FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Patriots coach Bill Belichick has long said he feels he isn’t able to ascertain the identity of his team until after the Thanksgiving holiday. After stumbling out of the gate to begin the season, his team has been among the NFL’s most resilient groups in the second half. Now, after a huge […]
2017
Posted inBoston Bruins, National Sports
Ryan Spooner, Tuukka Rask help Bruins shut out Senators
OTTAWA, Ontario — The Boston Bruins pushed aside the reeling Ottawa Senators — again. Ryan Spooner scored twice and Tuukka Rask made 25 saves in the Bruins’ 5-0 victory over the Senators on Saturday night. Noel Acciari, David Krejci and Patrice Bergeron also scored for the Bruins, 5-1 winners over the Senators on Wednesday night […]
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Posted inFuneral Notices, sj-web
Funeral notices for Sunday, Dec. 31
ALANSKAS — Phyllis P., 71, died Sunday, Dec. 24. Services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the care of Chandler Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 45 Main St., South Paris. LEVEQUE — Edward, 95, of Lewiston, died Dec. 28 at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be held at the […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Lewiston police chief looks back on first year
LEWISTON — Since he was sworn into office as the city’s new police chief in January, Brian O’Malley has overseen a number of policy changes, some driven by him, others necessitated by events in the community, he told the Sun Journal recently. Among those policies O’Malley brought to local law enforcement were the creation of […]
Posted inOxford Hills, sj-web
Frank Perham's 'beautiful mining summer'
The summer of 2016 was a bit ho-hum at the Hayes Quarry on Noyes Mountain in Greenwood, where miner Frank Perham had been digging into the granite. Fast forward to July 1, 2017, and it’s a different story. “It’s been a beautiful mining summer,” said octogenarian Perham, of West Paris. Perham had been digging into […]
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Face Time: From a galaxy far, far away
Every time a new “Star Wars” movie comes out, they send me to the theaters to talk to fans. And every time I get to the theater, I meet Matt Lalemand, usually dressed as some exotic “Star Wars” character and almost always at the front of the line. It was no different in mid-December when […]
Posted inConnections, Lewiston-Auburn
L-A Rotary clubs hosting January blood drive
LEWISTON — The Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Lunch Club and the Auburn-Lewiston Breakfast Club will sponsor a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, in partnership with the Lewiston CareerCenter, 5 Mollison Way. April Caron of the American Red Cross will facilitate the event. Caron is the business development manager for American Red […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Claire Hersom of Winthrop. Her most recent book is “Dreamscape,” published by Moon Pie Press. Winter Song By Claire Hersom Arctic air finally froze Maranacook, crackly white, milky blue. Ice shacks inch out from the coves toward the lake center, Snowmobilers follow, challenging the […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Anti-merger group is staying together for positive reasons
LEWISTON — The proposed merger of Lewiston-Auburn went down in flames in November, but members of the anti-merger campaign aren’t finished. Now, after a contentious campaign that pitted members of the same community against one another, they are hoping to use their influence to help shed positive light on the Twin Cities. COLAC, or the […]
Posted inMark LaFlamme, sj-web
Talk of the town: Have you heard the good news?
What’d you get for eight down? So, apparently there was some foul-up with the syndicate, which caused us to publish papers Saturday AND Tuesday that contained crossword puzzles missing half their clues. Missing clues! Can you imagine it? I would like to make it publicly known that I had nothing to do with this foul-up. […]