AUBURN — The Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development is looking for the next batch of 12 to 15 local start-ups for its Top Gun program, and it’s looking for a new name. With the movie “Top Gun 2” in production, “we don’t want Tom Cruise to get mad at us,” joked Executive Director Tom Rainey. […]
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First Ride for Suicide being organized in Auburn
AUBURN — A motorcycle ride to increase awareness of suicide and its after-effects is being organized for Sunday, Sept. 24. The first-time event, called a Ride for Suicide, will meet at 10 a.m. at the Auburn Mall lower parking lot near Center Street. Riders will depart at 11 a.m. after opening remarks from event organizers, […]
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'Nightmare on the Ridge' returning at Wallingford's
AUBURN — Coming off a successful 2016 season, Wallingford’s Orchard, 1240 Perkins Ridge Road, is adding more thrills and chills to its night-time haunted walk. Last year, “Nightmare on the Ridge,” as the haunted walk is named, added covered structures to help people stay out of the elements. “The whole appeal for us is the […]
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Live debate tonight: Should Lewiston & Auburn become one city?
LEWISTON — The Sun Journal and the Lewiston Public Library will host a debate on the question of merging the Twin Cities at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, in Callahan Hall. Robert Reed will represent the Coalition Opposed to Lewiston-Auburn Consolidation. Gene Geiger, chairman of the Lewiston-Auburn Joint Charter Commission, will represent One LA, which supports consolidation. […]
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Lewiston-Auburn ceremonies paid tribute to lives lost in 9/11
The fire departments of Lewiston and Auburn held 9/11 remembrance ceremonies Monday morning with flag-raisings, wreaths and recitations of the Firemen’s Prayer playing a central role in each event. The annual ceremonies paid tribute to lives lost Sept. 11, 2001, in terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, […]
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Maine commemorates 9/11 attacks
PORTLAND (AP) — Observances and events are taking place around Maine to commemorate the 16th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Two of the Sept. 11 terrorists flew out of the Portland International Jetport on the morning of the hijackings. The city has a Sept. 11 memorial in Fort Allen Park. One observance […]
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Sun Journal, public libraries host debates on Twin Cities merger
LEWISTON — The Sun Journal, along with the public libraries in Lewiston and Auburn, will host two debates on the upcoming referendum about merging the Twin Cities. The public is encouraged to attend. The first debate will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library. […]
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Working: Self-taught bladesmith, entrepreneur
AUBURN — Inspired by YouTube videos during his junior year of high school, Isaiah Washington built a rough forge in his backyard – a hole in the ground insulated with cement blocks – and started making knives. He laughs to think that his mother might not have known exactly what he was up to at […]
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Jeffrey J. Therriault
SOUTH PORTLAND — Jeffrey J. Therriault Jr., 78, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 5, in his home at the Cape Elizabeth House following a long illness. He was born in New Gloucester on Sept. 12, 1938, to Jeffrey and Marjorie (Newcomb) Therriault Sr. and was a longtime resident of Auburn. He is survived by siblings, Lee […]
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Greek festival: Go for the food, enjoy the smiles
Sophie Dubuc, 6, of Greene, gets a taste of spanakopita from her yaya (grandmother in Greek) Pam Snyder, of Greene during Friday night’s Greek Festival in Lewiston. While Sophie was game to try some of the authentic Greek dishes, she wasn’t interested in a second bite of the spanakopita. LEWISTON — Enticing smells wafted from […]