Balloons were grounded both morning and evening on the first day of the Great Falls Balloon Festival.
Marla Hoffman
Staff Writer
Marla has been a journalist for nearly 20 years at newspapers in Maine and Connecticut. She has been a writer, a designer, a photographer, a columnist, and for six years led the nighttime production and copy editing team at the Sun Journal. Marla is currently a Sun Journal Deputy Managing Editor, heading up the Maine Trust for Local News’ Western Maine newspapers. She lives in Auburn with her husband, kids, dog, two cats, a bearded dragon and a snake.
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Durham boys survive canoe capsizing, thanks to life jackets
DURHAM — The Durham fire and rescue officials say life jackets helped save the lives of two Durham boys whose canoe capsized on Runaround Pond Saturday morning. Durham firefighters were called to the pond shortly after 11 a.m. for the overturned canoe. They didn’t know how many people had been in the canoe at the […]
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Maine governor praises federal plan for prescription drugs
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills says Maine is ready to take advantage of a Trump administration proposal that would allow Americans to legally and safely import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada
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Strong celebrates Pierpole Day
The annual event is named in honor of a member of the Abenaki tribe who welcomed settlers to the area in the 1700s.
Posted inBusiness, News
Former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca dead at age 94
The auto executive and master pitchman who put the Mustang in Ford’s lineup in the 1960s died at age 94 in Bel Air, California.
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Fire destroys Bowdoinham home on Sunday
A family of four is displaced after the garage and then the house were burned.
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Official: Driver in NH motorcycle wreck should’ve lost license
The head of the Massachusetts motor vehicle division has resigned for failing to terminate the commercial driving license of man whose collision with a group of motorcyclists in New Hampshire left seven dead.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News
Driver in Durham crash still hospitalized; no charges filed
DURHAM — A woman seriously injured in a crash at the intersection of Rabbit Road and Route 136 Saturday night was listed in fair condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland Monday. Durham Fire and Rescue officials said in a news release that it appeared the driver of a Honda pilot collided in the intersection […]
Posted inBusiness
Culinary solution sought for green crab infestation
Manomet, an environmental research organization, is seeking tasty options to eat green crabs as a way of both controlling and profiting from the invasive species.