LISBON — There will be a noticeable absence this year when the Moxie Festival parade rolls through town Saturday. Lisbon’s signature annual event is celebrating Gina Mason’s spirit by renaming the parade in her honor. The Gina Mason Memorial Parade will kick off at Capital Avenue at 10 a.m., follow Route 196 to Main Street, […]
2018
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Topsham residents comment on planning priorities
TOPSHAM — A public meeting at Topsham Public Library drew about 60 people and helped guide the town staff as it updates its 2005 Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan Committee first met in November 2016 to review the document – last updated in 2011 – and hired Maine Design Workshop as a two-year planning consultant for $87,000 last spring. […]
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Shots fired in downtown Lewiston
LEWISTON — Shots were fired in downtown Lewiston on Friday evening, sending police scrambling to Horton Street where spent shells were found in the street. Witnesses said between six and 12 shots rang out at about 6:30 p.m. followed by screams and the sound of rounds striking metal. “There was one shot, a pause and […]
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Dog owner: Jailers wouldn't let her get help for pet left in car
AUBURN — Accused shoplifter Season Bartley said she pleaded with jailers for 12 hours to let her make a phone call to save her dog left in a hot car after she was arrested last weekend. “Before they even put me in the holding cell, I asked the guard, ‘When am I going to get […]
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Lewiston child sells lemonade for a cause
Nicole Vangeli and Mia Brooks, 2, of Lewiston buy a cup of lemonade from Lyric Rain LePage, 5, in Lewiston on Friday. Behind them are Lyric’s grandparents, Bruce and Mora LePage. Lyric, who is adopted, set up the lemonade stand to raise money for Adoptive and Foster Families of Maine. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)
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Military museum brings attention to soldier suicide
PEAKS ISLAND — An average of 22 veterans and one active-duty member of the armed forces die by suicide each day, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. One of these was Senior Airman Dustin Hadfield, a Mainer and Afghanistan veteran who took his own life in December 2014, almost two […]
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Sonder & Dram brings craft beer, cocktails and The King to downtown Lewiston
LEWISTON — The 42 black cast-iron stools look like they’re out of another era. Dozens of vintage-style bulbs hang from the ceiling. Wide barn boards cover the bottom of a long soapstone-topped bar and the walls are exposed brick. A short menu includes an Elvis-inspired sandwich, and word is you can catch the chef singing […]
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Fontaine Family continues support for Make-A-Wish Maine
Fontaine Family – The Real Estate Leader recently raised $7,131 to help grant the 1,400th wish by the Make-A-Wish Maine organization. The money was raised through Fontaine’s Bid-For-Wishes Facebook silent auction. For the past 10 years, the real estate company has raised money for Make-a-Wish through the Walk-for-Wishes or Bid-for-Wishes events to help grant the […]
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Third suspect in Lewiston shooting arrested in Massachusetts
LEWISTON — Police said they have arrested a third person in connection with a shooting on Bartlett Street on Saturday, July 7. According to a department Facebook post, Peter Pearson, 30, of Poland was found in Fall River, Massachusetts, and arrested on incidents allegedly committed in Massachusetts on Thursday, July 12. At the time of […]
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Transient accused of trafficking in heroin
FARMINGTON — A transient was charged Thursday with dealing heroin, after he agreed to sell $150 worth of the drug in a police sting operation. A Maine Drug Enforcement agent arrested Scott Edward Towers, 28, on a charge of felony unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs. According to the agent’s probable cause affidavit filed in Franklin […]