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Liberty Festival returns to Lewiston and Auburn

Lewiston and Auburn will celebrate with fireworks, music, entertainment and food.

Franklin

Officials: New Vineyard woman died last year from blunt force injuries not related to submerged car

Collette Daggett's husband died by suicide last month, the day police tried to serve him with a warrant for murder.
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River Valley

Three women appeal decision to keep controversial book on Dirigo High School’s library shelves

A request to remove 'Gender Queer: A Memoir' was made this spring.

The Buzz

The Buzz

Medical marijuana dispensary Urban Farms opens in Lewiston
- Maine’s marijuana industry booming no thanks to banks

Business

Tambrands to expand again to meet demand
- Tambrands running full speed in face of tampon shortage

Business

TD Bank workers go hybrid
- TD Bank scales back office space in Lewiston

MaineCare to cover preventative dental care for adults

Lewiston-Auburn

Fire rousts family Wednesday afternoon in Lewiston

Lewiston-Auburn

Pallet catches fire at Lewiston store

Franklin

Canton man accused of sexually assaulting, abusing 2 adult women

Lewiston-Auburn

Lewiston man given high bail in drug case

Lewiston-Auburn

Photo Album & Video: Kennedy Park pool opens in Lewiston

Local Sports

Hockey: Eric Michaud joins Derek Damon on Iowa Heartlanders coaching staff

Androscoggin County Posted: 6:28 PM

Steve French retires from Mechanic Falls Water Department
Sports Posted: 6:15 PM

Auto racing notebook: Johnny Clark staying consistent, successful
Androscoggin County Posted: 6:05 PM

Photo Album: Panther Track Club hosts youth meet
The Franklin Journal Posted: 6:00 PM

The band meets again
Maine Posted: 6:00 PM

UMaine System expects big drop in enrollment this fall, continuing downward trend
The Franklin Journal Posted: 6:00 PM

Wilton hires new town manager
The Franklin Journal Posted: 6:00 PM

Funds approved for Farmington skateboard park, police cruiser
The Franklin Journal Posted: 6:00 PM

Farmington Rotary plans musical garden at Walton’s Mill Park
The Franklin Journal Posted: 6:00 PM

Farmington celebrates the LGBTQ+ community at town’s first Pride Festival
Crime Posted: 5:35 PM

Woman killed in Washington County was stabbed 484 times, police say
News Posted: 5:35 PM

Sewage blockage prompts cleanup at Windham prison
Local Sports Posted: 5:21 PM

Lewiston’s Julie McCabe hustles her way onto LA Maples’ roster

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Androscoggin County

Steve French retires from Mechanic Falls Water Department
Androscoggin County

Photo Album: Panther Track Club hosts youth meet
Maine

UMaine System expects big drop in enrollment this fall, continuing downward trend
Crime

Woman killed in Washington County was stabbed 484 times, police say
News

Sewage blockage prompts cleanup at Windham prison
Crime

Police confiscate 126 pounds of processed marijuana at Fairfield store operating illegally
Maine

Supreme Court ruling limits EPA’s power to combat climate change – but not Maine’s

Opinion

Opinion

Editorial cartoon for Thursday, June 30

Letters

Hamza Abdi: We still need Cloutier at the State House
- Bruce Rioux: ‘Protect Lake Auburn’ vs. ‘Love Lake Auburn’
- Thomas F. Shields: Please, respect our National Anthem this July 4

175th Anniversary

175th anniversary

Chapter 6: Rounding up a suspected killer

175th anniversary

When trolleys came to town . . . they were pulled by horses

175th anniversary

Western Maine town the last to use hand-crank phones in the U.S.

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Schools & Education

Thirty-five years ago, her class buried a time capsule. Now, a former Lewiston teacher reflects on the best years of her teaching career

Business

Maine’s marijuana industry booming no thanks to banks

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Getting the hang of it: Circus-trained Lewiston aerialist makes career of taking to the air
- Photo Album: Hanging out with an aerialist

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Sports

College

Kat McKay excited and grateful to be Bates’ new softball coach

Local Sports

Auburn’s Reese Farrell ready for next chapter, playing college hockey at Army

Sports

ESPN’s Fran Fraschilla says Cooper Flagg is ‘possibly on the verge of stardom’

News

Photo: Full house for card bingo in Oxford

Lewiston-Auburn

Photo Album & Video: Kennedy Park pool opens in Lewiston

Oxford Hills

Photo: New kiosk for Round Pond in Greenwood

Pallet catches fire at Lewiston store

Small blaze was caused by the improper disposal of smoking materials.

Livermore Falls approves applications for marijuana cultivation facility, guns and ammunition store

A site review application for a medical marijuana retail store was tabled until a traffic and parking study is done.

Rumford lighting up Fourth of July with fireworks

Music, food, games and parades scheduled for late afternoon and evening.

Independence Day celebrations around Oxford Hills

People looking to attend Fourth of July festivities can take to the road, the water or the racetrack.

Froma Harrop: St. Teresa has some bad news for Republicans

It used to be that Republican politicians with no fixed views on abortion could pray loudly for an end to Roe v. Wade. They knew that their stances would please abortion foes while not alarming the pro-choice majority.

Fairfield and Unity residents express concerns over scope of ‘forever chemicals’ contamination at town halls with Erin Brockovich

At two weekend town halls to discuss 'forever chemical' contamination with consumer advocate Erin Brockovich, Fairfield and Unity residents expressed concerns about the scope of the contamination — if they should be worried about their kids, their food and their health.

Key inflation gauge tracked by the Fed remains a high 6.3%

Thursday's report from the Commerce Department provided the latest evidence that painfully high inflation is pressuring American households.

Wilton police continue to investigate 3 burglaries

Police are following leads on break-ins at Creative Wood Products and a vacant house. Nothing has developed on a burglary at St. Luke's Episcopal Church.