New Orleans fans are unhappy about the infamous “no-call” during the Saints-Rams championship game and have come up with some a number of ways to express their disappointment, including a Super Bowl boycott.
January 2019
Posted inNational Sports
To teammates, Tom Brady stands above all as he chases sixth ring
As Patriots quarterback prepares to play in his ninth Super Bowl, he will have a chance to do something no other NFL player has done.
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Posted inGirls Basketball, sj-web, Varsity Maine
Girls’ basketball: Rangeley closes out Hebron for 13th win
Olivia Pye’s 10 second-quarter points help shift momentum for Lakers.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Ties to Maine: Missionary in trouble with Brazilian government
Steve Campbell and his family as seen on the Greene Baptist Church website. (greenebaptist.org) A Christian missionary linked to a church in Greene has been accused of entering the territory of an isolated tribe in western Brazil and possibly exposing the natives to foreign germs. A Brazilian government agency said Steve Campbell could face charges […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Byron resident questions fairness in plowing policy
BYRON — Selectmen were asked this week why they plow part of Garland Pond Road for one resident with a medical issue and not another on the same road. Sarah Nadeau, speaking on behalf of Darla Patneaude, said Patneaude is paying $100 per storm to have the road plowed from the Roxbury town line to her […]
Posted inBusiness, sj-web
The Buzz: More development forecast for Lewiston-Auburn
This week the Buzz is looking ahead to sunshine and economic development. The Boulos Company released its annual market outlook Friday and broker Tim Millett is forecasting good things for 2019. In his 2018 recap, Millett noted Geiger renovating 40,000 square feet of its corporate office, Boston Brands of Maine expanding into 19,650 square feet near […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
Two charged with dealing heroin, cocaine in Jay
JAY — Two people were arrested on drug-trafficking charges Thursday after agents found what they suspect was crack cocaine and heroin at a home on Belanger Road, according to a police affidavit. William Farnam, 32, of Jay and Denise Grant, 39, of New Sharon were each charged with two felony counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs, […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Auburn students raise funds in memory of teacher
Social studies teacher Shane Gilbert stamps Alexus Newton’s hand with an image of a cat. The seventh-grader had donated money to an Auburn Middle School fundraiser in honor of a science teacher who passed Jan. 19 after a two-year battle with cancer. Students were allowed to wear hats throughout the day in exchange for donating […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lisbon man who crashed stolen truck into Auburn Mall pleads to felony
LEWISTON — A Lisbon man who police said escaped from a residential facility and drove a stolen truck through entrance doors at the Auburn Mall in September 2018 admitted Friday to a related felony. Tyler Nickerson, 26, pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal mischief, a Class C felony punishable by up to five years in prison. […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Winterfest Auburn kicks off
Monika Nolt of Lewiston and her two children, Jaden, left, and Sawyer, join Theo Rinck, far right, of Turner while making paper snowmen at the Auburn Public Library on Friday. Children’s librarian Deb Cleveland read snowmen-themed books before children made their own snowmen as part of Winterfest Auburn 2019. For more activities related to the […]