The way Nan Hauser saw it, she was either going to film a miraculous encounter between herself and a 25-ton humpback whale or document her own death. “I’ve always said I’d be killed by a whale,” said Hauser, a marine biologist who travels all over the world but resides in Brunswick, only half-kidding. “If someone […]
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Video: Fugitive tries escaping through window
LEWISTON — Police captured a Readfield man considered armed and dangerous Friday morning after a dramatic chase downtown. Police in Lewiston had been searching for 30-year-old Luke Blair, a man with a violent criminal history who was wanted in Kennebec County on a domestic violence charge. On Friday, police said, Blair took off running after […]
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Steel and strings
Michael Libby plays a steel cello at the Oasis of Music presentation at Trinity Church on Wednesday afternoon. The unusual instrument was commissioned by Libby, who first saw the creation online. Libby performed an improvisation with violist Greg Boardman. Video: Go to sunournal.com to hear and watch Mike Libby play this unusual instrument. (Andree Kehn/Sun […]
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Christmas Village 22 years in the making
AUBURN — Mary and Richard LaFontaine held their annual New Year’s Day open house Monday for friends and family to see and be wowed by the couple’s ever-growing, over-the-top Christmas village. Mary said she and Richard have been working on the village for 22 years, cultivating the collection piece-by-piece. There are currently just under 100 houses and […]
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Holy Guacamole! Crash spills 40,000 lbs of avocados onto Texas highway
About 40,000 pounds of avocados spilled across a major interstate in Central Texas when the big rig hauling them crashed and caught fire. (Dec. 28)
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Watch boiling water turn to snow on Mount Washington
Weather observers atop the Northeast’s highest peak say the temperature has hit a record negative 34 degrees. Adam Gill of the Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire says the previous record of negative 31 degrees was set in 1933. (Dec. 28)
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Video shows what could happen when lithium ion batteries end up in trash
Solid-waste company ecomaine is reminding consumers about the danger of mixing lithium-ion batteries with trash and recycling, issuing the warning after identifying the battery in a discarded laptop as the likely cause of a dangerous fire at its Portland plant this month. The Dec. 1 blaze likely started when a rechargeable laptop battery combusted after […]
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Lewiston voters turn out in droves despite storm
LEWISTON — Voters were so eager to cast ballots in the mayoral runoff election Tuesday, they began lining up at 6:30 a.m. — 30 minutes before the polls opened. “I’ve never seen that at any election — that’s huge,” City Clerk Kathy Montejo said. “There was a little bit of a party going on in […]
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Susan Collins says Roy Moore isn’t fit to serve in U.S. Senate
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins. R-Maine, said Sunday that the Senate will face a tough ethical question if Roy Moore wins the special election Tuesday in Alabama for the seat formerly occupied by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. In an appearance on the CBS News talk show “Face the Nation,” she also said she is waiting to […]
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Work continues on new Lewiston elementary school
Crews under the direction of PC Construction Co. of Portland work on the new Robert B. Connors Elementary School where the football field was previously located at Lewiston High School. The section being built will contain the gymnasium, music rooms, mechanical rooms and kitchen area. The crane is sitting in what will be the cafeteria. […]