Ryan Voye of Auburn Public Services builds a batter’s box Tuesday at Pettengill Park. Voye was getting the field ready for an Auburn Middle School baseball game. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)
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Past Gas & Ancient Oils Museum to open 1 day to celebrate founder’s life
SUMNER — For over more than 15 years, Tim Wallace amassed a vintage village of gas pumps, signs and even an actual gas station on his sprawling property. His wife, Sue, would like people to enjoy it at least one more time.
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Nationally touring comedian at Johnson Hall Saturday
GARDINER — Maine Event Comedy presents nationally touring comedian Nick Lavallee at Johnson Hall, Saturday, June 9 at 7:30 p.m. The show will feature Will Martin, Christopher Gagne and Dawn Hartill. Thrice named New Hampshire’s Best Comedian, Lavallee has opened for Andrew ‘Dice’ Clay at Boston’s Wilbur Theater, and has performed at the Laugh Factory in Las […]
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Poet Wesley McNair to speak at Lewiston Public Library
LEWISTON — Maine’s former poet laureate, Wes McNair, will present his latest work, “The Unfastening,” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, in Callahan Hall of the Lewiston Public Library. It is free and open to the public. His latest work is a collection of poems of sorrow and hope and joy. Copies will be available for […]
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House and Haley in concert Sunday
AUBURN — Phil House and Kathy Haley will perform for Concerts for a Cause, on Sunday, June 10, at 2 p.m. at the First Universalist Church of Auburn. This show benefits the church, as well as Safe Voices. When House and Haley join forces they are a “dynamic duo.” Together they have been delighting audiences […]
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Coalition urges State House leaders to call special session
AUGUSTA — A diverse coalition of advocates for the environment, the economy and other interests are calling on State House leaders to reconvene the Legislature to finish work on a host of bills, including several spending measures and a highway and bridge bonding proposal that would support more than 3,800 construction jobs. But those pleas […]
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Maine’s ACA insurers seek rate increases for 2019
Maine’s two leading providers of Affordable Care Act-compliant individual health insurance are requesting average rate increases of just over 9 percent in 2019, and smaller increases if a state-run reinsurance program is revived. Massachusetts-based Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is requesting an average premium increase of 9.5 percent for its individual plans on Maine’s ACA marketplace […]
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Maine gets $5.3 million as its cut of 284,500 Airbnb guest stays
Online lodging service Airbnb counted 4,500 host properties in Maine and 284,500 guest stays in 2017. But the largest number released by the vacation rental giant on Tuesday: $5.3 million paid in state sales tax in the past year. Airbnb reached an agreement with Maine on April 1, 2017, to start collecting lodging taxes on […]
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SAD 17 plans forum on new learning system
PARIS — A public forum is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, June 14, at the high school on Route 26 on a state-mandated student instruction system for the Oxford Hills School District Superintendent Rick Colpitts and other district administrators presented the SAD 17 board of directors Monday with an overview of the new system. Colpitts […]
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Ice cream maker, brewery team up to create "Fudgie the Beer"
ELMSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — A brewing company in New York has joined with an ice cream maker so consumers can have their cake in a beer. Captain Lawrence Brewing Company’s “Fudgie the Beer” is a take on Carvel’s “Fudgie the Whale” ice cream cake that’s formed in the shape of a whale. The stout beer […]