Bates College sophomores Anna Maheu, left, and Malie White jump into Lake Andrews during Friday afternoon’s annual “Puddle Jump” on the campus of Bates College in Lewiston on Friday. Visit sunjournal.com to watch a video of the event. (Sun Journal photo by Russ Dillingham) Bates College students, from left, Ben Seaman, Mia Matlack, David Ingraham […]
2019
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Oxford Casino intersection lights may come this summer
OXFORD — A plan to activate the traffic lights at the Oxford Casino intersection on Route 26 is scheduled as part of a road project set to begin in April. The state road project in Oxford and Poland is scheduled to take place from April 1 to early October, Maine Department of Transportation spokesman Ted […]
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Critics rip into Susan Collins after abortion ruling by Justice Kavanaugh
In the wake of Brett Kavanaugh’s dissenting opinion on an abortion case late Thursday, critics called Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins everything from “a raging fool” to an utter dupe for helping to put him on the Supreme Court. They blamed the four-term Maine senator for providing Kavanaugh with the opportunity to join the losing […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
Wilton man to plead guilty to federal fentanyl charge, daughter pleads guilty
FARMINGTON — A Wilton man agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to distribute 40 or more grams of fentanyl, according to a document filed in U.S. District Court on Thursday. Dennis Ayala’s daughter, Andrea Hoffman, 35, also of Wilton, pleaded guilty to the same charge Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Portland, […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
East Dixfield, Farmington women injured in Wilton crash
WILTON — Two women were injured Friday morning when the vehicles they were driving collided at the intersection of Route 156 and Route 2 at 11:22 a.m. A 2008 Ford Focus driven by Crystal Currier, 34, of Farmington, was coming to a stop on Route 156 but slid through the stop sign and collided with […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Reading for relaxation in Lewiston
Alison Jacobs reads a romance novel of “mindless tripe” in the Park Street Alley in Lewiston during her lunch hour Friday. She has been coming to this location on nice days for the past nine years to get some peace and quiet. She said she reads the light fiction to keep from thinking about anything […]
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Lawmakers weigh 'ban the box' bill to help former prisoners get jobs
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage last year vetoed a measure to bar the state from asking most job seekers about criminal convictions on the applications they initially submit. With LePage no longer an obstacle, legislators are eyeing the same bill as one way to help formerly incarcerated Mainers overcome their pasts. The so-called “Ban the […]
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Leeds students name service pup in training 'Lucky Tim'
LEEDS — After coming up with a long list of contenders that included Fluffy, Unicorn, Gronk, Vladimir and Buttercup, Leeds Central School students named the new therapy dog-in-training Lucky Tim. He may also be extra lucky: Trainer Christy Gardner said specialists have reached out since she introduced the pup to the school on Monday and […]
Posted inBusiness
Probes by Maine Bureau of Insurance recovered $1.6 million from companies in 2018
The bureau investigated over 650 cases of improper billing and other bad practices.
Posted inPolitics
Maine’s next 2-year budget focuses on funding education and Medicaid expansion – with no new taxes
Gov. Janet Mills proposes an $8 billion plan that would increase General Fund spending 11%, saying Maine can afford to put more money into schools, public safety and municipal revenue sharing.