The owner of a dam in Milford determined that the system posed a “significant risk” to other species such as river herring.
January 2019
Posted inBusiness, sj-web, Sports
Lewiston company’s helmet padding to be worn in Super Bowl LIII
Rick House, director of technology at Jones & Vining, is framed through an older-style football helmet Thursday afternoon at the company’s facility in Lewiston. A helmet featuring the company’s new, higher-protection padding rests in front of House. Jones & Vining makes the interior foam padding for Riddell’s SpeedFlex helmets, which will be worn Sunday by many of […]
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Lewiston businesses attend 2019 Chef Summit in Portland
PORTLAND — If Tom Ardia had attempted to open a speak-easy-style bar in downtown Lewiston 10 years ago, it would not have worked. Just seven years ago, when Forage Market first opened, it struggled to define itself as downtown foot traffic was sparse. But during a panel discussion at the 2019 Chef Summit on Thursday, […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Lewiston girls among first to join Boy Scouts
LEWISTON — Beginning Friday, the Boy Scouts of America will allow girls to join for the first time in the organization’s 109-year history. A group of girls from Lewiston will lead the charge. The six girls will make history Friday when they are among the first females nationwide to join Scouts BSA, which decided last […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Otisfield selectmen to discuss fuel tanks, sand shed
OTISFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will meet next week to discuss putting a structure over the fuel tanks outside the Town Office to prevent fuel from congealing. The regular board meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the municipal building on Route 121. Anne Pastore, the town’s administrative assistant, said there have been a […]
Posted inbPlus, Life & Culture
In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Nick Stone of MacMahan Island. I TAKE GREAT COMFORT FROM THIS CAT By Nick Stone I take great comfort from this cat and since you ask — my reason’s that she goes about her business now sedately, and a little slow but with us […]
Posted inNews, Politics
Rep. Pingree invites climate-change whistleblower to State of the Union
Falmouth native Joel Clement says Interior Department officials retaliated against him in 2017 for his outspoken comments on the threat posed by climate change.
Posted inSchools & Education
10-year-old student charged after RSU 9 bomb threat
Authorities confirmed a 911 call about a bomb on a school bus Thursday afternoon was a hoax.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Water main bursts in Lewiston, floods streets
Lewiston firefighter Chris Fournier shines his flashlight on water gushing out of a snowbank on Ashmount Street in Lewiston Thursday night. Thousands of gallons of water flooded streets, backyards and basements throughout the neighborhood because of a water main break. (Sun Journal photo by Russ Dillingham) LEWISTON — A water main burst beneath Ashmount Street […]
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Panel unanimously backs Jeanne Lambrew’s nomination to lead DHHS
The Cape Elizabeth native says she is focused on rebuilding weakened programs in areas such as child protection, public health and rural mental health.