Patricia Campos Mello to tell her story at Bates and Maine Law next week.
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Sun Journal staff earn New England journalism awards
The New England Newspaper and Press Association handed Sun Journal staff members three major awards Thursday night, recognizing their work on First Amendment issues, community journalism and overall excellence in reporting.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Scarborough veterinary hospital gets dogpiled over viral puppy tale
An injured puppy is recovering but its owner couldn’t afford the $10,000 bill. Now her dog is with new owners and the clinic is receiving death threats.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Press Herald deputy managing editor retiring, to be succeeded by veteran journalist
Dieter Bradbury will retire in September, and City Editor John Richardson will take over his role.
Posted inMaine
Journalist Leonard Pitts Jr. to receive Colby College’s Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award
On Tuesday, Colby will award Pitts, a journalist, commentator and novelist, with the award named for Lovejoy, an Albion native, Colby alumnus, journalist and abolitionist who was murdered in 1837 while defending his printing press in Alton, Illinois, from an angry, pro-slavery mob.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Politics
Retired TV reporter Bill Green backs Susan Collins in series of ads
Green breaks his journalistic neutrality to back Collins and Joe Biden in this year’s election.
Posted inBusiness
Collins wins New England journalism award for history writing
Sun Journal reporter cited for 1867 Auburn murder story.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Noteworthy
Longtime reporter Bonnie Washuk retires from Sun Journal
Bonnie Washuk enjoyed more than 35 years listening to the community and telling its story in thousands of pieces since 1983.
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Christopher A. Cousins
HARRISON — Christopher Andrew Cousins, 42, of South Paris died suddenly Aug. 15. He was a beloved family man, respected journalist and Oxford Hills Viking for life. Born May 18, 1976, to Timothy Cousins and Ellie Frechette in Willimantic, Connecticut, he was a true Mainer by nature, if not by birth. He became a Maine resident […]
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Esther E. Young-Coombs
LIVERMORE FALLS — Esther E. Young-Coombs, 79, of Livermore Falls died Wednesday, April 18. She was born in Auburn, daughter of Charles H. and Grace L. Hodgkins Eveleth. She was a 1958 graduate of ELHS and journalism and poetry courses. Esther wrote for “Bear Facts of Maine,” including the Lewiston-Auburn column and the “Oliver the Bear” […]