The forecast is sunshine and kind winds through Saturday, with a chance of afternoon showers Sunday, giving pilots plenty of opportunities to get their balloons in the air.
Joe Charpentier
Staff Writer
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.
Posted inMaine, News, The Bethel Citizen
Rescue crews save man after fall at Screw Auger Falls in Grafton Township
Brexton Getchell, 21, of Unity, sustained serious injuries in the fall, the Maine Warden Service says.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Arrests made in Lewiston drug trafficking, gunfire investigations
A Lewiston man and a 17-year-old were arrested Tuesday in a state and local drug trafficking investigation, with the juvenile also facing charges in connection with an ongoing gunfire case.
Posted inMaine
Beech leaf disease has hit all 16 Maine counties. What does it mean?
As beech leaf disease spreads, foresters and researchers race to understand its impact, retain healthy trees and prepare for potential long-term changes to the state’s woodlands.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, River Valley
Oxford County hydropower project would be a first for Maine
A Cianbro-backed company wants to build a pumped storage hydropower facility in Canton and Dixfield.
Posted inMaine, News, The Franklin Journal
Maine lakes, ponds at risk as invasive bladderwort plant moves in
Swollen bladderwort, an invasive aquatic plant, has been confirmed in eight southern and western Maine water bodies. Officials are worried it will continue to spread.
Posted inMaine Crime, News
Mexico man found guilty in stepson’s 2022 shooting death
A Mexico man was convicted Thursday of murdering his 27-year-old stepson with a shotgun during an early morning argument in 2022.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine’s rising humidity signals shifting climate: ‘We’re living in a wetter world’
The state’s biggest cities have seen a gradual rise in temperature and dew points since the late 1940s, making the summer heat more oppressive.
Posted inMaine Crime, News, Oxford Hills
Murder trial underway for Mexico man accused in 2022 death of stepson
Thomas Tellier is on trial in Oxford County Superior Court for the August 2022 shooting death of his stepson, Nicholas Trynor. The trial is expected to continue into the week.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, River Valley
State board denies appeal over Rumford Falls Hydro certification
‘The fish and the entire ecosystem of the Androscoggin lost, and so did a bunch of potential recreational users,’ Trout Unlimited’s Steve Heinz said of the decision.