FARMINGTON — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has levied fines against Life Enrichment Advancing People in Farmington and Techno Metal Post in Manchester in connection with a propane explosion that leveled the LEAP building in September, killing Farmington Fire Capt. Michael Bell and injuring seven others. The fines were each issued after OSHA completed […]
Judith Meyer
Judith Meyer is executive editor of the Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, the Morning Sentinel and the Western Maine weekly newspapers of the Sun Media Group. She serves as vice president of the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition and is a member of the Right to Know Advisory Committee to the Legislature. A journalist since 1990 and former editorial page editor for the Sun Journal, she was named Maine’s Journalist of the Year in 2003. She serves on the New England Newspaper & Press Association Board of Directors and was the 2018 recipient of the Judith Vance Weld Brown Spirit of Journalism Award by the New England Society of Newspaper Editors. A fellow of the National Press Foundation and the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, she attended George Washington University, lives in Auburn with her husband, Phil, and is an active member of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine.
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UMaine System working on plan to reimburse students for room and board, following spring break
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine System has issued a statement in response to a rumor circulating on social media that is wrongly reporting that UMaine students will not be reimbursed for room and board, even though the system has asked them not to return to campuses following spring break. Dan Demeritt, executive director of […]
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Births
St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center Kami Lou Milligan, a girl to Melanie McDiffett and Justin Milligan of Rumford, Jan. 8. Sibling, Spencer Milligan; grandparents, Billi McDiffett, Rumford, Patricia Milligan, Andover, Dave Milligan, Rumford, Brian Hale, Colorado Springs, Colo.; great-grandparents, Earl and Verna Massie, Jamestown, Kan., Dale and Joy Rice, Winthrop. Emma Ann Huston, a girl […]
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Births
St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center Kali Helene Ouellette, a girl to Danielle Cameron and Travis Ouellette of Pittston, Dec. 13. Siblings, Liam Roy, Julian Roy; grandparents, Kim and Ron Ouellette, Auburn, Deborah Dawson, Pittston; great-grandparents, Helen Dawson, Troy, Helene and Richard Ouellette, Auburn. Zoey Storkson, a girl to Zachary and Cecilea Storkson of Auburn, Dec. […]
Posted inBethel, Franklin, Oxford Hills, Politics, River Valley
Franklin and Oxford counties polling places
Albany Township: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Town House Andover: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Town Hall Avon: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Community Room Bethel: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Bethel Legion Hall Bridgton: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Town Hall Buckfield: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Town Office Canton: 8 a.m. to 8 […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
Androscoggin County polling places
Auburn: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Ward 1 — Washburn School, 35 Lake Auburn Ave. Ward 2 — Auburn Middle School, 38 Falcon Drive Ward 3 — Fairview School, 397 Minot Ave. Ward 4 — Auburn Hall, 60 Court St. Ward 5 — Sherwood Heights School, 32 Sherwood Drive Durham: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. […]
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An introspective view from New Hampshire
A few weeks ago Karlyn Borysenko from New Hampshire, a knitter by avocation and a liberal democrat by choice, began to feel very uneasy with her online peers as their political vitriol was pointedly and continually directed at anyone who made even the most seemingly innocuous statement in support — or even neutrality toward — […]
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Digital-only Mondays begin next week
At the beginning of the year, we announced we will stop printing and distributing the Monday edition of the Sun Journal beginning March 2. That day is almost here. Instead of delivering the Monday Sun Journal to your newspaper box or doorstep, we will deliver it to your inbox. If you are not familiar with […]
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This week’s agenda
Monday Jay: Select Board, 6 p.m., Town Office Paris: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Bethel: Ordinance Review Committee, 5:30 p.m., Town Office Casco: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Farmington: RSU 9 board of directors, 6:30 p.m., The Forum, Mt. Blue Campus […]
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Purple politics primer
There are Boston Red Sox fans and New York Yankee fans. In New England, except for southern Connecticut, we lean toward the Sox. However, pretty much everyone, regardless of affiliation, loves baseball. In my salad days, I was very involved in coaching basketball at the elite high school and college levels. The competition was fiercely […]