A federal judge on Tuesday turned down a request for a preliminary injunction barring the use of ranked-choice voting in the Maine Republican Party’s June 12 primaries, including the contest to become the party’s gubernatorial candidate. The party filed suit after its state convention in early May, saying delegates unanimously wanted to continue to use a plurality vote in […]
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'12 Angry Men' of '50s just as relevant today
Cory King, as Juror #3, right, tries to intimidate other jurors in a scene from Community Little Theatre’s upcoming production of 12 Angry Men during a recent rehearsal. Others jurors from left to right are John Blanchette, Phil Vampatella, David Moise, background, Dan Kane and Paul Menezes. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) CLT staging psychologicaldrama set in […]
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Feds: Man who settled in Lewiston in 2004 concealed identity to apply for legal documents
A Somali man who settled in Maine 14 years ago after claiming refugee status under someone else’s name is suspected of falsifying passport and citizenship applications. Hussien Noor Hussien, 55, most recently of Burlington, Vermont, was arrested there last week by U.S. Marshals and is scheduled to appear in federal court in Portland on June […]
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Safe and money stolen from Elm Street house in Jay
JAY — A house on Elm Street was burglarized and a safe with an undisclosed amount of money in it was taken, Police Chief Richard Caton IV said Tuesday. The burglary was reported Sunday but could it have happened on Friday or Saturday, he said. Anyone with information is asked to call the Jay Police […]
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Vehicles, equipment shot with BB's in Jay
JAY — Police are investigating several reports of vehicle windows being shattered or shot out by BB’s on the Old Jay Hill Road over the Memorial Day weekend. Windows and doors were damaged in five private vehicles, a bulldozer and two dump trucks owned by C.H. Stevenson Inc. of Wayne, Police Chief Richard Caton IV […]
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Flute choir ends Oasis season
LEWISTON — Music Director Nan White will lead the Midcoast High Winds Choir this Wednesday, May 30, at the Oasis of Music, Trinity Church, 247 Bates St., for a half-hour performance beginning at 12:30 p.m. The Midcoast High Winds Flute Choir is a nonprofit group of amateur flutists dedicated to exploring the emerging repertoire for flute choir. The […]
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Police seek driver in Sandy River Plantation crash
SANDY RIVER PLANTATION — Franklin County deputies are looking for the driver of a truck that went off Route 4 and down an embankment near Smalls Falls on Sunday morning. Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said a witness reported the driver received facial injuries and fled the scene. Photos on Rangeley Fire and Rescue Department’s Facebook […]
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The Buzz: Portland Pie Co. coming to Lincoln Street in Lewiston
This week the Buzz is ready for lunch, and just in time. Lewiston is getting a Portland Pie Co. The pizza shop and pub has signed a letter of intent to go into the shuttered Lincoln Street firehouse that developers Kara Wilbur and Paul Peck saved from demolition last year and hoped to bring back to […]
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Award-winning author Elizabeth Hand at LPL
LEWISTON — Maine author Elizabeth Hand will be speaking about her forthcoming book, “Curious Toys,” in LPL’s Callahan Hall, Thursday, May 3, at 5:30 p.m. This is a free, public program, and no registration is required. The event will conclude with a book sale and signing. Hand is the bestselling author of 13 genre-spanning novels […]
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Third summer dance camp in Rangeley
RANGELEY — Lakeside Dance Academy announces its third Dance Camp for boys and girls, age 10 to 16. It will be held on July 16 to 18 from noon to 3:30 p.m. at the dance studio on the lower level of the Rangeley Fitness Center. Students will enjoy concentrations in modern dance, lifts, hip hop, lyric […]