The trial of Germaine Page, who is accused of trying to kill is former girlfriend in June 2021, began Monday in Auburn.
Lewiston-Auburn
News and information from Lewiston and Auburn from the Sun Journal.
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Last launch scrubbed on third and final day of the Great Falls Balloon Festival
After five successful balloon launches over the weekend, the wind proved to be too much for the last scheduled launch Sunday evening.
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Man’s body pulled from Androscoggin River in Lewiston on Saturday
An autopsy is expected to be conducted early this week, while police review missing persons cases as part of their investigation.
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The balloon chase: A pursuit, a palpable excitement and a landing as soft as the takeoff
At the Great Falls Balloon Festival, the land-based crew members try to guess where their pilot wants to land the balloon.
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Photo Album: Balloons launch Sunday morning
The Great Falls Balloon Festival continued Sunday morning with another launch.
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Sunday night balloon launch is canceled
The final launch of the 2022 Great Falls Balloon Festival was grounded due to wind.
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Mark LaFlamme: Talk of the town: What’s that scent you’re wearing?
When it comes to gauging fluctuations in the economy and preparing for potential recessions, I use the price of aerosol cheese to dictate my level of panic. Well, it’s freak-out time, friends.
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Before radio and television, crowds gathered at the newspaper for big sports news
Before radio or television arrived in Lewiston, sports fans occasionally gathered in front of the Lewiston Evening Journal’s office on Park Street to follow the news as it arrived on the newspaper’s teletype machine from the Associated Press. Take, for instance, the July 4, 1919, boxing bout in Toledo, Ohio, in which Jack Dempsey pounded […]
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In 1884, the ‘very interesting’ sport of hockey arrived in Lewiston
Hockey arrived in Lewiston on March 4, 1884, a Tuesday night, when the Portland Polo Club came to town to take on the newly organized Lewiston club at City Hall as part of a Polo League tournament that also involved teams from Saco, Bath, Biddeford and Brunswick. The Lewiston Evening Journal explained to readers that […]
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Bates College’s baseball team once played the Ku Klux Klan (and won)
At least two New Engand baseball teams after the Civil War were named after the KKK, including one in Bangor