News Archives - Lewiston Sun Journal

Panel votes to end recommendation that all newborns receive hepatitis B vaccine

by Joe Lawlor and Gillian Graham 5 minutes agoDecember 5, 2025

Medical experts in Maine criticized the move and the Maine CDC said it would continue to recommend the vaccine be given at birth.

Maine, News

Judge rejects Maine and DOJ’s effort to alter settlement on disabled childrens’ services

by Drew Johnson 43 minutes agoDecember 5, 2025

U.S. District Judge Stacey Neumann denied the effort to change the agreement to remove oversight of its implementation.

Livermore Falls Advertiser, News

National Cookie Day brings families together in Livermore Falls

by Rebecca Richard 1 hour agoDecember 5, 2025

Families gathered on Dec. 4 for a Cookies and Bookies celebration featuring coloring, local treats, games, a scavenger hunt and a gingerbread disguise contest at Treat Memorial Library.

Maine, News

Birthright citizenship case involving Maine ACLU heads to Supreme Court

by Emily Allen 1 hour agoDecember 5, 2025

The case deals with an executive order that would strip children born in the United States of their citizenship depending on their parents’ immigration status.

Advertiser Democrat, Maine, News

Good deeds bring smiles in Oxford

by Nicole Carter 1 hour agoDecember 5, 2025

Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine, News, Schools & Education

Spruce Mountain schools in Jay area to keep transgender sports policy as it preps for lawsuit

by Rebecca Richard 3 hours agoDecember 5, 2025

The RSU 73 board voted 9-4 to keep its policy in place, choosing to defend its transgender sports access restrictions despite warnings about legal exposure and taxpayer cost.