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Why are we still wild about Harry Potter?
There’s just something about Harry. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is due out July 31 with people already predicting midnight release parties and another round of Harry mania. And the Sun Journal wants to capture the local excitement. Do you have plans? Can you put into words what keeps you coming back to the […]
Heading north to see Trump?
Are you going to see Donald Trump in Bangor? Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will be holding a rally at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. If you’re planning to go, we would like to interview you after the rally. Please contact Staff Writer Mark LaFlamme at mlaflamme@sunjournal.com to arrange a […]
SAD 17 top five percent announced
PARIS – Members of the top five percent of the Class of 2016 were presented to the SAD 17 Board of Directors at its Monday, June 6 meeting. “This is a special class,” Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Principal Ted Moccia told directors of 272 students in the Class of 2016, including 13 students who […]
Hammond Lumber takes the scary out of doing a kitchen
One couple’s story of making a dream come true. John and Tammy Ouellette had been doing construction projects for other people for more than 25 years. As owners of Precisions Builders in Auburn, they had built and remodeled homes and housing complexes, hospital departments and dental offices, bank buildings and college dormitories. Their long list […]
SAD 17 preliminary budget shows local tax increase
PARIS — SAD 17 directors were told Monday, March 7 that preliminary budget figures indicate a 3.46 percent increase in local taxes may be necessary in order to fund the next fiscal year’s proposed education budget. “If the expenditure budget was final at this point, and the carryover amount and state subsidy amount stays the […]
Norway prepares for invasion
NORWAY — Local officials say they are being proactive to preserve the downtown Main Street canopy – much of which will eventually be destroyed by the emerald ash borer. “Having trees in the downtown area brings people to the community. It makes it an economic development issue so it’s important to keep that canopy,” Tree Warden Tish […]
Town officials question motel tenancy
NORWAY — The safety of long-term guests at the Inn Town Motel could be jeopardized by the lack of local oversight and regulation. Concern over the Inn Town Motel came to the attention of Code Enforcement Officer Joelle Corey-Whitman last week when police approached her about guests who are staying for long times at the […]
Newry selectmen name Amy Bernard new Town Administrator
The Board of Selectmen of Newry announced Friday they plan to appoint Amy Bernard as Town Administrator. Bernard, who for the past three years has held the position of Town Manager of Paris, Maine, will join the Newry staff in January 2016. “We are pleased to find someone with Amy’s experience and training,” said Board […]