The National Weather Service warns that strong northwest winds could produce dangerous wind chills.
January 2019
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
New high school: Auburn seeks feedback on $22 million in local spending
AUBURN — Auburn residents will soon hear a proposal to spend $22 million raised through local taxes to help build a new Edward Little High School. Details will be shared with the public during an informational meeting from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the high school. Architects from Harriman, the Auburn firm designing the […]
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Posted inGirls Basketball, sj-web, Varsity Maine
Girls basketball: Edward Little holds off Gorham in overtime
Red Eddies hold off Rams in rematch of last season’s state championship game.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
‘Lift Every Voice’ resonates at Bates College on Martin Luther King Day
Charles Nero, a Bates College professor who specializes in rhetoric, film and screen studies, speaks Monday morning during the Lewiston college’s celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (Sun Journal photo by Russ Dillingham) LEWISTON — On Sunday mornings in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Michael Sargent went with his grandparents to the Damascus Missionary Baptist Church. His grandfather, Booker […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Officials attend emergency drinking water exercise
Police officers, firefighters and municipal employees from Norway and Paris attend an emergency drinking water tabletop exercise at the Paris Fire Station on Thursday. Tom Bahun, deputy director of the Maine Rural Water Association, said the exercise was to ensure that public water and wastewater utilities, fire and police departments, county and state emergency management agencies and […]
Posted inCheering, Varsity Maine
Lewiston wins 10th KVAC cheering crown in 11 years
Leavitt finishes second in Class B.
Posted inGirls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Girls’ basketball: Spruce Mountain shuts down Lisbon
Spruce Mountain’s defense buckles down early and cruises to a 45-11 win over Lisbon.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Fat bike fun at Lake Auburn
Gustav Ohrstrom and Hugh Kenny head out Monday on their fat bikes for a day of riding on snowmobile trails at Lake Auburn. The two are students at Bates College in Lewiston and members of the college’s cycling club. They say they enjoy riding bikes throughout the year, but prefer to be outside in the […]
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Developers behind Lewiston Portland Pie location seek another extension
LEWISTON — The developers behind a planned renovation of the former Lincoln Street fire station — set to become a new Portland Pie Co. restaurant — are seeking another extension of an agreement to purchase the property because of delays caused by the federal government shutdown. If approved by the City Council on Tuesday, it […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
Livermore Falls adopts ethics, conduct codes
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted Jan. 15 to accept a Code of Ethics for town officials and employees, and a Code of Conduct for appointed and elected officials. Board Chairwoman Heather Bronish asked Town Manager Stephen Gould to determine if the codes could go before voters in a warrant article. Among the points outlined in […]