The company says higher prices for electricity are being charged by generators, not by CMP, which charges only for delivering power to customers.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Former Lewiston woman scores thousands on 'Millionaire'
Lisa Karahalios did not come away from the game show circuit a millionaire. She did, however, walk out $20,000 richer. The 54-year-old former Lewiston woman appeared Wednesday and Thursday on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” And a few locals were cheering her on. It is not every day a local appears on one of […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Old friends, one a traveler and one not, trade stories in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Two old friends, dressed for the cold, met up at the corner of Bates and Spruce streets outside Trinity Episcopal Church on Thursday afternoon to trade stories. Richard Girardin, a distance hiker who said he has completed the Appalachian Trail several times, switched to bicycling in recent years because of foot pain. Over […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston Youth Council seeks restaurants for event highlighting local food
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Youth Advisory Council is looking for local restaurants to participate in its latest event aimed at building awareness of Lewiston as a food and dining destination. The council, made up of local high school students, will host “Let’s Go Eat” at the Franco Center in February, with plans to highlight and provide […]
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Playing 'rockey' in Turner
Hanna Verreault, 13, and her brother, Hunter, 15, play hockey with a rock — rockey? — Thursday on the pond at Sandy Bottom Estates in Turner. The siblings are from Maryland and visiting their grandparents Roger and Sylvia Verreault for the holidays. (Sun Journal photo by Daryn Slover)
Posted inFranklin
Air Logan in Farmington
Logan Comfort of Wilton shoots hoops Thursday at the Farmington Community Center. (Franklin Journal photo by Dee Menear) Logan Comfort of Wilton dunks the ball Thursday while shooting hoops at the Farmington Community Center. (Franklin Journal photo by Dee Menear) Logan Comfort of Wilton shoots hoops Thursday at the Farmington Community Center. (Franklin Journal photo by Dee […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Police officer rescues woman, 72, from Dixfield house fire
DIXFIELD — As fire crews hurried to a house fire at 41 Holt Hill Road on Wednesday evening, the concern was about the property owner being able to get out, according to Dixfield Fire Chief Scott Dennett. For that reason, the State Fire Marshal’s Office was contacted, he said. Dennett said firefighters later learned Dixfield Police […]
Posted inOxford Hills
United Way of Androscoggin County to inherit Oxford County territory
PARIS — Months after the United Way of Oxford County closed its doors, the United Way of Androscoggin County agreed to provide coverage to the territory originally covered by its now-shuttered counterpart. The Oxford County branch of United Way formed in 1989 and was the smallest of Maine’s 10 United Way organizations. Jim Douglas, chairman […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Lewiston police find body of armed man after search in woods
LEWISTON — Police scoured the woods next to the Maine Turnpike on Thursday afternoon after a despondent man ran into the woods there armed with a handgun. More than a dozen officers searched for more than an hour before the 59-year-old man was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot. During the tense hour-and-a-half of searching, […]
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Mills can torpedo LePage’s Medicaid work requirements, experts say
Gov.-elect Janet Mills says she wants legal experts to evaluate what laws allow her to do, knowing that nearly 17,000 people lost their benefits in the first state that implemented similar rules.