A consumer investigation into valid car inspections, an analysis of school security, a story revealing how one Auburn women was scammed out of her living savings, and an investigation that led to the demise of Maine Education Services. These stories and more prompted results with impact.
175th anniversary
News and information about the 17th anniversary of the Sun Journal.
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Almost a murder
A Lewiston Weekly Journal story from June 9, 1885 reported that Mrs. Spaulding was scuffling with her husband. She had her hands before her face. After the officers entered the door, he fired at her.
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Challenging the ‘old fogeys’ by starting a newspaper
The Lewiston Falls Journal, the community’s first newspaper, rolled off the press 175 years ago today.
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Starting Sunday: The story of Maine’s most spectacular murder case
The story of that man and that murder, arguably the biggest ongoing news story that ever occurred in Lewiston, will be told in full this year as part of the newspaper’s 175th anniversary.
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How Lewiston Learned The Terrible Titanic Story: First and Only Complete Account of Wreck Given in Lewiston Journal Extras
This story, which appeared in the Lewiston Saturday Journal on April 20, 1912, is reprinted in full.
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Another disappearance
A Lewiston Evening Journal story from Nov. 11, 1896.
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Francis Lane: First letter from the first editor
The want of a newspaper in this vicinity has long been felt and lamented, and it is the intention so to conduct the Journal that it may be acceptable to all parties, and a profitable visitant at every fireside.
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A typical report in the Lewiston Weekly Journal in 1886
Let’s just grab a handful of the news items reported on that day to get a sense of what the paper’s local coverage was like in those simpler times.
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The Journal broke the news that the Ali-Liston fight was to take place in Lewiston
“Clay-Liston Championship Match Set for Lewiston’s CMYC May 25,” from the May 7, 1965, edition of the Lewiston Evening Journal.
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Great Falls Forum: 175 years of recorded history through journalism
The first edition of the Lewiston Falls Journal was published 175 years ago. A Great Falls Forum on Thursday touched on a few highlights of history recorded by the press since then.