PORTLAND – Several women who have been touched by abortion will tell their story as part of the nationwide campaign, “Silent No More,” at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, in the State of Maine Room in City Hall. State leaders for the campaign are Leslie Sneddon of Richmond and Sue Rowland of Gorham. Pro life […]

LEWISTON – The following births have been recorded at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center:Sydney Adriana Bourgoin, a girl to Stefanie L. Whittier and Steven P. Bourgoin of Sabattus, Aug. 27. Grandparents, Ronald and Doris Whittier, Paul and Linda Bourgoin, all of Sabattus; great-grandparents, Leonard and Dorothy Lepage, Grace and Bob Blais, all of Lewiston, Roland […]

AUBURN – The Mollyockett Chorus, a chapter of Sweet Adelines International, is sponsoring another Four Week Vocal Improvement Program under the direction of Pat Fleck.The course begins Tuesday, Sept. 9, and continues for the next three Tuesdays through Sept. 30. Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m. on the night of the first lesson, Sept. 9.Any […]

AUBURN – A brief on page B4 of Tuesday’s City edition should have noted that in the case of rain, the dog exhibition scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at Festival Plaza, will be held at the Great Falls School. The information was incorrectly submitted to the Sun Journal.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Twenty-one Maine 4-H teens spent the week of July 13 in Washington, D.C., learning how the national government works in the leadership program called Citizenship Washington Focus. The program was held at the National 4-H Center in Chevy Chase, Md. Maine members were joined by more than 350 youth from Wisconsin, California, […]

AUBURN – The Corporate and Community Services Department at Central Maine Community College will offer classes in QuickBooks beginning in September.Introduction to QuickBooks (CPT 059-21) will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays, Sept. 8 through Oct. 6.QuickBooks Advanced (CPT 074-21) will run from 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays from Oct. 20 through Nov. […]

RUMFORD – A story on Wednesday’s page A3 on a wood-chip truck accident should have noted the truck was carrying a load from a Skowhegan plant prior to the accident on Route 2. The information had been incorrectly submitted to the Sun Journal. On Wednesday, Steve Hudson of MeadWestvaco Corp. in Rumford explained that MeadWestvaco […]

LISBON – A subheading in a story Tuesday on page B1 of the city edition should have noted that the new $14.4 million Lisbon Elementary School is the second costliest construction project in western Maine. The information was incorrectly reported by the Sun Journal.

NORWAY – Stephens Memorial Hospital announces the following births:Cheyenne Elizabeth Palmer, a girl to Tina Cropley and Scott Palmer of Bryant Pond, Aug. 27. Grandparents, Wendy Bryant and Dale Denbow of Lubec, Herman and Nancy Palmer of Bryant Pond. Sibling, Morgan.Nikolas Eric Wilson, a boy to Sarah and Shane Wilson of West Paris, Aug. 28. […]

PORTLAND – The University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School has kicked off “Changing Maine: 1960-2010,” a series of free public lectures by Maine policy experts examining changes in the state’s political, economic and social landscape.The series, which began Sept. 3, will run 7 p.m. Wednesdays through March 17 in the Moot Court Room at the […]