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 […]
January 2019
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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Posted inBusiness, Giving Back, sj-web
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 […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
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.
Posted inFranklin, sj-web
Morrell is RSU 73 vice chairman
JAY — A story published Friday on Page B1 of the Region edition should have said the Regional School Unit 73 board vice chairman is Michael Morrell. It was a reporting error.
Posted inBusiness, Politics
Marijuana dispensaries’ big donations to Mills inaugural have caregivers crying foul
Three dispensaries, combined, had donated nearly 20 percent of the money collected to usher in the new governor as of Dec. 22.
Posted inNews, Politics
Mary Mayhew leaves job as U.S. Medicaid chief after less than 3 months
The former Maine DHHS commissioner and gubernatorial candidate resigns from her position in the Trump administration to lead the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.
Posted inBusiness, sj-web
Waffles, apps, bubble tea: Top Gun LA announces newest class of entrepreneurs
LEWISTON — From waffles to apps to a Hawaiian-themed spa, the third class of Top Gun LA entrepreneurs is the largest and most diverse yet. Scott Benson, director of economic development at the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and the local Top Gun organizer, said on Friday that five of the eight participating companies […]