PARIS — Deer hunter Robert Trundy of Hebron pleaded not guilty Friday in the Oct. 28 shooting death of Karen Wrentzel on her property in Hebron. Appearing in Oxford County Superior Court, Trundy, 38, denied charges of manslaughter, failure to provide aid to a person and to report a hunting accident. He is scheduled to […]
2018
Posted inBethel, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Oxford County Dems to nominate sheriff candidates
PARIS — The Oxford County Democratic Committee will caucus Sunday, Jan. 14, to select names to submit to Gov. Paul LePage for consideration for sheriff. The meeting will be held at 1 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 17 East Main St. Only members of the Oxford County Democratic Committee can participate. The caucus is […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Road crews tested by winter's early onslaught
Lewiston Public Works equipment mechanic Kyle Brooks tightens a new hydraulic valve on a plow truck that needed to be replaced Friday morning inside the Adams Avenue garage. “I think I’ll buy a lottery ticket since I got this on the first try,” he said. “Not being able to see what you are doing and […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Legion's license hits snag after Travis Mills fundraiser
GRAY — Some neighbors of American Legion Post 86 think the nearly 100-year-old local organization partied too hard — or at least too loudly — earlier this year at a fundraiser for the Travis Mills Foundation. Town Manager Deborah Cabana said several residents near the Lewiston Road post complained about noise from the concert and barbecue fundraiser […]
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LePage plans push for voter ID again
AUGUSTA — Though there is no evidence of voter fraud in Maine, Gov. Paul LePage said Friday that he plans to ask the Legislature to require voters to show an identification card “as a simple way to safeguard the most sacred right we have in our democracy.” “We must discourage voter fraud, and we must […]
Posted inBusiness, sj-web
Lewiston area Job Fair Jan. 8
LEWISTON — The Maine Department of Labor and the Lewiston CareerCenter are sponsoring a Job Fair from 10 a.m. to noon Monday, Jan. 8, at the CareerCenter, 5 Mollison Way. Area employers that will be available include Assistance Plus, CoWorx Staffing, Goodwill NNE, Manpower Maine, People Ready, Prudential, Robert Half International, Spurwink Services, TD Bank, […]
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Weird Wicked Weird: Let there be dragons
AUGUSTA — Laura Foster needed money to get into a Society for Creative Anachronism event so she could assume the persona of an 11th-century, low-ranking Irish noblewoman named Gormlaith an Malagenteach. So she put out the call: Anyone want to buy a dragon? And they did. “Suddenly, I got 16 orders,” said Foster, 43. “So […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Brotherly, and sisterly, love
Chianne Griggs, 15, pulls her brothers, Steven, 10, and Bruce, 14, down a hill at the Hope Haven Gospel Mission in Lewiston on Friday. “As long as we don’t have school, it’s OK,” Bruce Griggs said about the cold and snow. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) Bruce Griggs, 14, pulls his brother, Steven, 10, down a hill […]
Posted inBusiness, sj-web, The Buzz
The Buzz: Auburn Kmart lives — the store isn’t on the nationwide chopping block
This week the Buzz is starting off on a positive negative note. Or a negative positive note? Either way, the Auburn Kmart isn’t closing, which seems like good news. USA Today published a full list of Sears and Kmart closings late Thursday that doesn’t include the Auburn store, but does include the Bangor Mall Sears. […]
Posted inBethel, sj-web
SAD 44 parents, administrators respond to bus incident
BETHEL — A School Administrative District 44 bus with students aboard was forced off Bird Hill Road by a logging truck this week, Superintendent David Murphy said. There were no injuries. The bus, driven by Lynn Billings, went into a ditch and could not be driven back onto the road. Students were led to another […]