The Sun Journal’s Web site earned 7.5 million story views across 146,765 virtual pages in the past year. Below are the top hits of the year:

Mysterious doughy blob clogs sewer

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A collapsed sewer pipe interrupted Main Street traffic flow for more than a week in January in Lewiston.

Flag project hits nerve

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A senior art project challenged pedestrians to walk around American flags set on the floor at the University of Maine at Farmington in April.

College student describes river rescue

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A Keene State College student who got caught in a river current after going over a dam in an inflatable pool has been released from a New Hampshire hospital in April.

Artist adds texture by drawing with thread

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Brunswick artist Catherine Worthington showcasing her textile art in Bridgton in June and July.

At age 70, George Carlin still calls it like he sees it

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Comedian George Carlin gives an interview about his HBO special, “It’s Bad for Ya,” in May. Carlin died in June.

She’d rather go to jail

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In August, JoAn Karkos of Lewiston was prepared to go to jail rather than return a library book about sexuality that she calls “dangerous” to children. The city eventually dropped the charges and a local minister paid Karkos’ fine.

In defense of meat: carnivore writes a humorous call to arms

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In his first book, “The Shameless Carnivore: A Manifesto for Meat Lovers,” Scott Gold of New Orleans explores the culinary delights of not only nutria, but also alligator, rattlesnake, wild boar, squab, guinea pig, his mother’s turtle soup and all things meaty.

Weird Wicked Weird: Shivs, shanks, voodoo dolls

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An adorable, button-eyed rat carved from a block of wood, with floppy leather ears and a twine tail, rendered slightly less adorable by the X-Acto knife blades stuck in its back and a death threat scratched into its side. These are the kinds of things confiscated at Maine’s prisons.

Seniors get eviction notices after protesting

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Two elderly women who tied themselves to a crab apple tree to protest its removal say they’re being evicted from their senior housing complex in Shrewsbury, Mass., in September.

Cops find tot wandering in diaper, mother located

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A toddler seen walking alone near Rite-Aid on Union Street in October was located by police a few minutes later and returned to his mother.