POLAND — After his 1999 white stretch limousine sat for sale for years, Tim Morin sold it to four guys who wanted something flashy to drive cross-country to Los Angeles. The four — two from Oklahoma, two from Missouri — were in Maine on Monday to buy the Lincoln Town Car limo and start their […]
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Hot enough for you? Cooling stations, complaints and DIY air conditioners
All through the long winter, we couldn’t wait for summer. And now this. “When it was real cold this winter, I swore I would not complain about the heat,” said Claudette Gagne of Lewiston. “But damn, this is a bit much.” Maine continued to sizzle Thursday as temperatures reached the mid-90s just about everywhere – […]
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New Edward Little High School to be built on existing site
You can follow the progress of the new Edward Little High School project at auburnschl.edu/home/elhs-building-project. AUBURN — Come 2023, nobody should have trouble finding their way to the new Edward Little High School. Officials announced Friday that the new state-funded school will be constructed at the current location at 77 Harris St. “This is what our community […]
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Otter bites woman at a Rockland beach
ROCKLAND — Maine Marine Patrol and Rockland police responded to complaints about a river otter that came ashore at the South End beach June 27 and bit a woman. Marine Patrol Specialist Corrie Roberts said unfortunately the police had to shoot the otter because it had bit a human and needed to be tested for […]
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Video: Sunny day warms Taylor Pond
Crescent Beach, bottom right, on Taylor Pond in Auburn was the place to be Wednesday afternoon as temperatures hit the high 70s. It is expected to cool down and be rainy Thursday, but bounce up into the 80s on Friday and over the weekend. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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Ballots start arriving in Augusta for ranked-choice tabulations in 2 races
AUGUSTA — Ballots from across Maine were delivered Thursday to a secure office in Augusta in preparation for the state’s first ranked-choice voting tabulation process. A private courier service hired by the state was expected to collect boxes containing paper ballots and electronic memory sticks containing digital records from nearly 500 municipalities and voting locations […]
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Watch the new Lewiston school and playing fields being built
The Lewiston High School Blue Devils logo adorns the middle of the football field Wednesday morning as crews put the finishing touches on the artificial turf and complete the track and ball fields behind the new Robert V. Connors Elementary School. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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This 30-year-old went to court to fight eviction from his parents’ house
Michael Rotondo refuses to move out of his parents’ house. So much so that the 30-year-old argued for a half-hour with a judge in Upstate New York on Tuesday, saying that while he knew his parents wanted him out of their split-level ranch, he was entitled — as a family member — to six months’ […]
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Security video shows vandals slashing RSU 16 bus tires
[UPDATE: Reward offered in school bus vandalism] POLAND — Vandals slashed tires on all 22 school buses and a pickup truck at the Regional School Unit 16 administrative office early Wednesday, police said. Classes were canceled as police investigated the vandalism at the intersection of Aggregate Road and Route 26. The damage was estimated at […]
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Video: New playing fields near Lewiston High School taking shape
Employees of Northeast Turf lay down artificial turf on the new football field at Lewiston High School on Tuesday. The multipurpose field is one of three new playing fields and one track that school staff hope will be ready at the start of the 2018 school year. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)