Giuseppe Bonanno, 12, pops a wheelie Sunday morning as he rides his motorcycle across Sabattus Pond in Wales. (Sun Journal photo by Russ Dillingham) An ice racer pops a wheelie Sunday morning as he rides across Sabattus Pond in Wales. (Sun Journal photo by Russ Dillingham) Jon Dillingham of Poland slides Sunday morning on Sabattus Pond […]
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Lip service in Auburn
Future bride Molly Perkins of Raymond applies lip gloss as Lip Sense representative Kathy County watches at her booth Sunday afternoon during the New England Events Auburn Bridal Show at the Hilton Garden Inn in Auburn. (Sun Journal photo by Russ Dillingham)
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Former Paris man sentenced to five years in prison on arson charge
PARIS — A Paris man arrested in 2017 after setting fire to a building owned by the Dead River Co. was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court to five years in prison and three years of supervised release. Daniel Thompson, 21, also known as Daniel Walker, was charged with arson and damaging property used in […]
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Area students make UMaine dean's list
The following area students at the University of Maine in Orono have been named to the dean’s list. Androscoggin County Auburn: Alexis Bellefleur, Faith Daye, Sarah Hammond, Emily Hayes, Kaylee Jipson, Alex Landry, Rebecca Levasseur, Dylan Miller, Emma Paradie, Lydia Peterson, Hannah Thistle, Hadley Wallace; Durham: Julia Schneider, Garrison Thompson, Brooklyn Washburn, Maddie Wilkes; Greene: […]
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Contractor's Hockey League standings and results
Standingss as of Monday, February 4: 1. Advance Wiring 11-7-2, 24 points 1. Lewiston Paint 11-7-2, 24 points 3. Saint’s Paint Plus 8-8-4, 20 points 4. Pratte Drywall 7-9-4, 18 points 4. I.D.S 6-8-6, 18 points 6. Theberge Construction 7-11-2, 16 points. Sunday, February 3 results: Theberge Construction 4, Saint’s Paint Plus 4; Lewiston Paint 7, […]
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President delivers forceful message
Eloquence is not a characteristic associated with President Donald Trump, but in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, the president not only rose to the occasion, he also delivered a message that was beautifully crafted by his speechwriters, a speech devoid of much of the divisive and combative language that has characterized his […]
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Sensitive, private conversation with sister might help situation
Special to The Washington Post Q: My sister is a total braggart about her kid. It drives me up the wall. We have daughters of similar ages and she constantly brags about everything her daughter achieves socially, academically, athletically. I accept that her daughter is probably a better student than mine and is very talented […]
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Trump's State of the Union attack on migrants ignores their most characteristic trait
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Trump once again presented his case for a wall on the United States’ southern border. There is plenty to debate about what such a wall would accomplish, but the president has no doubt: It would keep out bad stuff, such as drugs and guns, and bad […]
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In verse: Maine places and people
Produced by Dennis Camire This week’s poem is by Robert Petrillo of Westbrook. Zephyrus Unbound By Robert Petrillo A windstorm swept the region’s broken trees – the county’s roads and neighborhoods are strewn today with lifeless limbs and rough debris, the crumpled dead that from their homes were hewn. On carnage-matted ground the yellow […]
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Victory for U.S. is any day without attacks on U.S. soil
“Great nations do not fight endless wars,” President Trump declared in his State of the Union address. It was a line that could have been delivered by President Barack Obama, who in 2015 memorably said, “I do not support the idea of endless war.” Just a few days before Trump’s address, his own party delivered […]