Norway Savings Bank recently made a $2,500 donation to Celebration Barn Theater to support its 2018 season. From left are Melissa Rock, vice president and marketing and communications officer, Norway Savings Bank; Fritz Grobe, president of the board of directors, and Amanda Huotari, executive artistic director, Celebration Barn Theater; and Mike Grass, assistant vice president […]
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Bangor Savings supports Museum L-A
Christine Bosse of Bangor Savings Bank, center, presents a check to Museum L-A’s Kate Webber, director of education, left, and Rachel Desgrosseilliers, executive director, right. The bank focuses on initiatives that raise individual aspirations; L-A’s Maine Innovation Expo met this focus with nearly 700 people attending. Exhibitors included businesses, schools, artists, youth groups, entrepreneurs and […]
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Lewiston officials support CMP hydroelectric project, new converter station
LEWISTON — A multimillion-dollar project that would bring hydroelectric power from Quebec to Massachusetts through Maine received an official nod of support from the City Council last week, as Lewiston is set to become a centerpiece of the proposal. The Central Maine Power Co. project, known as New England Clean Energy Connect, received unanimous support […]
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Legion baseball: Unbeaten Bessey Motors foils Franklin County
Franklin County second baseman Alex Philbrick reaches for the ball as Bessey Motors’ Brayden Bean (14) slides into the bag during Monday’s American Legion baseball game in Paris. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) PARIS — Bessey Motors immediately signed off in the bottom of the fifth inning Monday night after first baseman Ashton Kennison’s RBI single sent […]
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Train between the rain at Farmington Fairgorunds
Rex Ellis shoes Swift Image, a 5-year-old standardbred, in one of the barns Monday afternoon during a light rain at the Farmington Fairgrounds. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Christine Holt drives her horse, Max, as her stable owner, Mike Cushing, drives Peach around the track Monday morning at the Farmington Fairgrounds. Holt and Cushing used a break […]
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Kate Hall to forgo senior year at Georgia, will focus on world championships
Georgia’s Kate Hall competes in the women’s long jump on the second day of the NCAA outdoor college track and field championships in Eugene, Ore., in June 2017. Hall won with a jump of 22 feet, 1 inch. (AP Photo/Timothy J. Gonzalez) Two-time NCAA long-jump champion Kate Hall will forgo her senior year at the […]
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Varsity Maine Awards to celebrate 'best in high school athletics' Tuesday
Edward Little’s Wol Maiwen, center, leads a cheer with both his team and members of the girls’ team after they both won gold balls in March. Both teams are finalists in the Varsity Maine Awards’ “Winter Team of the Year” category. The winner be unveiled Tuesday night at the Varsity Maine Awards show. (Russ Dillingham/Sun […]
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State may renew its case against Dr. Jan Kippax
AUGUSTA — It appears the state will try again to make a case against controversial oral surgeon Jan Kippax. One of his former patients, Donna Deigan, said Monday she has been told by state officials they plan to bring a case against the Lewiston dentist that relies on testimony from her and several others. “It’s […]
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Buckfield teacher honored
PORTLAND — The Gulf of Maine Research Institute recently honored Buckfield Junior-Senior High School teacher Gretchen Kimball with the fifth annual McCarthy Education Innovation Award. GMRI education staff presented the award during a ceremony at the Maine Science Teachers Association conference. Each year, GMRI presents the McCarthy award to the Maine teacher who best embodies […]
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Gift Card, LHS Info
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Fairbanks Union Church, located at 583 Fairbanks Road in Farmington will be hosting a yard sale on Saturday, June 30 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The deacons of the church will be using these proceeds for many community service projects including tissues for teachers; homeless teens; burned-out victims; Backpack Project, and […]