Lewiston Sun Journal

Lawmakers urged to increase funding to protect Maine’s many lakes

Environmentalists hail plan to allocate $18 million in additional funds to boost water quality projects for Maine's lakes

Crime

Police arrest 17-year-old after the shooting of his brother in North Jay

The boy was charged with Class B aggravated assault and taken to Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland.
Sports

Tom Brady retires – this time for good, he says

The most successful quarterback in NFL history, and one of the greatest athletes in team sports – posted the announcement on social media Wednesday morning

Lewiston High School, Bates College students help launch domestic abuse awareness campaign

Crime

Lewiston woman gets 4 years for meth distribution

Crime

Driver in 2022 Oxford chase and fiery crash gets new lawyer

Lewiston-Auburn

L&A Veterans Council proposes adding Vietnam War-era patrol boat to park

Street Talk

Mark LaFlamme: Alcohol: The forgotten drug epidemic

Lewiston-Auburn

Lewiston Planning Board delays recommendation on Martel school redevelopment

Bethel

Firearm rumor briefly locks down Bethel schools

Sports Posted: 7:32 PM

Brady’s unprecedented career filled with highlight moments
Sports Posted: 7:27 PM

Super Bowl: Chris Jones showed why he’s ‘the most unstoppable man in football’
River Valley Posted: 7:19 PM

Food pantries at Mountain Valley high and middle schools help homeless, hungry students
The Buzz Posted: 7:00 PM

The Buzz: Luchador Tacos coming to Auburn
Bethel Posted: 6:54 PM

Photos: Out on the ice
Posted: 6:30 PM

Mexico zoo director killed, cooked 4 pygmy goats for party
Androscoggin County Posted: 6:25 PM

Photo: Poland Provisions store frame in place
Nation / World Posted: 6:14 PM

Storm causes third day of dangerous, icy conditions across South
Advertiser Democrat Posted: 6:00 PM

Otisfield adopts solar ordinance
Advertiser Democrat Posted: 6:00 PM

SAD 17 policy committee revisits gender identity policy
Advertiser Democrat Posted: 6:00 PM

Norway Savings, SAD 17 partner for ‘Viking FUNds’
Advertiser Democrat Posted: 6:00 PM

Oxford Casino revenues rebounded in 2022

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175th anniversary

Looking Back on Feb. 1: ‘New Gloucester young man ordered jailed when unable to pay $15 fine’

Opinion

Opinion

Editorial cartoon for Wednesday, Feb. 1

Letters

Patrick Eisenhart: Judge politicians by what they do, not say
- Lou Giard: More rich people should pay fair share of taxes
- Sheila Richardson: Keep major crime offenders restricted after treatment

Editors' Picks

Maine

Maine begins mailing $450 relief checks
- $450 relief checks could begin arriving in late January
- Mills signs emergency bill providing heating assistance, $450 relief checks

Health care

Bill seeking to repeal fire code exemption for recovery residences would be devastating, opponents say
- Number of Mainers who died from a drug overdose last year outpaced record set in 2021
- New recovery-focused reentry home opening in Lewiston

Lewiston-Auburn

Video: Androscoggin ice disk takes its turns
- Videos: Spinning in the Presumpscot, this alien-looking ice disk has Westbrook all abuzz
- More videos: As Westbrook’s ice disk turns, scientists wonder: why?

Sports

Sports

High school roundup: Basket in final seconds gives Greely win over Fryeburg in 8OT

Skiing

Nordic skiing: Leavitt right at home on its own course in Roy Varney Classic

Varsity Maine

Girls basketball: Cheverus takes down unbeaten Oxford Hills in rematch
- Boys basketball: Mt. Blue sinks Leavitt with second-half shooting
- Area roundup: Mountain Valley boys play back-to-back road games in one day

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Lewiston-Auburn

Photos: Cards and art for boys and girls

Androscoggin County

Photo: Winter on winter

Lewiston-Auburn

Photo album: Catholic Schools Week begins

Lewiston Planning Board delays recommendation on Martel school redevelopment

During the meeting, a Lewiston Housing official said the organization was surprised when informed the city would not be extending its option agreement to purchase the former school, and believes a senior housing project there is still feasible.

Appeal on Livermore road plowing to be heard Wednesday by Androscoggin commissioners

Attorney Ron Guay has requested a review pertaining to a Nov. 3, 2022, vote taken by Livermore selectpersons to snowblow the town's section of Wyman Road.

Long-lost Canton Point Fire Department sign presented to firefighters

The wooden marker was found in the former station now used as a machine shop at Conant Acres farm

Driver in 2022 Oxford chase and fiery crash gets new lawyer

Ethan Rioux-Poulios had been in court to face possible revocation of his probation on a manslaughter conviction stemming from a 2019 fatal crash in West Paris.

Rich Lowry: Memphis is not about racism

The left elevates race above all the other factors that might play into a police encounter gone horribly wrong, because the racial interpretation allows it to make a broader critique of American society and force wide-ranging political and social changes.