Secretary of State Matt Dunlap’s office released an informational video on ranked-choice voting Monday, roughly one month before Maine becomes the first state to use the tabulation process during a statewide election. In the five-minute-long animated video, Dunlap walks viewers through the process of selecting candidates in the voting booth on June 12 and how votes […]
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Watch the drone video: Lake Auburn has plenty of springtime activity
An aerial view of Tabers Restaurant and Golf on Lake Shore Drive in Auburn.(Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal Aerial)
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As one son recovers, family searches for the other
PORTLAND — Two weeks after he was pulled from the Androscoggin River unconscious, not breathing and so badly injured that doctors gave his parents slim hope for his survival, let alone a meaningful recovery, 10-year-old Maxim McFarland walks, talks, plays video games and teases his parents about all the gifts he keeps getting from visitors. […]
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Driver injured in rollover on Lewiston bridge
Emergency personnel extricate David Clifford, 38, of Lewiston from his 2015 Toyota Camry on the Bernard Lown Peace Bridge in Lewiston shortly before 8 a.m. Monday. He was conscious when taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston for treatment for a possible head injury, police said. The bridge was closed for about an hour […]
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Bates claims seventh straight President’s Cup Regatta
Bates College hosted the 22nd President’s Cup regatta at the school’s boathouse along the Androscoggin River in Greene on Sunday Morning. The women’s 8 teams, above, dominated in their races against rivals Bowdoin and Colby. The Bates team won seven of 10 races Sunday to clinch the President’s Cup for the seventh consecutive year. Visit […]
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Construction progresses on Connors Elementary School
Construction workers look like ants on the roof of the Connors Elementary School under construction on the grounds of Lewiston High School on Tuesday afternoon. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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Susan Collins says Scott Pruitt wrong choice to head EPA
Maine Sen. Susan Collins told CNN’s Jake Tapper that Scott Pruitt was the wrong choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt has come under increased scrutiny in recent weeks since it was revealed he rented a room in Washington, D.C., at below-market rates from a lobbyist with business before the EPA . He has also […]
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Violent history: Readfield man indicted in police foot chase
LEWISTON — A Readfield man who served prison time as a teenager for attacking a man with an ice chopper was indicted on a slew of charges this week stemming from a dramatic foot chase with police in downtown Lewiston. Luke Blair, 27, was indicted by the Androscoggin County grand jury Tuesday on a dozen […]
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As Sinclair’s sound-alike anchors draw criticism for ‘fake news’ promos, Trump praises broadcaster
Tim Burke had a simple idea: Take clips of dozens of TV news anchors all spouting the same lines and mash them up into one video. The idea, he said, was to expose how one company, Sinclair Broadcast Group, had turned its many local newcasts into a national megaphone for its corporate views. So Burke, […]
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Honoring Vietnam vets at Veterans Memorial Park
Joe Derocher of Lewiston, a combat engineer who served in Vietnam, holds his service dog, Cooper, on Thursday as he points to his father’s name engraved on a memorial stone at Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston during a ceremony honoring Vietnam veterans. Derocher was telling Laurence Parks, right, of Sabattus, also a Vietnam veteran who […]