Wyeth and her husband spent much of their time on the Maine coast and donated substantially to arts and other causes in the state and elsewhere.
January 2019
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Learning to ski at Lost Valley in Auburn
Snowboard instructor Heather Stukas of Lost Valley Ski Area in Auburn adjusts the bindings of Alex Theberge’s snowboard Wednesday afternoon before their lesson. Dozens of school-age children took part in the Merrick Chadbourne Learn to Ski & Ride program sponsored by the Auburn Ski Association’s Merrick Chadbourne Memorial Fund. Every half-day Wednesday during the ski […]
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Mutual fund pioneer John C. Bogle, founder of Vanguard Group, dies at 89
His company provided low-cost investing with the first index fund for individuals, rather than institutional clients.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Hebron Academy graduate killed in Kenya terrorist attack
An American who was among at least 21 people killed in Tuesday’s terrorist attack in Kenya was a 1996 graduate of Hebron Academy, the private boarding school in Oxford County. Jason Spindler, co-founder of a San Francisco firm I-DEV International, grew up in Houston but came to Maine for high school. Spindler, 40, lived a […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Bates announces MLK Day events
LEWISTON — The Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance at Bates College this year will include three days of presentations, lectures, discussion sessions, readings and performances, ending with a read-in at Martel School on Wednesday afternoon. The theme for this year’s event is “Lifting Every Voice: Intersectionality and Activism.” On Sunday, the program kicks off […]
Posted inLocal Sports, sj-web
Junior hockey: Nordiques avoid upset, defeat Wild in overtime
BIDDEFORD — The L/A Nordiques received a scare Wednesday afternoon, needing overtime to defeat the Maine Wild 5-4. Former Lewiston High School standout Joe Bisson scored the game-winner 3:05 into the extra frame. It’s only the third time the Nordiques (34-3, 68 points) played beyond regulation. They defeated the New England Stars 3-2 in overtime […]
Posted inRiver Valley
New circulation desk at Rumford library a model of efficiency
RUMFORD — The new circulation desk at the Rumford Public Library is a “godsend” for the staff, Circulation Supervisor Christy Bates said Tuesday. “It helps us serve the public faster and more efficiently, absolutely more efficiently,” she said. “It was just a godsend,” she said. With thousands of materials from all over the state of […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Auto racing: Oxford dragway to open in 2019 under new leadership
Sun Journal file photo from the 2014 Show Shine & Drag event at the Oxford Dragway. (SUN JOURNAL FILE PHOTO BY RUSS DILLINGHAM) Late in 2018, Oxford Plains Dragway announced that it wouldn’t be reopening in 2019, but then the New Year came and plans changed. So did the track’s leadership. Les Williams, who owns […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
Budget talks to begin in Jay
JAY — Selectpersons have scheduled a workshop for next week to discuss a draft of the $5.36 million municipal budget for 2019-20. The workshop is set for 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Town Office. Once selectpersons finalize the proposed budget, residents are scheduled to vote on it April 23 at the annual town meeting at the Community […]
Posted inPolitics
Debate brews over splitting Maine’s agriculture, conservation department
Some interest groups who represent farmers and conservationists want to break up the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, but Gov. Janet Mills has reservations.