AUBURN — Climate trends in Maine is the topic of a program Thursday, Sept. 7, at the Auburn Public Library. The hourlong presentation begins at 6 p.m. in the Androscoggin Community Room. Nikki Becker, a scientist with the National Weather Service in Gray, and Marty Gagnon, adult services manager at the library, are the facilitators. Participants […]
August 2017
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Monmouth presenting 'Peter and the Starcatcher'
MONMOUTH — The Theater at Monmouth will present “Peter and the Starcatcher,” Sept. 14-17 and 21-23. “Peter and the Starcatcher” is the grownup’s prequel to “Peter Pan,” where an apprentice starcatcher — 13-year-old Molly Aster — and three orphan boys take to the high seas with a trunk full of magic star stuff hotly pursued by […]
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Franklin County drafting new TIF application
FARMINGTON — Franklin County has withdrawn its amendment application to its 2008 tax-increment financing agreement connected to the 44-turbine Kibby wind energy facility in northern Franklin County. The facility is on Kibby Ridge in Kibby and Skinner townships near the Canadian border. The county recently hired attorney Shana Cook Mueller of Bernstein Shur Law Firm […]
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Head-to-head: You want class. We got class
Lee: So I finally gain some familiarity with the classifications of the football teams within the Sun Journal’s coverage area towards the end of last season … and the MPA goes and changes just about everything. It might actually make things easier, since about half of the teams we cover are now in Class D. […]
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HS Football Game of the Week: Falcons, Cougars take rivalry to gridiron
Dirigo’s Cooper Chiasson runs the ball down the field as Winthrop’s Andrew Pazdziorko comes in on the left and Cameron Gaghan comes in from the right. Dirigo’s Ethan Bryant attempts to clear the path during last season’s Class D semifinal in Winthrop. The Dirigo/Mountain Valley rivalry permeates all corners of the western foothills and has […]
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Buckfield plans weekend celebration
BUCKFIELD — After years of being a one-day celebration, groups in Buckfield are bringing the 2017 Community Day back to a weekend-long celebration with events at the Old Church on the Hill and Zadoc Long Free Library. The annual Labor Day celebration will kick off on Saturday, Sept. 2, with a vintage handmade clothing and textile […]
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Meroby school opens after volunteers clean up damage
MEXICO — Meroby Elementary School opened Thursday, after staff, emergency personnel and the community cleaned up damage by vandals this week, Principal Kim Fuller said. The school “didn’t miss a beat,” she said Thursday, because of help and support from the community and the Mexico police and fire departments and Med-Care ambulance service. “The bulk […]
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UMF's Patricia O’Donnell to read, sign books
FARMINGTON — Author Patricia O’Donnell will read from her latest work, “Gods for Sale,” and sign copies at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, at DDG Booksellers, 193 Broadway. A resident of Wilton, she is a professor of creative writing at the University of Maine at Farmington, where she teaches fiction writing. She also directs the bachelor […]
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Maine Brew Fest starts Sept. 8
NEWRY — Sunday River Resort will host its first Maine Brew Fest, Friday, Sept. 8, through Sunday, Sept. 10. The event will feature nearly 70 beers, including varieties from Allagash, Foundation, Banded Horn, Norway Brewing Company, Mason’s Brewing Company, and the Maine Beer Company. The event will also feature a Full Moon Beer Dinner at […]
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Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center to show 'The Home Road'
GARDINER — Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center will present the film “The Home Road” at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15, as part of the Food, Film & Conversation series. The center is at 280 Water St. “The Home Road” is the first documentary project by the Portland-based film and marketing company Home Ice Productions and Tonya Shevenell. […]