Charges Auburn George Salisbury, 47, of 110 Hampshire St., furnishing liquor to a minor, 6:31 p.m. Friday on Spring Street. Daniel Davenport, 49, transient, warrant, 7:53 p.m. Saturday on Washington Avenue. Susan L. Ricker, 51, of 69 Forest Drive, Poland, operating under the influence, 1:49 a.m. Sunday on Lewiston Junction Road. Androscoggin County John Shanahan, […]
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Sun Journal computer to plate process
The Sun Journal uses a computer to plate process that eliminates the need for film. Paginators design the pages of the newspaper on their computers using InDesign and then export the pages as PDF files directly to the CTP process which is handled in Prepress. For even more historical information, click the link below to […]
Police log
CHARGES Lewiston * Alicia Bowman, 19, of 109 Birch St., disorderly conduct, 12:25 p.m. Friday at that address. * Samantha Lynn Leavitt-Breton, 32, of 196 Park St., probation hold, 8:34 p.m. Friday on Park Street. * Joseph Michael Gallo, 21, of 27 South Main St., Auburn, operating while license suspended or revoked, 10:15 p.m. Friday […]
High school football: Blue Devils outfire Dragons
LEWISTON — Lewiston coach Bill County wondered whether his Blue Devils could quickly adapt to the speed of Friday night’s Pine Tree Conference game with Brunswick. As it turned out, the Blue Devils’ speed set the tone, and the Dragons had to spend virtually the whole night playing catch-up. Lewiston burst out to a 21-0 […]
Pollution control group certified for treatement services
LEWISTON — Water treatment officials didn’t have to change any policies to qualify for a national certification standard — they just had to get better at writing things down. “We’ve always done everything we can to correct a problem, but we didn’t document things as well as we could,” said Mac Richardson, superintendent of the […]
City Public Works auction a big success
LEWISTON — The city netted $83,102 selling old equipment, three piles of asphalt and unclaimed bicycles at a Sept. 11 Public Works auction. “We had 300-plus registered bidders, and some of them really came with a mission,” said Norm Beauparlant, Lewiston’s budget and purchasing director. “They knew just what they wanted and they went right for […]
High School Football: Week 4 Top 10
Sun Journal Top 10 1. Bangor (3-0) Rams better not take Messalonskee lightly. They probably won’t. 2. Cheverus (3-0) Stags showed physical side in 45-21 win over South Portland. 3. Bonny Eagle (3-0) Coach Kevin Cooper says this is the most balanced running attack the Scots have had. Yeee-ikes. 4. Thornton (3-0) Trojans have outscored […]
Soccer: News and notes from around the region
Well-timed week off for Falcons Apparently injuries can be contagious — at least on the Mountain Valley girls’ soccer team. A week off couldn’t have come at a better time for the Falcons. The team doesn’t play again until a game at Jay on Friday night. After a 2-1 loss to St. Dom’s last Saturday […]
Boys’ Soccer: Lewiston corners Mt. Ararat
LEWISTON — After having shots be too low, high or wide, the Lewiston boys’ soccer team finally got one that was just right Tuesday night. Shobow Saban’s corner kick curled into the net with 8:02 left in the game to lift the Blue Devils to a hard-fought 1-0 win over Mt. Ararat. It was the […]