A convoy of trucks carrying a Lockheed L-1649A “Super Star”Constellation turns off Kittyhawk Avenue onto Route 202 in Auburn on Tuesday afternoon. The fuselage, tail and four engines are heading to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City to become a cocktail lounge at the TWA Hotel complex. Truck driver Matt Beaty said […]
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Ground broken for Maine Gold Star Families Memorial Monument
LEWISTON — Seven golden shovels stood upright in a mound of dirt Sunday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Park. As a crowd of about 80 watched, Gold Star parents, veterans and politicians shoveled dirt, breaking ground for the planned Maine Gold Star Families Memorial Monument. Gold Star flags symbolize a family member who died serving in […]
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Bogus Craigslist ad leads people to loot Greene property
“Free!” the Craigslist ad read. “Come one, come all, everything on the lot is free!” So enthusiastic was the advertisement it used the word “free” five times in the headline alone. The problem: The ad was bogus. The lot in question, a sprawling building surrounded by a mad jumble of free-floating items on Route […]
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Early autumn over Lewiston-Auburn
Downtown Auburn, foreground, and a section of Lewiston on the other side of the Androscoggin River are seen Wednesday. Visit sunjournal.com to watch a video starting at the Auburn Public Library and continuing over downtown Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal aerial)
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‘Blue Mass’ honors public safety workers
LEWISTON — Hundreds of police officers, firefighters, emergency personnel and parishioners honored first responders during the annual “Blue Mass” on Sunday at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. The Blue Mass tradition was revived in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland after the terror attacks Sept. 11, 2001, according to the church. The Blue […]
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Oxford County Fair kicks off with bugs and bees
OXFORD — Area students dug through soil looking for bugs and worms, and watched the hustle and bustle of hundreds of honeybees during Agriculture Education Day at the Oxford County Fair on Wednesday. As students walked into the fairgrounds on Pottle Road, they were greeted by two large canopies over several educational booths. At one, […]
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Weakened Tropical Storm Gordon kills child in Florida mobile home
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Alabama (AP) — Tropical Storm Gordon never became a hurricane but it was deadly all the same, killing a child by blowing a tree onto a mobile home as it made landfall. The storm later weakened into a depression on Wednesday but remained dangerous, dumping rain, spawning tornadoes and kicking up heavy surf […]
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VIDEO: Watch the start of the Oxford 250
[td_block_7 custom_title=”Oxford 250 coverage” tag_slug=”oxford 250″ limit=”5″] > More coverage of the Oxford 250… The field gets the green flag to begin the Oxford 250 on Sunday. (Brewster Burns photo)
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Video: Black bear wanders through Colorado hotel lobby
ESTES PARK, Colo. (AP) — A black bear wandered the lobby of the Colorado hotel that inspired Stephen King to write “The Shining.” Stanley Hotel vice president Reed Rowley tells KDVR-TV 300 guests were sound asleep as the bruin figured out how to open the door and climbed over furniture. A front desk supervisor captured video of the romp. […]
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Video: Watch the balloons go up Sunday night
UPDATED 6:07 P.M.: The specialty balloons Conair and Keystone Willie did not make it to the festival because of a “travel emergency,” according to festival officials. But the Elvis Tribute balloon is making regular appearances. We should see it inflated tonight. UPDATED 5:45 P.M.: Great Falls Balloon Festival organizers say the decision to launch tonight […]