Joe Charpentier came to the Sun Journal in 2022 to cover crime and chaos. His previous experience was in a variety of rural Midcoast beats which included government, education, sports, economics and analysis, crime, and environment. He loves surprising his editors with spontaneous enterprising stories and prides himself on mastering the ability to slip the odd Oxford comma by the copy editors. When not on the beat, Joe enjoys spending time with family, writing fiction and woodworking.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2024
Greene vehicle fire burned 4 acres Tuesday, officials say
About 4 acres burned on Route 202 after a vehicle fire spread to woods and low brush on Central Maine Power property.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2024
Fire at former Elan School in Poland still under investigation
The Office of State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of a blaze at 70 Number Five Road.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2024
Vehicle fire in Greene spreads to woods, CMP property Tuesday afternoon
Fire crews shut down traffic on Route 202 and Daggett Hill Road, according to early reports.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2024
Tractor-trailer snaps pole Tuesday morning on South Avenue in Lewiston
A tractor-trailer from Quebec hit a utility pole on South Avenue just off Lisbon Street Tuesday morning.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2024
Sweetser to open Lewiston Hope & Healing Center next to Just-In-Time Recreation
After providing nearly 2,000 Androscoggin County residents with mental health and substance use services in 2023, Sweetser expects to serve at least 700 more at its new center at 20 Mollison Way.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2024
Defunct Elan School building in Poland flattened by flames
A building at the notorious Elan School burned to the ground Sunday morning.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2024
Lewiston’s new Lincoln Street warming center reports positive reviews on its first weekend
The new emergency warming center at 551 Lincoln St. had a successful first night, according to staff.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2024
Will growing your own mushrooms make you a fungi?
If Cole Hillis is any example, yes, by crimini.
We sit in on his Lewiston adult ed class. -
PublishedNovember 12, 2024
Lewiston police locate stolen Portland vehicle, arrest juvenile
Police charged a 17-year-old boy Monday night with theft of a vehicle.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2024
Late WWII veteran’s flag to remain on display at Lewiston’s North Temple Street fire station
William J. Burns, a longtime Warren Avenue resident who passed away in 2003, will live on in memory in the form of his military funeral flag at Lewiston’s North Temple Street fire station.
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