AUGUSTA — Despite suffering a crushing defeat in November, the Maine Republican Party’s leadership team is seeking to remain in place for another two years. But at least two GOP lawmakers, former Maine Senate Majority Leader Garrett Mason of Lisbon Falls and former state Rep. Heather Sirocki of Scarborough, are eyeing the possibility of taking […]
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Another snow day in Lewiston
Timmy Ellingwood, 7, of Lewiston slides Tuesday on his Sled Legs at Pettengill Park in Auburn. The second-grader at Acadia Academy and his two siblings had a snow day from school. Ellingwood’s Sled Legs were a Christmas gift from his grandparents Linda and Jerry Ellingwood of Norway. (Sun Journal photo by Daryn Slover)
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Barclaycard to close Wilton call center, leaving 227 out of work
WILTON — The town’s largest employer will shut down March 31, leaving 227 people without jobs. Town Manager Rhonda Irish said Tuesday afternoon Barclaycard is closing its Wilton call center. She said the Board of Selectpersons has scheduled an emergency meeting for 6 p.m. Wednesday to discuss the closure and coordinate services for the employees. […]
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Auburn home surveillance videos show cars running stop sign — including one that hit her house
AUBURN — Since Gail Shelley installed a surveillance system two years ago at her house on Gamage Avenue, she has recorded — and published to Facebook — 98 videos of drivers running stop signs at a nearby intersection. But it was the most recent video of the intersection — at Park Avenue, Lake Street and […]
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New Gloucester couple donates 40 acres for trail system
NEW GLOUCESTER — A New Gloucester couple has donated 40 acres to the Royal River Conservation Trust to establish a trail system on the New Gloucester-Auburn line. The donation by Michael and Julie Fralich establishes a permanent owner for a scenic, waterfall-laden, 1½-mile hiking loop along Meadow Brook in the Royal River watershed. The donation was […]
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Diet soda not a magic bullet for weight loss
DEAR DR. ROACH: My family members drink mega amounts of diet pop, including the kids, ranging from age 3 to age 10. All the adults have serious weight problems. They say they have to drink something besides water. What comments do you have? — A.H. ANSWER: There remains a controversy about the effect of diet […]
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Auburn-Lewiston YMCA defeats AYS
The Auburn-Lewiston YMCA 3rd/4th Grade Girls Travel Team improved to 3-0 with a 39-15 victory over AYS. Piper Croteau and Hope Fontaine led the scoring with seven points each while Abby Giroux added six points. Jenna Shea and Leigha Pelkey both had five points. Chloe LaPrell added three points. Leah Shannon, Alexis Creaser and Elizabeth […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 8
100 years ago: 1919 (This item shows a vast difference in the 26th president’s funeral and the more recent 41st president’s funeral.) The body of Theodore Roosevelt was laid to rest today in a family cemetery plot witnessed by members of the family and a Congregational delegation and a group of two hundred neighbors, among […]
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CLT's 'Lend Me A Tenor' opens Jan. 11
AUBURN — There will be laughs aplenty at the L/A Community Little Theatre (CLT) when “Lend Me A Tenor” opens Friday, Jan. 11. Twenty-five years after it last produced this show, CLT is proud to bring back this Ken Ludwig tour de force under the direction of Mitchell Clyde Thomas. “I chose ‘Lend Me a Tenor’ […]
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The irrational allergy to the wall
It’s a wonder that Democrats haven’t staked out a negotiating position demanding the destruction of already-existing barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border. Their opposition to President Donald Trump’s border wall (or, more properly, his so-called wall) is now so total as to be nearly indistinguishable from opposition to any serious infrastructure at the border at all. […]