The Edward Little girls’ basketball team won its first state championship Saturday in a 50-49 thriller over Gorham at the Cross Insurance Arena. Grace Fontaine hit the winning free throw in the game’s final second. The boys followed suit, earning their first gold ball since 1946 with a 41-36 win over Scarborough.
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Construction progresses at Connors Elementary School
A crane hoists beams onto the classroom section of Connors Elementary School near Lewiston High School off East Avenue. To watch a video of the construction project, visit sunjournal.com (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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Video: Puddle Jump at Bates College
Bates College seniors, from left, Brie Wilson, Hannah Singer, Sophie Gardephe and Kate Bouchard, jump into Lake Andrews during the annual Puddle Jump on the Lewiston campus Friday. “You never know what your going to see,” said Bates Security employee Dennis Skinner as he ran safety detail during the event. Members of the Bates Outing […]
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Lewiston school under construction
An aerial view shows construction of the Robert Connors Elementary School where baseball and football fields for Lewiston High School were located. The framework in the foreground is for classrooms. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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View from above
The three downtown bridges connecting Lewiston and Auburn are seen Wednesday afternoon in this aerial photo, as the partially frozen Androscoggin River meanders through the Twin Cities. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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Video: Fugitive tries escaping through window
LEWISTON — Police captured a Readfield man considered armed and dangerous Friday morning after a dramatic chase downtown. Police in Lewiston had been searching for 30-year-old Luke Blair, a man with a violent criminal history who was wanted in Kennebec County on a domestic violence charge. On Friday, police said, Blair took off running after […]
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Steel and strings
Michael Libby plays a steel cello at the Oasis of Music presentation at Trinity Church on Wednesday afternoon. The unusual instrument was commissioned by Libby, who first saw the creation online. Libby performed an improvisation with violist Greg Boardman. Video: Go to sunournal.com to hear and watch Mike Libby play this unusual instrument. (Andree Kehn/Sun […]
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Christmas Village 22 years in the making
AUBURN — Mary and Richard LaFontaine held their annual New Year’s Day open house Monday for friends and family to see and be wowed by the couple’s ever-growing, over-the-top Christmas village. Mary said she and Richard have been working on the village for 22 years, cultivating the collection piece-by-piece. There are currently just under 100 houses and […]
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Holy Guacamole! Crash spills 40,000 lbs of avocados onto Texas highway
About 40,000 pounds of avocados spilled across a major interstate in Central Texas when the big rig hauling them crashed and caught fire. (Dec. 28)
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Watch boiling water turn to snow on Mount Washington
Weather observers atop the Northeast’s highest peak say the temperature has hit a record negative 34 degrees. Adam Gill of the Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire says the previous record of negative 31 degrees was set in 1933. (Dec. 28)