More than ever, Christmas cards include animals. And more than ever, Santas accustomed to soothing crying children must also know how to handle wriggling critters.
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, Politics
Analysis: Jared Golden makes both sides angry by trying to ‘split the baby’ on impeachment vote
The House Democrat faces a dilemma that awaits Susan Collins, his former boss, in the Senate.
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Posted inRiver Valley
Investigators say 73-year-old Rumford woman was likely victim of fatal fire
Jane Bubar was unaccounted for after the three-story apartment building was leveled Monday night.
Posted inMaine
Snow squalls could follow the latest storm in Maine
Partly sunny skies are in Wednesday’s forecast after a storm dropped several inches of snow around Androscoggin and Oxford counties. But snow squalls are possible later Wednesday — from 3 to 9 p.m. Snow squalls are intense periods of snowfall driven by strong wind gusts, according to the National Weather Service. Although, the duration is […]
Posted inMaine
Tuesday storm brings havoc to roads and high school sports schedule
40 MPH—That’s how fast most traffic is traveling on I-95 SB near Saco. There was a crash reported in the NB lanes around MM 41 that has since cleared. #WeatherAuthority #WxAuthority1 @WGME pic.twitter.com/VRDKye9L5b — DMSDrums (@DMSdrums88) December 17, 2019 UPDATED 1:39 P.M.: Tuesday’s storm has forced high schools across the state to postpone athletic events. […]
Posted inMaine
WEATHER UPDATE: Tuesday’s storm could bring several inches of snow
Below is our current forecast for snowfall tomorrow morning through tomorrow evening. Snow will develop from south to north beginning tomorrow morning before tapering off in the evening. The morning commute could be adversely impacted, particularly in southern New Hampshire. pic.twitter.com/2wbDyAjjA9 — NWS Gray (@NWSGray) December 16, 2019 Our next weather maker will spread a […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Perspective, Politics
Impeachment: What Maine can teach the rest of the nation
On the evening of April 1, 1940, State Controller William Runnells sustained two self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the chest. Runnells’ nearly successful suicide attempt would punctuate the beginning of the last legislative proceeding in Maine government that sought removal of a high ranking government official. Though it’s been nearly four score years since this dramatic […]
Posted inPerspective
Baby, it’s cold outside — but it’s heating up on social media
In the #MeToo era, who better than People magazine’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ 2019 to remind us that consent is sexy by rewriting outdated lyrics?
Posted inPerspective
Should children sit on Santa’s lap?
Questions of consent amid the #MeToo movement surround a longtime tradition.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Police look for hit-and-run driver who crashed into a pole in Greene
GREENE — The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office on Friday was searching for the driver of an SUV that slammed into a utility pole, bringing it down on Sawyer Road late Thursday night. Deputies say a silver vehicle hit the utility pole and snapped it at about 10:10 p.m. Thursday. Police said the driver fled the […]