Rams sweep Red Eddies in KVAC meet.
2019
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn names new deputy fire chief
AUBURN — Matt Fifield, a 17-year veteran of the Auburn Fire Department, has been named the city’s deputy fire chief. Fire Chief Robert Chase announced the appointment Friday, which will be effective Jan. 7. Fifield, of Poland, is a fire captain in Auburn, and according to Chase, “has demonstrated outstanding commitment to the fire service […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
Canton property revaluations starting soon
CANTON — Residents can expect to see representatives from a tax assessment company asking to inspect their buildings beginning this month, according to a notice from the town. John O’Donnell and Associates will perform the inspections. The purpose is so the town can fairly tax property owners, Selectman Russell Adams said Friday. The most recent […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Buckfield man in Lewiston court on drug charges after car chase
LEWISTON — A Buckfield man who led police on a car and foot chase Wednesday, during which he was found with bricks of cocaine, later told investigators he made his new drug connection while in prison. Joshua Morin, 32, appeared in court Friday on felony drug charges: aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs, a Class A […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
Public hearings set on Roxbury Wind Project
ROXBURY — Roxwind LLC has submitted a permit application to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection for the Roxwind Project on North Twin Mountain. The project would produce 15.2 megawatts of power and include access roads and overhead and underground collection lines. Board of Selectmen Chairman John Sutton confirmed a public hearing on the project will […]
Posted inBusiness, Giving Back, sj-web
TD Bank donates to Cancer Center
Recently, more than 100 regional managers from TD Bank met at the Oxford Casino for the bank’s annual Christmas meeting. TD Bank provides support to a local nonprofit each year. The Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine, 199 Main St., Norway, received donations of warm hats, mittens and gift cards for local patients and […]
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Poland Spring associates get in the giving mood
POLAND SPRING — Poland Spring employees from the Poland, Hollis and Kingfield bottling facilities helped support local families in need in several ways recently. In Poland, associates donated 40 turkeys to the Lifesprings program and the Gray Food Pantry. They also fulfilled the holiday wishes of five local families through the Giving Tree program at […]
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Interest high in Lewiston's Hartley Block apartments
The Hartley Block, lower left, will soon fill a giant void in the landscape of Lisbon Street in Lewiston, where developers welcomed visitors to view a few of the one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments that are finished. In addition to the apartments, the first floor will be available for retail stores. (Sun Journal aerial photo […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Police say suspect stalked the couple killed in South Paris
PARIS — Mark Penley, 49, of Peru appeared in court Friday on charges of killing his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend, six months after he sneaked into their apartment at 24 Market Square but decided not to shoot the couple until “I’m ready,” according to a state police affidavit. Penley is charged in the shooting deaths […]
Posted inNews, Politics
Gov. Mills says public has right to know about pardons
With a person’s pardon confidential under state law, the state can’t release archived records about former Gov. Paul LePage’s pardon of former GOP lawmaker Jeffrey Pierce.