas to be released. Company spokeswoman Kathi Rowzie said the gas was detected by sensors and the four contractors were taken to the […]
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The Buzz: Famous Footwear closed, Lighting Concepts closing
This week the Buzz has a little less spring in its step. RIP Famous Footwear in Auburn. The national shoe store chain, which opened several years ago beside Kohl’s, has shut its doors. A company spokeswoman didn’t return a call Wednesday for comment about the closure. However, among the Auburn building permit applications in late […]
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Whooping cough confirmed in Edward Little High School
AUBURN — School officials are advising parents to watch for signs of whooping cough in their kids after two students at Edward Little High School have been diagnosed with the illness. Two students at Auburn Middle School are also being monitored, but that school does not have any confirmed cases. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is […]
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Logging truck overturns in Naples
NAPLES — A logging truck crash on Sebago Road on Wednesday was blamed on inclement weather. The fully loaded truck landed on its side in a ditch after travelling off the roadway on a snow-covered, curvy section of Sebago Road shortly before 10 a.m., according to a Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office’s statement. The driver of […]
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Euro still vulnerable 20 years later
WASHINGTON — On its 20th birthday, the best that can be said of the euro — the European currency used by 19 countries — is that it has survived. Two decades after being introduced in 1999, it has not achieved its central goals: increasing economic growth and strengthening public support for European political institutions. In […]
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An offensive letter to the editor
The Sun Journal recently decided to publish a letter (Jan. 4) from the chair of the Lewiston Democrats, Kiernan Majerus-Collins, which appears to be nothing more than a political hit piece. Worse yet, it demonstrates exactly what is wrong with politics in America. Despite the fact that his democratic majority friends on the Lewiston City […]
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Where are the Balloon Festival photo winners?
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Just before Christmas I was at a stop sign waiting to exit Home Depot. I saw a young man running across the parking lot waving his arms. He came to my car and told me a rear tire was flat. He said I should back up into a parking space and he […]
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Wife returns home to find extra lingerie in her bed
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married 31 years. We have four lovely children and seven grandchildren. I went to visit a friend out of state for a week. After I returned home, I went to make our bed. When I pulled back the sheets, I found a pair of lacy underwear that […]