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New owners of Upton store hold town’s hopes for a gathering place
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (471+ words) With a Sun Journal subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. In the small western Maine town of Upton, near Umbagog Lake, where outdoor recreation often replaces traditional community life, there are few places left for the town's 70 residents to…...
Four Maine boys hockey players named Travis Roy finalists
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (213+ words) With a Sun Journal subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. High school sports coverage is proudly supported by Maine State Credit Union." Two state champions from Thornton Academy headline the Travis Roy Award finalists. Trent LeSieur and Jake Skillings…...
Roxbury to vote on budget at March 15 town meeting
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (568+ words) ROXBURY " When citizens gather March 15 for the annual town meeting, they will be voting on the municipal budget and money to rebuild a culvert on Main Street, among 81 articles. The meeting will get underway at 1 p.m. at the Roxbury Town Office,…...
From rubble to recovery: Oakland blast survivor talks about ‘miracle’ of being aliveOakland home explosion victim talks about his recovery
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (1227+ words) WATERVILLE " Cliff Hannon remembers taking his dog, Millie, to the local country club for a run on Thanksgiving Day and putting her in the back seat of the car to return home. "I don't remember anything after that," he said....
New Lewiston fitness center boosted by $10 million donation to Bates College
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (358+ words) Bates College in Lewiston has set a tentative groundbreaking date of May 1 for its $45 million upgrade to the campuses" fitness facility after a recent donation pushed the project within steps of its goal." The $10 million donation from Bates alumni Jon…...
Lewiston nonprofit returns shooting relief money as national group sets up new fund
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (903+ words) LEWISTON " A local social service organization is giving the money it received from a community fund in the wake of the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shootings to a national nonprofit, which says it is establishing its own fund to help survivors and…...
To curb trash fires, Maine may require battery makers to offer free disposal
1+ week, 1+ day ago (515+ words) With a Sun Journal subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is seeking legislative approval to require battery manufacturers to fund a statewide recycling and disposal program, similar to those already in place for…...
Maine Law Court hears oral arguments in $1.3M elder scam case
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1007+ words) Does a financial adviser have a fiduciary duty to protect a client from being scammed out of their retirement savings? Or can the adviser "simply watch their diminished-capacity client walk off a financial bridge and into the bay?" That's the…...
Are we going to stand by while Maine’s rivers run dry? | Opinion
1+ week, 2+ day ago (440+ words) Nestor Walters is a Ph.D. student in Earth and climate sciences at the University of Maine. Last fall, on Sept. 10, Utah State University's Jack Schmidt spoke at the University of Maine's School of Earth and Climate Sciences about the Colorado…...
Lewiston’s new St. Dom’s plans graduation for class that couldn’t graduate
1+ week, 2+ day ago (484+ words) To honor members of the St. Dominic's Regional High School class who thought they would graduate a Saint but didn't, the new head of school plans to offer an event this spring to celebrate the Class of 2026." The high school…...