Sun Journal’s Maine Press Association’s 2018 awards

The Sun Journal won 42 awards Saturday night at the Maine Press Association’s annual conference.

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Features/Lifestyle Video
- 2nd Place: Russ Dillingham, Great Falls Comic Expo
News Video
- 3rd Place: Russ Dillingham, Little Androscoggin River
Sports Video
- 2nd Place: Russ Dillingham, Flying over the bar

Photography – Design

Arthur Charest dumps a bucket of fiddleheads over a fan while cleaning his morning haul in Auburn on Wednesday. Charest uses a screen-bottomed drawer and a large fan to clean the skins from the edible ferns. Charest, 83, started picking fiddleheads with his brother a year after getting out of the service when he was 22 years old. Charest picked 77 pounds Tuesday, his most successful day this spring. “When I was younger I could pick 110 pounds,” he said. “I sell a few to pay for my gas and it gives me damn good exercise.” (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)

Jaryn Wilson, 17, shoots hoops on a small court that he shoveled at Chestnut Park in Auburn on Wednesday. Wilson plays for the Edward Little High School basketball team. The Red Eddies will play Windham in the AA North final on Friday for a shot in the state championship. Friday’s game time is 6:30 p.m. in Portland. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)

Owen Cruz, 11, of Auburn, catches a frozen fish thrown by his brother, Cody, on Sabattus Lake in Sabattus on Saturday afternoon, as they waited for their flags to go up during the second annual Oak Hill Boosters Pike Derby. “They are playing fish football on this Super Bowl weekend,” their father said while watching and waiting for a hit on the lines they had out. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)

City officials announced Tuesday that the Kennedy Park pool will be free at least for the remainder of the summer. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)

Leslie Shields of Auburn hikes out to keep her Laser sailboat from capsizing Sunday during the Labor Day Regatta on Taylor Pond. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)

An Oxford County deputy pats down Jason Merriam on Bradeen Road in Sumner on Friday morning. Merriam fled his home in the early-morning hours during a standoff and was captured by a Maine State Police tactical team. He was arrested on multiple domestic violation charges. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)

A fire Wednesday evening has destroyed a Youngs Corner Road home in Auburn.

Auburn firefighters battle the house fire at 184 Youngs Corner Road in Auburn on Wednesday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)

Feature Photo
- 1st Place: Daryn Slover, Auburn man cleans fiddleheads
- 3rd Place: Daryn Slover, Cleared court
Front Page Design
- 1st Place: Heather McCarthy and staff, Miracles from Maine
Graphic
- 2nd Place: Heather McCarthy, 2017 Weather
Illustration
- 3rd Place: Heather McCarthy, What’s on a young teen’s mind?
News Photo
- 1st Place: Daryn Slover, Court reaction
- 3rd Place: Russ Dillingham, Owen Cruz, 11, catches a frozen fish
Scenic Photo
- 1st Place: Russ Dillingham, Kennedy Park Pool
- 2nd Place: Daryn Slover, Hot air balloons over Randy’s Auto Parts
Sports Photo
- 3rd Place: Daryn Slover, Regatta sailor spills into Taylor Pond
Spot News Photo
- 1st Place: Russ Dillingham, Police capture man sought after Buckfield
- 3rd Place: Daryn Slover, Youngs Corner fire

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Feature Section
- 2nd Place: Sun Journal staff, Feature sections for Sun Journal

Special Categories

Freedom of Information
- 2nd Place: Sun Journal staff, Sun Journal Freedom of Information

Sports

Sports Columnist
- 2nd Place: Justin Pelletier, In the Crease

Sports

Sports Page Design
- 1st Place: Sun Journal staff, #Oxford 250 – Captain Curt
Sports Page Design
- 2nd Place: Sun Journal staff, Red letter day

Writing

Analysis
- 1st Place: Kathryn Skelton, Sticker cheats
Arts – Lifestyle Feature
- 2nd Place: Mark LaFlamme, Tizz Crowley: Having a ball (gown)!
Business/Economics Story
- 1st Place: Kathryn Skelton, Growing market
- 3rd Place: Kathryn Skelton, Lindsay Tice, Raw water
Continuing Story
- 1st Place: Lindsay Tice, Kathryn Skelton, What’s on a young teen’s mind?
Courts Story
- 2nd Place: Christopher Williams, Judge hears fatal crosswalk crash case at Lewiston trial
Editorial
- 1st Place: Judy Meyer, Our view: Johnston: Where did facts and fairness go?
Education Story
- 1st Place: Lindsay Tice, Kathryn Skelton, What’s on a young teen’s mind?
- 3rd Place: Lindsay Tice, r smart phones hurting r kids?
Environmental Story
- 1st Place: Lindsay Tice, Bats fight for survival
- 2nd Place: Lindsay Tice, Animals on the brink
Feature Headline
- 1st Place: Mark Mogenesen, Shopping? App-y days are here
Food Story/Feature
- 1st Place: Mark LaFlamme, Organized chaos: AMS lunch ladies serve it up
- 2nd Place: Kathryn Skelton, 150 years later and still full of beans
Health Story
- 2nd Place: Lindsay Tice, Lead poisoning hits new Mainers hard
Investigative Report
- 1st Place: Lindsay Tice, Horrors and Healing
Local Columnist
- 2nd Place: Mark LaFlamme, Street Talk
- 3rd Place: Dave Sargent, River Views
News Story
- 3rd Place: Lindsay Tice, Hemochromatosis
Opinion Columnist
- 3rd Place: Elliot Epstein, Rearview mirror
Political Story
- 2nd Place: Steve Collins, Candidate’s claims fail truth test
Religion/Spirituality Story
- 1st Place: Lindsay Tice, Horrors and Healing

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