Dave Flynn of Lyman, bottom right, and several of his friends stretch out the ice-fishing season on Range Pond in Poland on Tuesday afternoon. “It’s better than sitting on the couch and is a whole lot of fun, especially when they are biting,” Flynn said. With about 18 inches of ice left, Range Pond is […]
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New cars are quickly getting self-driving safety features
DETROIT (AP) — Autonomous vehicles get all the headlines, but automakers are gradually adding advanced electronic safety features to human-driven cars as they step toward a world of self-driving vehicles. Car and tech companies are rolling out laser sensors, artificial intelligence, larger viewing screens that show more of the road, cameras that can read speed […]
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Video: Maine trooper has near miss involving distracted driver
The Maine Bureau of Highway Safety released a video Monday showing a close call between a state trooper and a distracted driver who sideswiped a cruiser in a box truck. The video shows Cpl. Dan Hanson speaking to the driver of a pickup truck he had stopped on the side of Route 26 in Paris […]
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Watch an animatronic T-Rex burst into flames
CANON CITY, Colo. (AP) — The co-owner of a dinosaur-themed park in southern Colorado thinks an electrical malfunction caused a life-size animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex to burst into flames. Zach Reynolds says the T-Rex at the Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience smoldered for about 10 minutes before it caught fire Thursday morning. Visitors watched as the inferno […]
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Bates College lacrosse scores the top play on ESPN’s SportsCenter
LEWISTON — Most major North American sports — and many so-called minor sports — have found their way onto the ubiquitous “Top 10” on ESPN’s legacy show, SportsCenter. For many small-market and youth sports teams, it’s a thrill just to be mentioned for consideration, and cracking the Top 10 at all is cause for […]
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Maine Music Society rehearses for weekend performances
Maine Music Society Artistic Director John Corrie warms up the Maine Music Society Chorale on Monday night at The Dolard & Priscilla Gendron Franco Center in Lewiston. The chorale will perform Saturday and Sunday. For more information or to buy tickets, visit mainemusicsociety.org. To watch a short video from the practice, visit sunjournal.com (Russ Dillingham/Sun […]
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Lewiston shelter dog kills family Yorkie; two people injured
LEWISTON — Two people were injured Monday afternoon when they tried to separate two dogs at an apartment, where one of the dogs died of its injuries. “We’re just devastated,” said Diraida Santos, owner of the 5-year-old Yorkie that was killed. Santos said the attack occurred after a friend of her 17-year-old daughter stopped at […]
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Angus King: Donald Trump needs to back off criticism of Mueller probe
Maine Sen. Angus King said Sunday that President Trump’s criticism of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation is a huge mistake and that any attempt by the president to have Mueller fired would trigger a constitutional crisis. King, speaking from Carrabassett Valley, made his remarks on the CBS News program “Face the Nation,” whose moderator, […]
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Hartley Block housing project under construction in Lewiston
A crew uses a lift to work on the side of the Professional Building on Lisbon Street in Lewiston on Thursday morning. The work is part of the Hartley Block project at 155 Lisbon St., a mixed-use development that will feature 63 mixed-income housing units and 4,000 square feet of commercial space. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) […]
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‘Elsa’ helps Boston police van get out of frozen mess
Video of a Boston lawyer dressed as Queen Elsa from the animated movie “Frozen” helping a Boston police vehicle stuck in the snow is being shared widely on social media. When the police wagon got struck in snow in the city’s South End on Tuesday night, Jason Triplett, dressed as Elsa in a long blue-green […]