Charges Lewiston * Chelsea Landry, 28, of 33 Brookside Lane, Litchfield, operating a vehicle while license suspended or revoked, violating condition of release and possession of marijuana, 12:30 p.m. Thursday on Sabattus Street. * Garret Labonte, 32, of 90 Saco Ave., Old Orchard Beach, warrants, 9:10 p.m. Saturday on Birch Street. * Joseph Charles Jenkins, […]
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Police log
Charges Lewiston * Duane Thomas, 23, of 50 Fairmont Ave., warrant for failure to appear and theft, 8:44 p.m. Wednesday on Walnut Street. * Bob St. Felix, 32, of 142-1/2 Oxford St., domestic violence assault, 11:26 p.m. Wednesday at that address. * Bruce Helmuth, 34, of 27 Tucci Road, Wales, domestic violence assault, 7:56 p.m. […]
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Schedule of events
Saturday, June 16 3 p.m. Children’s Bingo/ Face Painting 3:30 p.m. Scavenger Hunt, pick up sheets at DJ table 4 p.m. Open Ceremony, National Anthem, Welcoming National Anthem – By Sarah Ferral Guest Speakers – 9-year-old Alina Laliberte and Survivor Dawn Gordon 4:15 p.m. Survivor Lap, Care Givers Lap, Banner Lap 4:30 p.m. Love Letters […]
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Police log
Charges Auburn * Achuil Bol, 20, of 715 Maple St., Lewiston, violating conditions of release and displaying the license of another, 12:14 a.m. Thursday on Center Street. * Shannon Mcallister, 23, of 751 West Bethel Road, Bethel, warrant, 5:49 p.m. Friday on Mount Auburn Avenue. * Jacob Pendexter, 31, of 1109 Minot Ave., operating after […]
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Androscoggin County GOP to meet
AUBURN — The Androscoggin County Republican Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, May 21, at Central Maine Community College’s Kirk Hall Auditorium. The college is on Turner Street in Auburn. Elections will be held for officers for the next two-year term.
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Police log
Charges Auburn * Nicolas Parent, 20, of 15 Mason St., warrant, 3:18 a.m. Wednesday on Fletcher Road. * Eric Vachon, 22, of 106 Greene St., Sabattus, warrants, 2:20 p.m. Wednesday on Washington Street. * Chelsea Landry, 28, of 57 Bradley St., Lewiston, operating after suspension and a warrant, 2:45 p.m. Friday on Mount Auburn Avenue. […]
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Drug crisis may require tough choices
Maine is in the midst of an opioid explosion and our region is being rocked the hardest. As the Sun Journal reported Sunday, oxycodone sales in Oxford and Androscoggin counties were up four-fold between 2000 and 2010, the highest rate of increase among 11 zones in Maine, with retail sales going from 11,085 grams in […]
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Sheriff backs Lewiston-Auburn 911 dispatch center
AUBURN — Androscoggin County Sheriff Guy Desjardins choked up Wednesday as he asked leaders to close the decades-old county dispatch center. And decide it quickly. “There are nine souls who work there,” Desjardins told the county commission. “They deserve to know what’s going to happen.” On Wednesday, commissioners had no answers as they listened to […]
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Silencers gaining popularity in Maine
TURNER — Chris Jordan rotated his safety switch to semi-automatic, aimed, and squeezed the trigger. In his hands, the German-made submachine gun twitched as it fired a 9-mm bullet at a speed of more than 1,000 feet per second. The round had sunk safely into the sand of a nearby gravel pit wall when its […]
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Walk MS in Androscoggin County locations Saturday
LEWISTON — The annual Walk MS will take place in several communities in Androscoggin County on Saturday, April 28. For information about a local walk, go to: www.nationalmssociety.org. The National MS Society assists more than 3,000 people living in Maine with this disease of the central nervous system. Through a new initiative called the NOW […]