POLAND — The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce will host breakfast at 7 a.m. Thursday, June 14, at Poland Spring Resort, 22 Robbins Way. The speaker will be Rob Brown, director of Business Ownership Solutions, a program of the Cooperative Development Institute that promotes employee ownership and works with business owners and their employees […]
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Chamber donates on behalf of Arcast
Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce officers present a $175 donation to Feeding Oxford Hills on behalf of Arcast Inc. of Oxford, the chamber’s Business of the Month for April. The donation is based on at least 20 percent of the net proceeds raised during the Festival of Trees Christmas display. From left are John Williams, […]
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Maine maple syrup, honey producers not so sweet on label change
MaryAnne Kinney, whose family owns Kinney’s Sugarhouse in Knox, is planning a one-woman march on Washington, D.C., in June to protest a proposed federal regulation that would require maple syrup labels to indicate the product contains “added sugar.” Maple syrup is naturally high in sugar — so high that it triggers the new requirement, which […]
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National police organization raises money in Cole's memory
Sheryl Cole recently found an old photograph of her husband, Gene, talking on the telephone, glasses on his forehead, turning to look at whomever was taking the picture. She thinks it was 2009. She likes to think he was talking to her that day, and she composed a few things she would be saying to […]
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Boys' lacrosse: Lewiston pulls away from Edward Little in second half
Gunnar Wade of Lewiston High School fires a shot on goal over Kyle Mooney of Edward Little during the third period in Lewiston on Wednesday. Wade scored on the play to put the Blue Devils up 7-4. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. The cliche proved to […]
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Maine influenza cases worst in five years
Maine suffered its worst influenza season in at least five years, with 9,018 cases reported in 2017-18, an increase of more than 50 percent from last season. The flu season runs from October through late May, and the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention wrapped up its annual flu season weekly reports last week. The agency […]
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H.S. baseball: Hall-Dale slips by Lisbon
Lisbon third baseman Lucas Francis makes a basket catch of a pop fly ball against Hall-Dale on Wednesday in Farmingdale. The Greyhounds fell to the Bulldogs 3-2. (Bob Conn/Brunswick Times Record) FARMINGDALE — To say the least, the Lisbon and Hall-Dale baseball teams are becoming real familiar with each other. On Thursday, the teams will […]
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Boys' lacrosse: Camden Hills holds off Oak Hill
Camden Hills’ Kieran McGrath, center, gets leveled between Oak Hill’s Gabe Bergeron, right, and Bryce Harlow during the Windjammers’ win in Wales on Wednesday. (Wil Kramlich/Sun Journal) WALES — Offensive possession eluded Oak Hill for much of Wednesday’s interclass boys’ lacrosse matchup with Camden Hills, but the Raiders had the ball at the end of […]
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H.S. baseball: Saints roll over Panthers in playoff tuneup
St. Dominic’s Derek Wolverton gets to third base before North Yarmouth Academy’s Will Jackson catches the ball during Wednesday afternoon’s baseball game in Auburn. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Worn down recently by a virus that has swept through his team, St. Dom’s senior pitcher Mac Pelletier found the cure he needed in the Saints’ […]
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Looking Back for May 31
100 years ago, 1918 It is said that some local merchants are purchasing seed of Lowe’s Champion beans for $16.50 per bushel and selling the same to our farmers at 56 cents per quart. The profit is thought to be entirely too large. One Lewiston gentleman says: “Why doesn’t our food commission manage to furnish […]