By planes, trains and boats, Santa’s arrival in Lewiston once created holiday hoopla

For 175 years, the Sun Journal has published from the heart of Lewiston

We take a look back at the newspaper's various locations downtown in the wake of its first move in nearly a century.

The Lewiston Evening Journal put ‘rosy old’ Santa on trial in 1897

125 years ago, the Journal asked prominent religious leaders in Maine if Santa Claus should be abolished. It got a spirited variety of responses.

Other high-ranking politicians from the area

From the astonishing Washburns of Livermore to Auburn's Olympia Snowe, western Maine has proven fertile ground for ambitious politicians.

Political hotbed: ‘For scheming politicans, Lewiston has the medal’

Since Maine became a state two centuries ago, Lewiston has elected 15 men to serve in Congress or as governor.

The Androscoggin River has been an ever-changing resource

A quick overview of the river that made the growth of Lewiston and Auburn possible.

Rumford boys basketball’s three titles in four years were a group effort

Many players took on big roles over the four-year run by the Panthers, culminating in a New England championship and three Class A titles.

In one of the area’s worst accidents, five drowned on Taylor Pond in 1940

Almost a murder

A Lewiston Weekly Journal story from June 9, 1885 reported that Mrs. Spaulding was scuffling with her husband. She had her hands before her face. After the officers entered the door, he fired at her.

Another disappearance

A Lewiston Evening Journal story from Nov. 11, 1896.