Sun Journal Reporter Steve Collins and Androscoggin Historical Society Director and Treasurer David Chittim take a look at notable events in Androscoggin County and the journalism that brought those events to light.
175th anniversary
News and information about the 17th anniversary of the Sun Journal.
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Mark LaFlamme: Working the news beat in 1847
Street Talk: The Lewiston newspaper’s very first crime reporter probably spent more time in the taverns down on Lisbon Street than he’d like his editors to know about. But can you blame him?
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A former Auburn man’s high-flying ‘airship’ caught the world’s attention in 1897
The true story of the once-acclaimed but now forgotten “Professor Barnard” and his fabulous flying machine
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Celebrating 175 years of journalism, and our readers
President Theodore Roosevelt once famously said, ‘There are two newspapers that I always like to get a hold of. One is the Philadelphia North American and the other is the Lewiston Evening Journal.’
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‘I look forward to it every day:’ longtime Sun Journal readers reflect on newspaper
As the Sun Journal prepares to celebrate its 175th anniversary Saturday, we asked longtime readers to share what the newspaper has meant to them and why they continue getting the paper each morning.
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Allegations spur district attorney to halt private prisoner transports
District Attorney Andrew Robinson referred to a six-page letter written by an Androscoggin County Jail inmate who detailed the account of her five-day trip from Florida to Maine last November caged in the back of a private prisoner transport van during which she was denied bathroom breaks and subjected to other inhumane treatment.
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Ali-Liston 50th: Paul Marcotte, Journal reporter who broke story
Paul Marcotte spent only seven years in the newspaper business, and that time elapsed long before the dawn of what we know as the 24-hour news cycle. It was still an era when you could break a story at any hour of the day or night, which Marcotte demonstrated by dishing out the scoop on […]
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Published Nov. 5, 2006: How long did it take your school to respond?
The times are unsettling. Should it take 22 minutes for a stranger to be stopped in an elementary school? And should strangers be allowed to wander unconfronted in high schools? That’s what happened when a team of reporters tested security at 37 schools on a breezy October morning. The results are startling
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Published Aug. 24, 2003: One car. Twenty inspections. Many results.
A Sun Journal investigation raises questions about the state’s motor vehicle inspection law.
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Published March 5, 2000: Students, banks caught in Pierce’s march to monopoly
Richard Pierce wants you to believe three things. He wants you to believe he built a $470 million student loan operation, using tax-free public bonds for the sole purpose of helping Maine students go to college. He wants you to believe he built his operation with full legislative authority. And he wants you to believe […]