Red Hornets goalie Maranda Guimond swats away a shot by Emily Demers of the Bulldogs during Saturday night’s hockey game at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Lucy Howe put Portland/Deering ahead early with a pair of goals, then Caroline Lerch put the game away for the Bulldogs with […]
2018
Posted inLocal Sports, sj-web
On skiing: Remembering a Maine skiing legend
Receiving news of Chummy Broomhall’s passing brought many memories and sent me to a copy of the program for the first Maine Ski Hall of Fame banquet. Of that inaugural class, Chummy was the last surviving member. In fact, of the 10 individual skiers who were inducted in 2003, only Chummy, John Bower and Bunny […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Looking back at what made the news in 2017
The slate is clean as we start another year anew. Nobody knows what lies ahead, even as friends and family offer seasonal salutations that wish us well. As we look ahead with hopeful expectations, it doesn’t hurt to check the back track. For the Maine sportsmen and women, 2017 was, like most years, marked by […]
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Boys' basketball: Lisbon trounces Wiscasset
LISBON — After an eight-day layoff, Lisbon coach Jake Gentle might have worried that his team was going to come out slow for its Saturday afternoon Mountain Valley Conference boys’ high school basketball game against winless Wiscasset. Gentle didn’t need to worry. The Greyhounds sprinted out to a 13-0 lead and pulled away from there […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
'Crazy' cold in Auburn
Alyson Thompson cautiously walks down an icy driveway on Monroe Street in Auburn on Saturday afternoon while delivering mail. “It’s brutal,” she said. “I have five layers on. This is crazy.” (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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Snow nearly covers Auburn Nativity scene
The Nativity scene behind Rolly’s Diner in Auburn is nearly covered with blowing snow. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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Cold not a problem for winter sports enthusiasts
With the subzero temperatures the Northeast has been experiencing lately, some folks may be considering hibernation, and limiting their time outside to getting the mail and getting into their cars. Then there are the brave few. On Saturday, several local outdoor enthusiasts gathered at the Bethel Inn Resort Cross-Country Ski and Snowshoe Center on a […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Lewiston police investigate pellet gun injury
Police closed Sabattus Street in Lewiston between Pine Street and Central Avenue briefly Saturday morning in response to a report of a man being shot in the leg. It was later discovered that it was a pellet gun. No further information was available Saturday night. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
Posted inNation / World
Trump says he’s ‘like, really smart,’ ‘a very stable genius’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, portrayed in a new book as a leader who doesn’t understand the weight of his office, took to Twitter on Saturday to defend his mental fitness and boast about his intelligence, saying he is “like, really smart” and “a very stable genius.” He posted a series of tweets from […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
Family displaced in Wilton fire
WILTON — A family of three was displaced from their home Saturday afternoon by a fire that started in the bathroom around 2 p.m., Wilton Fire Chief Sonny Dunham said. A mother and her two children were in their home at 1378 Main St. when the fire started and spread to the kitchen, but they […]