Back Woods Road will perform at 8 p.m. Friday at Guthries, 115 Middle St., Lewiston. Back Woods Road is a highly energized acoustic band known for its tight harmonies, hard-driving lead solos, and crowd-pleasing diversified choice of music and arrangements. They take it up a notch and one further. Members are: Rich Bernier, dobro/guitar/vocals; Jane Bernier, […]
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LA chamber awards honors seven. Chamber president: 'Go out and rock your worlds'
Elaine St. Pierre and Meaghan Vallee share a laugh during the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce awards dinner at the Ramada Inn in Lewiston on Thursday night. (Sun Journal photo by Andree Kehn) LEWISTON — People in the full banquet room laughed when Alan Hahnel accepted his award against a video backdrop of him […]
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CMP repairs circuit that left parts of downtown Lewiston without power
LEWISTON — Parts of the downtown went dark Thursday after an underground circuit blew at about 3:30 p.m. Among the buildings that lost power were the U.S. Post Office, the Public Library and the Sun Journal. Central Maine Power officials said the outage affected a small area encompassing Ash, Park and Pine streets and surrounding areas. […]
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Lewiston City Council: What you need to know
Lewiston City Council Tuesday, Jan. 22 Lewiston continues Choice Neighborhoods grant process What happened: The City Council received an update on the city’s $1.3 million Choice Neighborhoods planning and implementation grant, which is focused on revitalizing the Tree Streets neighborhood. What it means: The grant, designed to deliver lasting change to a distressed neighborhood, is […]
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Two Lewiston males charged with animal abuse in connection with viral video
LEWISTON — Lewiston police Tuesday charged an adult and a minor with animal cruelty in connection with a video circulating on Facebook showing a man whipping a dog. Curtis Teague, 18, of Lewiston, was charged with cruelty to animals, as was a minor, also from Lewiston, who police declined to identify. According to an email […]
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Wrapping up to keep warm
Angelica Hagan, Nae Lee Ray and Brinley Hanson, who have Tuesday off from Lewiston High School on account of teacher workshops, walk through Kennedy Park in Lewiston bundled up in blankets. They checked the weather before they went out, saw below zero temperatures with the wind chill and decided to bundle up as well as […]
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‘Lift Every Voice’ resonates at Bates College on Martin Luther King Day
Charles Nero, a Bates College professor who specializes in rhetoric, film and screen studies, speaks Monday morning during the Lewiston college’s celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (Sun Journal photo by Russ Dillingham) LEWISTON — On Sunday mornings in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Michael Sargent went with his grandparents to the Damascus Missionary Baptist Church. His grandfather, Booker […]
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Developers behind Lewiston Portland Pie location seek another extension
LEWISTON — The developers behind a planned renovation of the former Lincoln Street fire station — set to become a new Portland Pie Co. restaurant — are seeking another extension of an agreement to purchase the property because of delays caused by the federal government shutdown. If approved by the City Council on Tuesday, it […]
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Stanton Bird Club announces February events
The Stanton Bird Club of Lewiston and Auburn has announced the February event schedule. All events are free and open to the public. Sunday, Feb. 3, Lewiston, 2 to 4 p.m. The club will host an open house at L/A Arts Gallery, 221 Lisbon St. Images of Maine birds by a local artist, Dan Cake, will be […]
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Digging out in Lewiston
After shoveling where the plow passed by on Shawmut Street in Lewiston, Egor Domingues catches his breath before he and his cousin finish digging out their car Monday morning after the weekend snowstorm. (Sun Journal photo by Russ Dillingham)