When: July 27th at 6:00 PM Where: Mt Abram High School, Salem Township The first college bill can be terrifying for students and parents! Even if you have gotten scholarships, applied for FAFSA and have a plan for paying for college, the little details and specific steps required to pay that first bill […]
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Why are we still wild about Harry Potter?
There’s just something about Harry. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is due out July 31 with people already predicting midnight release parties and another round of Harry mania. And the Sun Journal wants to capture the local excitement. Do you have plans? Can you put into words what keeps you coming back to the […]
Sixth graders start, run food pantry
NORWAY — A sixth-grade Guy E. Rowe Elementary School student said a gift of canned goods from his grandparents prompted an idea to start a food pantry in his own school. “I gave it (the bag of canned goods) to my teacher who took it to her husband who brought it to a soup kitchen. That […]
Heading north to see Trump?
Are you going to see Donald Trump in Bangor? Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will be holding a rally at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. If you’re planning to go, we would like to interview you after the rally. Please contact Staff Writer Mark LaFlamme at [email protected] to arrange a […]
Free on Father’s Day: Maine State Park Admission
Maine State Parks and Historic Sites will treat Maine residents to a free day-use admission on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 19. Maine residents will be recognized on Sunday, June 19, Father’s Day, for their continued support of Maine State Parks and Historic Sites with free-admission for the day according to Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation […]
SeniorsPlus Working to Fight Elder Abuse
Lewiston: SeniorsPlus, Western Maine’s Agency on Aging is among the many organizations in the United States and other countries acknowledging June as Elder Abuse Awareness Month. (With June 15 highlighted as Elder Abuse Awareness Day.) The goal is to bring attention to the issue of seniors being abused, neglected, and exploited, often by people they […]
SeniorsPlus Long Distance Learning Presents Diabetes and the Older Adult
Lewiston – SeniorsPlus, the designated Western Maine Agency on Aging, announces the June offering of their Long Distance Learning program, connecting community members in the Farmington area with live educational seminars being held at the Lewiston Education Center of SeniorsPlus. The class, Diabetes and the Older Adult, will be held on Thursday, June 23th at […]
Franklin County Sheriff’s Department Weekly Report – June 3rd – 10th 2016
6/3/2016 Deputy Morgan investigated what turned out to be a civil complaint on Rapid Stream Rd in Kingfield. The complainant to report that an acquaintance has left a junk truck, that he owned, on her property and will not remove it. 6/3/2016 Deputy Scovil responded to a two car accident at the intersection of Main […]
SAD 17 top five percent announced
PARIS – Members of the top five percent of the Class of 2016 were presented to the SAD 17 Board of Directors at its Monday, June 6 meeting. “This is a special class,” Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Principal Ted Moccia told directors of 272 students in the Class of 2016, including 13 students who […]
3rd Annual Franklin County Senior Resource Fair
The community group Preventing, Recognizing and Responding to Abuse in At-Risk Populations (PRRAAP) is holding Franklin County’s 3rd annual Senior Resource Fair on Thursday, June 16th, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM at the Wilton Public Safety Building. Come gather insight and information, and find out about local resources! Speakers include Maine Attorney General, Janet Mills, […]