Lisa Karahalios took so long solving one of her questions on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” that she feared a producer might come out and demand that she provide her answer at once. The 54-year-old former Lewiston woman will appear on the nationally syndicated game show the day after Christmas — and again Thursday. […]
2018
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: It was the night before Christmas and I got nothing
So, I was desperate for column ideas on a Monday afternoon that also happened to be Christmas Eve. No brainer, right? I’d just head to the stores, behold the eye-bulging madness of last-minute shopping and let that column write itself. Maybe it would be a hair-pulling, eye-gouging brawl in the toy aisle over the last […]
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Posted inRiver Valley
Byron selectmen to meet Thursday
BYRON — The Board of Selectmen will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, at the Town Hall. This spring, the town contracted Ron Smith of the accounting firm RHR Smith & Co. to review records from 2014 to 2017. The first audit in five years, findings revealed significant financial discrepancies, including missing money. One […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Paris board votes to send land access ordinance to AVCOG
PARIS — The Board of Selectmen has voted 4-1 to send a proposed ordinance on accessing private property to the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments for review. Selectman John Andrews voted against the motion; Selectmen Rusty Brackett, Chris Summers, Scott Buffington and Gary Vaughn voted in favor. The vote on Thursday evening came two weeks […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Androscoggin County emergency management director retires
LEWISTON — Ever since she was a youngster, Joanne Potvin has followed the Boy Scout motto. Be prepared. “Little did I know that what I did at 9 years old as a Girl Scout would lead to a 46-year career in emergency management where we always have to be prepared,” Potvin said. In the face […]
Posted inBoys Basketball, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Local Sports, sj-web, The Franklin Journal, Varsity Maine
Men’s basketball: Desire to win fuels UMF’s Riley Robinson
Former Dirigo standout playing a key role for Beavers.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Working on Christmas has rewards
Tulio DeAlmeida cleans up the store after a busy day at Aroma Joe’s in Auburn. DeAlmeida and his wife worked in the shop alone Tuesday, with a little help from their daughter, so that their employees could take Christmas Day off. (Sun Journal photo by Andree Kehn) AUBURN — This year, Tulio DeAlmeida, the franchise […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Shoppers meet retailers’ expectations
The only place where wider market concerns may have hit retailers is on the luxury side.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Christmas morning skate Auburn
Brandon Raymond bats a puck around with his sister, Amanda (not shown), on Taylor Pond in Auburn after spending some time with their grandparents on Christmas morning. Parents Chris and Christopher watch from behind Brandon. (Sun Journal photo by Andree Kehn)
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Glass Christmas ornaments made in Lewiston now sought-after
LEWISTON — For more than a decade starting in 1959, a Lewiston factory looked something like a Christmas workshop as it churned out millions of brightly colored ornaments. Paragon Glass Works, one of the first companies to move into the city’s industrial park, produced an astonishing array of glass balls. Many of them were pretty […]