After six seasons of losing, Cougars a contender
2019
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
'Elmer' the plow does its job
Kathleen Currier of Lewiston uses her hand plow, “Elmer,” to clear her driveway of heavy, wet snow Wednesday. Currier says the plow works so well she decided to give it a name. (Sun Journal photo by Daryn Slover)
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Not happy with Mother Nature
“Mother Nature has not been very nice to us this year,” Liz Murphy said Wednesday as she cleared snow from her car in Lewiston. Murphy said she was getting her car ready in case of an emergency. “I’m not going anywhere in this mess,” she said. “I’m retired so I don’t have to.” (Sun Journal […]
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Maine media companies come together to form advertising network
Masthead Maine coordinates ad placement in dozens of print and digital publications owned by Camden entrepreneur Reade Brower.
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Belgrade postal workers praised for pulling driver from burning tanker truck
The rig erupted in a wall of flames less than a minute after the rescue occurred.
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Auburn marijuana ordinance would allow — and limit — adult-use stores
AUBURN — A draft marijuana ordinance would allow recreational marijuana stores and other related businesses in the city, but would set caps on how many could be operating at a time. The ordinance sets a proposed cap on businesses at 10 — five for recreational or adult-use shops, and five for medical marijuana retail stores. […]
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Power outages, slick roads and mailboxes down in Sabattus
Nearly 3,000 households were in the dark across the region Wednesday night as heavy wet snow continued to fall into the late afternoon. The bulk of the outages were in Oxford County where 2,500 Central Maine Power customers had lost power by early Wednesday night. That number had been up to 5,500 earlier in the […]
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Criminal charges lodged against Rumford hotelier James Adinolfi
RUMFORD — Police have charged a Connecticut native who has been renting rooms at the Hotel Harris with three counts of theft by deception and three counts of deceptive business practices. Acting Police Chief Daniel Garbarini said in a news statement that James F. Adinolfi, 29, of Rumford was charged Monday. The misdemeanor criminal counts […]
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Daigler named president of Maine Community College System
NEW HIRES Northeast Bank hired Cheryl Brandt as vice president, retail market manager. Brandt will manage the bank’s retail network, including its banking center in Portland, and oversee nine locations across Maine. Brandt joined the bank from Pemberton & Associates, where she was senior vice president and executive recruiting consultant. Tess Wiggins Gionet joined Appletree […]
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Verso employees, contractors leave Jay mill after gas leak
JAY — Four contractors at the Verso Androscoggin Mill were taken to a hospital and employees working on paper machines left the mill Wednesday morning after a valve was left open allowing chlorine dioxide gas to be released. Company spokeswoman Kathi Rowzie said the gas was detected by sensors and the four contractors were taken to the […]