Fifteen years ago, Craig Milledge was a scrappy, savvy point guard and Scot New an inspirational assistant coach for a Mountain Valley boys’ basketball team that nearly pulled off an unlikely state championship. Milledge, the new girls’ varsity coach at Mountain Valley, and New, who has taken over the boys’ varsity program, hope to make […]
2018
Posted inNational Sports, sj-web
The Hot Corner: NASCAR must return to its roots
Rain ravaged Sunday’s scheduled starting time at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The whims of the weather ensured that everyone’s dreaded the-sky-is-falling symptom — empty seats by the tens of thousands – dominated the margins on national television when NASCAR officials finally waved the green flag over the weekend’s 301-lap main event. New Hampshire was a test […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Even wet, Open Farm Day a hit
Ahmed Abuker, of Lewiston, weeds the garden at Fresh Start Farm in Lisbon Sunday morning where he has worked for the past 3 years. The farm was one of the farms taking part in Open Farm Day. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LIVERMORE FALLS — If you have ever wanted to get your shirtsleeve nibbled on by […]
Posted inBusiness, sj-web
Ice cream shop on pontoons a cool business for college student
GRAY — After four years of captaining his own small business on Little Sebago Lake, Joe Newlin is ready for the next challenge. Newlin, 22, owns the Good Ship Gelato, a family pontoon boat he converted into a floating version of an ice cream truck. For the past four summers, Newlin has puttered around Little Sebago […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Working: Starting a sober living house in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Jesse Harvey did not stay sober and commit to recovery until the fifth time he had been involuntarily committed. He had wound up at a Massachusetts prison treatment center under a section of the law for substance abuse issues so serious that it put his own life or others’ at risk. On Aug. […]
Posted inRiver Valley, sj-web
Niko: Newest member of Rumford police force
Rumford police Officer Brad Gallant with his future, crime-fighting partner, Niko. Rumford police Officer Brad Gallant and his K-9 partner, Niko, will soon begin a training program where the dog and handler will learn to work as a team. RUMFORD — Niko, an affectionate black American Labrador that will soon be trained to sniff out trouble, […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Hundreds hit road for Emily's Run
Sarah Greaney of Lewiston carries the American flag Sunday morning as she heads into the home stretch of Emily’s Run, which began and ended at Edward Little High School in Auburn. Greaney has no military background, but is a member of Team Red, White & Blue, a national service organization that brings physical fitness challenges […]
Posted inBethel, Franklin, Oxford Hills, River Valley, sj-web
This week's agenda
Monday Dixfield: Selectmen, 5:30 p.m., Ludden Memorial Library Hebron: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Special election, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Municipal Center […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills, sj-web
Greenwood sets Aug. 6 for wind vote
Greenwood selectmen have set Aug. 6 for a special town meeting to decide on proposed amendments to the commercial wind farm section of the town ordinance. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall on Gore Road, next to the Town Office. On July 9, more than 100 people […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills, sj-web
Bethel names Holt interim town manager
Bethel selectmen Monday hired former Norway Town Manager David Holt to serve as interim town manager, beginning July 30, for no more than 180 days. Holt of Norway will take over from Christine Landes, who is leaving to become Gardiner’s city manager. She begins that job Aug. 13. Holt served as town manager […]