The Republican budget bill targets federal funding for non-abortion services at Planned Parenthood.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Auburn buys building to serve as temporary fire station while new public safety headquarters is built
The city purchased 67 Kittyhawk Ave. for $1.3 million to be used while a new home for the city’s police and fire departments is constructed.
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Food, Maine, News
5 things you need to know about Moxie, America’s oldest soda
America had Moxie. Then it got moxie.
Posted inMaine, News
State troopers wrangle loose horse on I-95 near Burnham
The horse, which was spotted around 3 a.m. Wednesday, was safely secured and returned to its owner in Pittsfield, state police said.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine, News, Things to Do
Lisbon’s Moxie festival this weekend to feature national chugger, luau theme
Chugger ‘Badlands’ Booker, a giant parade, music, fireworks and food are a few sips of the 3-day Moxie-fueled fun planned, organizers say.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
7 Chinese nationals indicted over alleged ties to illegal weed grows, human trafficking
Six men were arrested and one remains wanted after a federal investigation into a ring of Chinese-run cannabis grow houses across Maine and Massachusetts.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
Schooner Landing in Damariscotta opens in a food trailer, for now
The locally loved restaurant burned down last September. Over the July 4 weekend, it reopened in temporary quarters while it waits for the restaurant to be rebuilt.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Business, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Lewiston Auburn chamber CEO Shanna Cox stepping down next year to run for office
‘I plan to run for elected office. I live in this region and I hope to run for something in the state,’ Cox told the Sun Journal.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Police arrest man accused of dine and dashing at Lewiston restaurant
Devin Skehan, 24, was charged with theft of services shortly before 10 p.m. after reportedly eating at the Gridiron Restaurant and trying to leave without paying.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News
Dawn Chadwick wins Chesterville Select Board seat in write-in vote
Chadwick was elected July 8 in a special write-in election to fill a vacant Chesterville Select Board seat.