During a break from skating, Lily Richards, 6, left, talks to her grandmother, Nona Greeley, who holds her grandson, Joshua, 2. All of the grandchildren got roller blades for Christmas and enjoyed a vacation skate Wednesday afternoon at the Rollodrome in Auburn to test out their new wheels. (Sun Journal photo by Andree Kehn)
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Patriots' Tom Brady says he "absolutely" believes he'll be back in 2019
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) passes under pressure from Buffalo Bills safety Jordan Poyer (21) during the second half Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Earlier this month, Gisele Bündchen once again talked about how she hasn’t been able to persuade husband Tom Brady to retire from the NFL, […]
USM LAC announces classes
LEWISTON — University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn Senior College has announced upcoming classes. Transforming Stress: The Heartmath Solution: Tuesday, Jan. 22, 6 to 8 p.m., Monica Dawe. Connect with the heart’s intelligence through scientific based techniques and technology. Learn how the heart’s rhythms and emotions can transform stress, anxiety, depression and anger into the physiology of […]
Sophia's House set for completion in fall of 2019
LEWISTON — The Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation has awarded a $50,000 capital grant to The Center for Wisdom’s Women to develop Sophia’s House. The center applied for the grant for developing the project. The center’s residential community of healing for women will be in the Tree Street neighborhood of Lewiston. Sophia’s House will contain six […]
Donald Trump won't budge on shutdown: 'You have to have a wall'
WASHINGTON (AP) — A shutdown affecting parts of the federal government appeared no closer to resolution Wednesday, with President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats locked in a hardening standoff over border wall money that threatens to carry over into January. Trump vowed to hold the line, telling reporters as he flew to Iraq that he’ll […]
Rumford K-9 team certified and ready to go
RUMFORD — Niko the K-9 is trained and hitting the streets. The affectionate black Labrador and his handler, officer Brad Gallant, completed training as a team Dec. 14 in a program run by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. “We’re a Maine certified K-9 team in narcotics detection,” Gallant said. After training for 320 hours in narcotics […]
Girl finds Santa gifts, despite Trump's 'marginal' comment
WASHINGTON (AP) — A 7-year-old girl who talked to President Donald Trump on Christmas Eve still left out milk and cookies for Santa despite the president telling her it was “marginal” for a child of her age to still believe. Then again, Collman Lloyd of Lexington, South Carolina, says she had never heard the word […]
Rumford man and Mexico woman die Christmas night in Canton crash
CANTON — Two people were killed in a single-vehicle crash Christmas night, according to the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. Shawn Hodge, 38, of Rumford, and Sarah Bosworth, 26, of Mexico died in the crash, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman said Wednesday. A third person in the vehicle was seriously injured and taken to a hospital. Neither […]
Schedule for the St. Dominic Academy Christmas Classic
AUBURN — St. Dominic Academy is pleased to announce that the boy’s hockey program will be hosting the 2018 St. Dominic Academy Christmas Classic invitational hockey tournament from Wednesday, December 26th thru December 28th at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn. St. Dominic Academy will host: Edward Little High School, Smithfield High School (Smithfield, […]
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GAHS announces raffle winners LEWISTON — The Greater Androscoggin Humane Society announced the winners of their “Cold Paws, Warm Heart” annual raffle. With over $9,300 in tickets sales the winners were: Eve Duplissis, Lewiston; Ashley Rand, Gray; Christel Desjardins; and Robert Lindahl, Auburn. Each winner also received a handmade quilt in addition to the heating […]