Edward Little High School’s Ibn Khalid (23) dribbles the ball past Bangor High School’s Damien Vance during their game in Auburn on Tuesday. (Justin Pelletier/Sun Journal) AUBURN — In a game of runs Tuesday night, Edward Little saved its longest and best for last. The Red Eddies held Bangor without a field goal for the […]
2018
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Brewery approved for New Gloucester
Architectural rendering of NU Brewing. NEW GLOUCESTER – The Planning Board granted unanimous approval Tuesday for NU Brewing to build a brewery and tasting room at the former Oliver Store/Anderson Equipment eight-acre lot at 437 Lewiston Road. The project calls for the redevelopment of the site that has been vacant for several years. Russell Voss […]
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Exploring careers workshop offered
FARMINGTON — New Ventures Maine is offering a free workshop titled Exploring Careers from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Jan. 24, at its office, 108 Perham St., Suite 2. The workshop is for those ready for a job change and want to explore their options first. It includes tips on researching the job market, tuning […]
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Rangeley voters approve airport runway extension project
RANGELEY — Residents voted 265-88 on Tuesday to move forward on the final phase of an engineering proposal to add 1,100 feet to the town airport’s runway. The current runway – at 3,201 feet – is too short for the LifeFlight of Maine’s airplane to land when needed to airlift a patient to a hospital. Of the […]
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Sunshine Award winner
Rumford Hospital presented its most recent Sunshine Award to Amy Cox, CNA, Medical-Surgical Department and Emergency Department technician. The Sunshine Award was established to reward and celebrate the extraordinary skills and compassionate care given by technical support staff. Sunshine Award recipients consistently demonstrate compassion, patient- and family-focused care, passion about life, patient advocacy and their […]
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Farmington businessman donates $470,000 to tech center
Richard T. Bjorn of Farmington, second from right, owner of Kyes Insurance agency, will donate $470,000 over the next two years to fund career and technical education programs so that more students in greater Franklin County can access them at Foster Career and Technical Education Center at Mt. Blue Campus in Farmington. Taking part in the […]
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Girls' basketball: Madison takes down Winthrop with big second quarter
Winthrop High School’s Jillian Smhmeltzer guards Madison High School’s Emily Edgerly during a basketball game Tuesday in Winthrop. (Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal) WINTHROP — The standings suggested it would be close. And up until the opening minute of the second quarter, Tuesday’s matchup between the Madison and Winthrop girls’ basketball teams was living up to the […]
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Unloading the snow
Employees of Marshall and Sons of Norway shovel snow Tuesday from the roof of the Norway Historical Society building on Main Street.
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Lewiston City Council: What you need to know
Lewiston City Council meeting Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018 Lachance talks power shift What happened: Former City Councilor Mike Lachance took to the podium during public comment to discuss what he called a “power shift” of ideology on the new City Council. What it means: Lachance told the new council that the decisions they make over […]
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Livermore transfer station issues addressed
LIVERMORE — Selectpersons decided Tuesday night to delay the purchase of a new snowblower and agreed that part-time, on-call help is needed at the transfer station. The board was made aware of both issues at its last meeting. The town has four snowblowers. One is used to plow the Route 4 bridge, one at the […]