The Mills administration and leaders of Maine’s Native American tribes are hoping to set aside long-standing legal disputes over sustenance fishing rights by proposing more protective water quality standards in waterways important to tribal members.
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Posted inOut & About
Cast a line: Fishing anyone?
Western Maine’s geography provides an abundance of brooks, rivers and lakes. Within minutes of Bethel Village there are spots that produce brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout and landlocked salmon. The Androscoggin River The state of Maine float stocks the Androscoggin River from Gilead to Bethel with rainbow and brown trout. The Androscoggin has fairly […]
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Public to weigh in on stricter rules for locating Maine aquaculture sites
Activists want state regulators to consider alternate sites before approving new seafood farms.
Posted inMaine, News, Sports
At the start of fishing season, big trout are the talk of Sebago
Monday marks the ceremonial start of the open-water season, but it’s the ice fishing this winter that’s creating a buzz.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Hauling in a 13-pound lunker in Turner
Philip Moon of Turner reacts Monday afternoon as he feels the heft of a 13-pound northern pike he caught off the Turner Boat Launch on the Androscoggin River in Turner. Fellow fisherman Robert Shufelt of Jay ran over to help haul in the lunker. Visit sunjournal.com to watch a video of the catch. (Sun Journal […]
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Roger Lanois
AUBURN — Roger F. Lanois, a resident of Clover Manor in Auburn, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Sept. 27. He was born in Lewiston on Aug. 21, 1935, a son of Wilbrod and Eva (Levasseur) Lanois. He married Pauline G. Morin in 1955. Roger worked for Lewiston Public Works until 1990. At […]
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Reginald H. Strout Sr.
STRONG — Reginald Howard Strout Sr., 81, passed away Sept. 23 at his home in Strong, with his loving family by his side. He was born April 28, 1937, in Berlin, N.H., the son of Charles and Mona (Peabody) Strout. He graduated from Edward Little High School in Auburn, in the Class of 1955. From October […]
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John D. Wyman
LEWISTON — John D. Wyman, 75, formerly of Mexico, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 26, at d’Youville Pavilion in Lewiston following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Rumford on Jan. 17, 1943, a son of John W. and Rita H. (McPhee) Wyman. John was educated in Mexico schools and was a graduate of Mexico […]
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Kentucky M. Spooner
AUBURN — Kentucky M. Spooner, 76, passed away Friday, Sept. 21, at the Androscoggin Hospice House following a long illness. He was surrounded by his loving family. Born in Skowhegan on March 14, 1942, he was the son of the late Norman and Ruby Spooner. In 1963, he married Sharon M. Adams and together they moved […]