Find our full archive of newspaper content at sunjournal.com/archives With thermometers across Maine pushing 110 degrees in July 1911, it’s no wonder that the baggage handler for the Maine Central Railroad in Livermore Falls collapsed on the job one afternoon. So, too, did Bert Clark, the blacksmith just down the street. A handful of workers […]
175th anniversary
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The people behind the paper: Copy editor Mary Delamater
“I was covering a hearing in a murder case in Oxford County Superior Court in Paris one afternoon and the defendant referred to himself as a “sacrificial lamb.” Shortly after … a very tall, blonde, Viking-type fellow in a white tank top shirt came to my desk … and put a small brown cardboard box on my desk and left. Nothing said. I foolishly opened it. …”
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Skowhegan Savings to build new bank branch in Farmington
The building will be on a 1.28-acre lot on Wilton Road.
Posted inFranklin, News
Photo: Waiting to play ball in Farmington
Camaeron “Cammy” Fails, 11, of New Sharon and his mother, Ginger Fails, enjoy some downtime.
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Rangeley firetruck article ruled legal for annual meeting warrant
If passed, the purchase price is not to exceed $750,000, not including interest and fees.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Franklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News
Jay, Livermore, Livermore Falls group to discuss issues facing communities
Residents to gather for second time in search of solutions.
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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.’