Sometimes the play goes exactly how it’s supposed to; other times things go terrifically right or horribly wrong.
2019
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lisbon man argues for new trial
PORTLAND — A Lisbon man convicted of attempted murder of Auburn police argued through his lawyer Monday before the state’s highest court that he should be granted a new trial because his trial attorney had blocked him from testifying in his defense. Bartolo Ford, 57, was convicted by a jury in 2010 of aggravated attempted […]
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Posted inFranklin
Jay board splits on money for school resource officer
JAY — Selectpersons voted 3-2 Monday to put $50,000 in a separate line in the proposed 2019-20 budget for a resource officer at Regional School Unit 73. Budget Committee members voted 6-4 to do the same. Talks regarding the library budget and donations will continue at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the library at Spruce Mountain […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn real estate market ‘hot,’ according to statewide ranking
AUBURN — Newly released rankings show a real estate market in Auburn that is sizzling. Maine Life Real Estate Co. of Scarborough compiles a yearly list of communities with the biggest increases in home and condominium sales, pulling data from a listing service operated by Maine Real Estate Information Services Inc. The latest listing shows Auburn […]
Posted inBusiness, News
Navy awards $126 million contract to BIW for work on destroyers
The value of the contract for planning yard services for Arleigh Burke-class ships could reach more than $719 million over 5 years.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Hauling in a 13-pound lunker in Turner
Philip Moon of Turner reacts Monday afternoon as he feels the heft of a 13-pound northern pike he caught off the Turner Boat Launch on the Androscoggin River in Turner. Fellow fisherman Robert Shufelt of Jay ran over to help haul in the lunker. Visit sunjournal.com to watch a video of the catch. (Sun Journal […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Sabattus chief credits good Samaritan in snowmobiler rescue
SABATTUS — Fire Chief Mark Veilleux on Monday credited a good Samaritan with helping him rescue an injured snowmobiler on Sabattus Lake on Sunday. Veilleux and others from the department responded to a trail near Martin’s Point about 3 p.m. for a report of a snowmobile crash, but Veilleux had no way to get to the […]
Posted inBusiness, Franklin, Maine, News
CMP plans to negotiate benefits with stakeholders
The company will meet Tuesday with stakeholders about securing more benefits for the state of Maine in exchange for a 145-mile transmission line from Quebec to Massachusetts.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
More than 200 skiers attend Parisien memorial race in Auburn
AUBURN — The Lost Valley Racing Club held the 27th annual JP Parisien Memorial Race at Lost Valley on Sunday. More than 200 racers as young as 6 years old competed on the slalom course. The race is held in memory of Jean Paul Parisien, the brother of Olympian and former U.S. Ski Team member […]
Posted inFranklin
SAD 58 board to discuss declining enrollment and its effects
SALEM TOWNSHIP — Directors of School Administrative District 58 will hold a public workshop Thursday evening to discuss declining enrollment and its effects. The two-hour workshop begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Mt. Abram High School library. “I hope all take advantage of this event as a means to give input into the future decisions […]