PHIPPSBURG — It’s hard to imagine why about 200 people would gather on a cold beach in the dead of winter. Yet there they were, huddled in a wide semicircle around what appeared to be a dog cage in the middle of the beach. They were there to witness the release of Premie, the last […]
2018
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Dutch, Auburn Police dog, retiring
AUBURN — Dec. 27 is the last day on the beat for Dutch, a K-9 officer. The 9½-year-old German shepherd is retiring from police work. Dutch and his handler, Sgt. Kristopher Bouchard, have been together for eight years. “It’s going to be tough,” Bouchard said Wednesday. His best friend will no longer be in the […]
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School vacation at Auburn roller rink
During a break from skating, Lily Richards, 6, left, talks to her grandmother, Nona Greeley, who holds her grandson, Joshua, 2. All of the grandchildren got roller blades for Christmas and enjoyed a vacation skate Wednesday afternoon at the Rollodrome in Auburn to test out their new wheels. (Sun Journal photo by Andree Kehn)
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Patriots' Tom Brady says he "absolutely" believes he'll be back in 2019
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) passes under pressure from Buffalo Bills safety Jordan Poyer (21) during the second half Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Earlier this month, Gisele Bündchen once again talked about how she hasn’t been able to persuade husband Tom Brady to retire from the NFL, […]
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USM LAC announces classes
LEWISTON — University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn Senior College has announced upcoming classes. Transforming Stress: The Heartmath Solution: Tuesday, Jan. 22, 6 to 8 p.m., Monica Dawe. Connect with the heart’s intelligence through scientific based techniques and technology. Learn how the heart’s rhythms and emotions can transform stress, anxiety, depression and anger into the physiology of […]
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Sophia's House set for completion in fall of 2019
LEWISTON — The Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation has awarded a $50,000 capital grant to The Center for Wisdom’s Women to develop Sophia’s House. The center applied for the grant for developing the project. The center’s residential community of healing for women will be in the Tree Street neighborhood of Lewiston. Sophia’s House will contain six […]
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Waterville man, woman charged in separate fentanyl trafficking cases
Tommy Glidden, 29, and Natalie Johansmeier, 36, were arrested on last week in unrelated incidents involving the synthetic opioid.
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Donald Trump won't budge on shutdown: 'You have to have a wall'
WASHINGTON (AP) — A shutdown affecting parts of the federal government appeared no closer to resolution Wednesday, with President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats locked in a hardening standoff over border wall money that threatens to carry over into January. Trump vowed to hold the line, telling reporters as he flew to Iraq that he’ll […]
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Donald Trump makes unannounced visits to U.S. troops in Iraq
AL-ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq (AP) — President Donald Trump made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Wednesday, leaving behind a partially shuttered U.S. government to greet American troops helping hold off extremists in a country where thousands of Americans died during the recent war. It comes a week after Trump stunned his national security advisers by […]
Posted inPolitics, Schools & Education
Mills nominates Brunswick school administrator to be Maine’s education chief
Pender Makin, a former Maine Principal of the Year, promises a shift in priorities and vows to support public school teachers, administrators and students.