On Sept. 11, 2001, there were 2,996 individuals simply living their lives, flying to see friends or family, starting a vacation, returning home from a business trip, just getting to work after hectic city commutes, or otherwise enjoying what was a spectacular late summer day on the East Coast. These people were like so many […]

How did it start? One fine September day in 1882, 10,000 workers gathered to parade in New York City to raise awareness of serious labor and safety issues. That event marked the first “known” Labor Day. It was so successful and well-recognized, other cities and towns joined in following years and within 14 years more […]

Friday was not a proud day for Maine. And, sadly, it deepened the fracture between political parties as the state’s legislative campaign season is set to begin in earnest. Gov. Paul LePage — a second-term Republican — and Rep. Drew Gattine — a second-term Democrat — hold deeply opposing views on whether the drug crisis […]

Lewiston School Superintendent Bill Webster and his wife are planning to take a three-month sailing vacation to the Bahamas starting Oct. 24. The trip will consume 85 vacation days Webster has earned in the past six years. The extended vacation, which was first proposed and is still supported by the Lewiston School Committee to stave […]

An Art Walk Lewiston Auburn event will be held tonight, one of the last before the end of the summer season, and the Sun Journal will be participating for the first time. The Art Walk has become a celebration of local art and artists, as businesses have opened their doors on the last Friday of […]

There is just something about putting a seed in the ground and watching it transform into food. Well, not just food. Really good, fresh food that tastes like accomplishment. It’s easy to take our familiarity with farming for granted because Maine is more Green Acres than Park Avenue, but the fact is that every plate […]

In Auburn, school officials maintain that spending $20,500 — and counting — in attorneys’ fees to battle over ownership of a narrow strip of teacher parking at the East Auburn Elementary School is in the public interest. In Androscoggin County, county and municipal officials maintain that spending a collective $175,000 — and counting — in […]

Last weekend in Lewiston-Auburn, the inaugural Auburn Summer Festival was held, and what a show many residents missed! The three-day festival included food, music, games and activities for the kids, at several venues around the city. Saturday night also featured a fireworks display over the Great Falls that rivaled many witnessed on the Fourth of […]

What we heard on stage in Portland Wednesday was pure incongruity. GOP Presidential nominee Donald Trump warned us that the United States is admitting too many immigrants from “among the most dangerous places in the world.” This, from a man who hails from a country with one of the higher crimes rates in the world. […]

The race for the White House is now official. The candidates are set, donations are rolling and political parties are moving into full swing. From now until Nov. 8 we will be educated, inundated, motivated, exasperated and maybe even nauseated by promises and posturing on the national stage. Mainers will be among the millions of […]