FIRST TEAM Player name School Class Position Gunnar Wade Lewiston Sr. A Jayden Wilson Lewiston Sr. A Xavier Michaud Oak Hill Jr. A Reed Wells Mt. Blue Sr. A Garrett Poussard Lewiston Sr. M Sam Payne Lewiston So. M Storm Jipson Edward Little So. M Ryan Bossie Lewiston Sr. D Justin Theriault Edward Little Sr. […]
2018
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2018 Sun Journal All-Region boys' outdoor track and field
FIRST TEAM Player name School Class Events Dawson Stevens Oxford Hills Sr. javelin, 100, 200 Russell Allen Edward Little Sr. 800, 400, 1,600 Fabrice Mpoyo Edward Little Sr. 100, 200, 400 Noor Shidad Lewiston So. 400 Dominic Sclafani Oxford Hills Sr. 1,600, 3,200, 800 Connor Jackson Edward Little Sr. 110H, 300H, HJ, TJ Barrak Abdraba […]
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2018 Sun Journal All-Region girls’ outdoor track and field
FIRST TEAM Player name School Class Events Lauren Sterling Mtn. Valley Sr. 100H, HJ Nicole Daigle Leavitt Sr. 100, 200 Jadah Adams Oxford Hills Jr. javelin Lauren Berube Edward Little Sr. Pole vault, javelin Hanna St. Pierre Spruce Mountain Sr. LJ, TJ Madison Post Gray-NG Sr. 100, 200, discus Laila Bunnitt Lewiston So. discus, shot […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Norway Music and Arts Festival
Allison Johnson performs with hula hoops during the Norway Music and Arts Festival in downtown Norway on Saturday. It was the 51st year of the annual event. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) Allison Johnson performs with hula hoops during the Norway Music and Arts Festival in downtown Norway on Saturday. It was the 51st year of the […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
No arrest in downtown Lewiston gunfire
LEWISTON — Police on Saturday were still investigating shots fired on Horton Street in downtown Lewiston on Friday evening, according to Lewiston police Lt. David St. Pierre. “We have not made an arrest or located any victims other than property damage,” he said Saturday night. Witnesses reported hearing between six and 12 shots fired around 6:30 p.m. […]
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King returns to Maine as Poland Spring head pro
John King, the new pro at Poland Spring Golf Course, hits a few balls before a lesson Friday afternoon. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) POLAND — After 20 years of living and working in the southern part of the country, John King has come back to his home state. The Portland native has been a teaching professional […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, The Franklin Journal
New Sharon man now can be considered an award-winning dancer
NEW SHARON — Jeff Harris was taught as a child that he could do anything if he set his mind to it. The real estate agent, auctioneer, farmer and Regional School Unit 9 director can now add award-winning dancer to his resume. When Harris, 54, did a benefit auction more than a year ago, he said […]
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Moxie Festival chugs along
LISBON — Reigning champion Beau Bradstreet of Bridgewater exuded confidence as he approached the competition table where a 12-pack of Moxie awaited him. “I don’t feel much pressure,” he said. “I’m going to do what I can do and hope for the best.” Bradstreet, from a tiny town in northern Maine, has dominated the competition […]
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Maine police see surge in mental health calls
Maine is seeing a surge in involuntary committals — cases in which people are held for mental health issues against their will — that is changing how police do their jobs. The number of those committals has risen steadily in the past decade, from 344 in 2009 to 401 last year, an increase of nearly […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Section of Penobscot River is one of the best whitewater trips in state
A long-lost former acquaintance of mine, who took far too many chances as a young man, once mused: “If it ain’t scary, it ain’t no fun.” He would have enjoyed a ride in a rubber raft down the West Branch of the Penobscot River below the dam at Ripogenus Lake. This section of the river […]