AUBURN — The city’s alternative school isn’t going anywhere. Auburn Superintendent Katy Grondin announced Tuesday night on the School Department’s Facebook page that after meeting with an architect and officials from other schools, the decision was made to drop the idea of moving the Franklin School to Edward Little High School. Grondin said she also […]
2018
Posted inLocal Sports, sj-web
UMaine football adds four players on first day of early signing period
Vinnie Pasquali of Portland High School tackles West running back Jack True of Yarmouth in the fourth quarter of the Maine Shriners Lobster Bowl Classic in July. (Portland Press Herald photo by Derek Davis) With the University of Maine playing deep into the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs for the first time in school history, coach […]
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Posted insj-web, Varsity Maine
Boys' hockey: Lewiston holds off Thornton to continue A North's dominance
LEWISTON — Thornton Academy skated into The Colisee with hopes of ending the North’s early dominance in boys’ high school hockey. But 78 seconds into the game, the Trojans were on the penalty kill, with a 5-minute major for boarding. Soon after that was over, Thornton was back in the box for roughing. Lewiston capitalized, […]
Posted inBethel
Bethel names new town manager
BETHEL — Selectmen on Wednesday announced that Loretta Powers will be the town’s next town manager. Powers’ official start date is Monday, Dec. 31. She will take over for interim Town Manager David Holt, who had held the position since August. Powers was previously town administrator of Newry and had served as Bethel’s deputy town clerk […]
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, Politics
Angus King joins 48 senators calling for president to condemn Texas judge’s ACA ruling
Republican Sen. Susan Collins did not sign the letter released Wednesday, but said she disagreed with the judge’s finding that the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.
Posted insj-web, Sports, Varsity Maine
Boys' hockey: Caleb Sellinger saves Scarborough against Edward Little
Scarborough’s Ethan Jasa skids out on the ice while handling the puck as Edward Little’s Kegan Rodrigue watches the play from the right during Wednesday night’s hockey game in Auburn. (Sun Journal photo by Andree Kehn) AUBURN — Facing five minutes of penalty-kill time across two periods, Scarborough needed a little extra something to survive the […]
Posted insj-web, Sports, Varsity Maine
Girls' basketball: Winthrop stays hot, beats Richmond
Winthrop’s Madison Forgue guards Richmond’s Hannah Moholland during a girls’ basketball game Wednesday in Winthrop. (Kennebec Journal photo by Andy Molloy) WINTHROP — Wednesday’s game couldn’t have started much better for the Winthrop girls’ basketball team. And a hot start ended up being all the Ramblers needed to extend what’s been a hot start to […]
Posted inNation / World, News
Maine-registered vehicle towed from scene of fatal shooting in New Hampshire
An unidentified man was shot to death Tuesday night outside Castaways Boathouse in Dover.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Somerset County commissioners maintain support for CMP project
SKOWHEGAN — Somerset County commissioners Wednesday voted against rescinding support for a proposed 145-mile transmission line from Quebec to Lewiston and on to Massachusetts, drawing criticism from a small group of opponents gathered at the Somerset County Superior Courthouse. The controversial New England Clean Energy Connect project from Central Maine Power would run through central […]
Posted inFranklin
Strong board reviews firefighters' pay
STRONG — Local firefighters this week questioned selectmen about how the Fire Department payroll in calculated. Long-serving fireman Ian Shamp said some firefighters put in extra hours that they weren’t compensated for, even though there appeared to be money in the department’s budget. Shamp attended a selectmen meeting Tuesday with Ryan Allen and Matt Stevens, […]