FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Animal Shelter has announced that Thurston is its Dog of the Week and Sage is the Cat of the Week. Thurston is a 1- to 3-year-old male beagle. He has a beagle’s beagle with a loud voice and a nose for hunting. He has a strong chase drive, so he […]
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Local roundup: Leavitt baseball slips past Gardiner
TURNER — Eli Lind came up big in a tightly played defensive duel between Leavitt and Gardiner in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference baseball contest Monday. The Leavitt catcher led off the bottom of the sixth with a solo home run to give the Hornets 1-0 victory. Lind’s batterymate Tim Albert was outstanding on the […]
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‘Stranger in the Woods’ — Prosecutors recall hermit case
LEWISTON — Maeghan Maloney had only been on the job 3½ months when the call came in. It was after midnight and on the other end of the line, a state trooper was talking about a man who had been living in the woods for nearly three decades — and who might have committed more […]
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Legislative typo threatens to undermine Clean Elections campaigns
AUGUSTA — Candidates for Maine governor and legislative seats who are running “clean elections” campaigns could lose access to millions of dollars this summer and fall unless lawmakers come back into special session to correct a bill-drafting error. Lawmakers left dozens of measures in limbo last month when they adjourned the 2018 legislative session amid […]
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H.S. softball: Oxford Hills drives away Edward Little
Oxford Hills’ Brooke Carson slides sucessfully into second base past Edward Little’s Taylor Depot during a softball game in Paris on Monday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PARIS — Edward Little and Oxford Hills both kept waiting for the next hit to come, but the big, rallying knock never did for the Red Eddies. The Vikings kept […]
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Injunction requested on ranked-choice voting
Ranked-choice voting is a system “designed to change election outcomes and messages,” and alter the Maine Republican Party, the party said in its latest court filing over the controversial election method. Monday’s filing supports a federal court lawsuit the party filed to stop the use of ranked-choice voting, which was adopted by Maine voters in […]
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Lewiston and Auburn could benefit from LePage’s opportunity zones
More than 30 Maine communities, some with surprisingly upscale neighborhoods, could reap benefits from a new federal program to encourage private investment in poor parts of the country. Opportunity zones selected by Gov. Paul LePage and approved by the U.S. Treasury include distressed paper mill towns like Madison and Millinocket and former military bases in […]
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Ghost Bike memorial in Poland
Darlene Beach of Auburn and Reed Markley of Winthrop place flowers on a Ghost Bike memorial on Empire Road in Poland on Monday. The Maine Cycling Club hosted a Ride of Silence in memory of 16-year-old bicyclist Ethan Barton who was killed in 1998 when he was struck by a drunken driver. The roadside memorial […]
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Idexx labs debuts on Fortune 1000 list
Idexx Laboratories Inc. of Westbrook has made its debut on Fortune magazine’s Fortune 1000 list of the largest U.S. publicly traded companies, ranked by annual revenue. Fortune announced its 2018 list Monday. Idexx, which produces veterinary diagnostic testing equipment, software and other products, ranked No. 961 based on its 2017 revenue of $1.97 billion. No […]
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H.S. baseball: Vikings edge Red Eddies in Class A showdown
Oxford Hills’ Janek Luksza lands on first base too late as Edward Little’s Ben Cassidy tags the base during Monday’s baseball game in Paris. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) PARIS — Two of the top baseball teams in Class A North, Edward Little and Oxford Hills, made a strong case Monday that the battle for playoff position […]