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Edward Little appreciates vets who served

Bonnie Washuk, Staff Writer — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:15:00 +0000

Staff and students line up to say "thank you" to World War II veteran Edward "Mike" Woolley of Auburn at Take a Veteran to School day at Edward Little High School on Thursday. From left are Woolley, French teacher Seth Goodwin, guidance counselor Mike Dunn, senior Garrett Sanborn and basketball c...

Georgia company buys Lepage Bakeries in Lewiston; questions linger about jobs, future

Kathryn Skelton, Staff Writer — Thu, 31 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

LEWISTON — George Deese has had his eye on Lepage Bakeries for some time. He admired the company whose scents are as much a part of the downtown as Lisbon Street and Kenned...

CMMC loses all four trauma surgeons

Lindsay Tice, Staff Writer — Thu, 31 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

LEWISTON — All four of Central Maine Medical Center's trauma surgeons have left the hospital or will be gone in the coming weeks, requiring one of the state's three trauma centers to rely on temporary doctors to fill the void. Three surgeons left CMMC recently and the fourth is sched...

Boys charged with smashing Paris ball field fencing, buildings

Tony Reaves, Staff Writer — Thu, 31 May 2012 19:59:00 +0000

PARIS — Three local juveniles are charged with damaging fencing and buildings at the Dennis Rugg Athletic Complex on Oxford Street last weekend, police said. Paris police Lt. Michael Dailey said three boys started up a front-end loader in a nearby sandpit and drove it to the athletic...

Legislature sustains LePage veto on gambling expansion

Scott Thistle, Regional Editor — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:05:00 +0000

AUGUSTA – After a brief debate Thursday, the House of Representatives voted to sustain Gov. Paul LePage's veto that kills a bill passed by the Legislature earlier this year. That bill would have allowed fraternal and veterans organizations to install gambling machines at their clubhouses.

Oxford Hills health gets attention of business community

Leslie H. Dixon, Staff Writer — Thu, 31 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

NORWAY – Every weekday around noon, downtown Norway sidewalks become the exercise track for numerous groups of business people who lace up their sneakers and walk for health. “It is really true that if we just focused on being more active we could affect mortality rate, save of...

H.S. Tennis: Blue Devils advance past Rams

Justin Pelletier, Assistant Sports Editor, Online — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:00:09 +0000

Lewiston's Brett Vallee unleashes a backhand winner during his deciding singles match Thursday afternoon against Cony's Chase Whittier in the Eastern Class A quarterfinal matchups. Vallee rallied in back-to-back sets from down 2-3 to earn a 6-3, 6-3 win, giving the Devils a win.

Bliss Thru Shopping: Bethel bound, part I

Bag Lady & Shopping Siren — Thu, 31 May 2012 23:45:00 +0000

Nothing would be quite so divine as a personal tour of a balsam factory. "Mmm," we would say. "Smell that!" Unfortunately, to keep our secret identities, well, secret, such a tour would have to be conducted at night, with the lights out, and since we assume there must be ba...

Boston woman pleads not guilty in stabbing

Christopher Williams — Thu, 31 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

AUBURN — A Boston woman pleaded not guilty Thursday to two charges stemming from a January fight with a boyfriend at a Lewiston apartment where police say he was stabbed. Saynab Said, 27, was indicted on a felony charge of aggravated assault and a misdemeanor charge of domestic viole...

PHOTO: Man hit by truck in Lewiston

Daryn Slover — Thu, 31 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

United Ambulance personnel care for a man who was struck by his truck, at left, in front of 130 College St. in Lewiston on Thursday afternoon. Police said 47-year-old Patric McCrater of Greene had stopped to retrieve a box from the roadway when his truck rolled over him, dragging h...

Committee mulls moving gazebo within Kennedy Park

Scott Taylor, Staff Writer — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:30:00 +0000

LEWISTON — Members of a volunteer committee are putting finishing touches on their proposed designs for a renovated and refurbished Kennedy Park gazebo. Their latest idea moves the gazebo about 250 feet southeast, from its historic location in Kennedy Park's northeastern section to t...

Two women plead not guilty to Livermore Falls store arson charges

Christopher Williams, Staff Writer — Thu, 31 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

AUBURN — Two women charged in connection with a fire last year at a Livermore Falls store pleaded not guilty in Androscoggin County Superior Court on Thursday. Erica Poland-Rolfe, 29, of Livermore Falls had been indicted on two counts of arson, each punishable by up to 30 years in pr...

Musicians aim to preserve Maine music with a museum in Lewiston

Daniel Hartill, Staff Writer — Thu, 24 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

LEWISTON — Too much music is dying. That's the notion that haunts Roger Michaud, the lead singer of the '60s-era Lewiston band, the Moon Dawgs. Too many songs have been lost, he said. And each time that happens, a piece of Maine heritage is lost. "Think of the musical history ...

LePage clarifies he isn’t endorsing after mailer from Poliquin implies support

Matthew Stone, Bangor Daily News — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:18:00 +0000

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage said Wednesday he has no plans to endorse any of the six Republican candidates for Senate vying for their party’s nod in the June 12 primary. The statement came a day after a campaign mailing from candidate Bruce Poliquin arrived in Republican voters&...

Tea party activist files signatures for Senate run in Maine

The Associated Press — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:02:00 +0000

AUGUSTA, Maine — A fourth independent has filed petitions to appear on the November ballot for U.S. Senate in Maine. Tea party activist Andrew Ian Dodge says he submitted 4,183 signatures to the Maine secretary of state’s office on Wednesday, a day after

Paris selectmen deny trying to force town manager's resignation

Tony Reaves, Staff Writer — Wed, 30 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

PARIS — Two selectmen denied a published report Wednesday that they told Town Manager Phil Tarr just days after his wife's funeral that they wouldn't be renewing his contract. “I have no idea where they got that information from,” Co-chairman Robert Kirchherr said of a re...

Minot developer to get permit for York Road property

Winslow Durgin, Special to the Sun Journal — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:00:08 +0000

MINOT — Developer Chuck Starbird will receive a building permit for his property at the end of York Road, Town Administrator Arlan Saunders told selectmen Monday. “That is, provided all the paperwork for that permit is in order,” he said. Saunders said Code Enforce...

Auburn school budget to be less than expected

Staff report — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:00:08 +0000

AUBURN — The school department is facing health insurance costs for staff that will be 4 percent higher next year, not the 10 percent increase originally budgeted, according to Superintendent Katy Grondin. The savings will be used to help property taxpayers, Grondin said Monday. ...

Auburn aims for state "Business Friendly" certification

Scott Taylor, Staff Writer — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:00:08 +0000

AUBURN — The city is hoping to be among the first in the state to receive Gov. Paul LePage's business friendly certification. Auburn Economic Development Director Roland Miller said the city is prepared to file an application with the

Kingfield reviewing wastewater disposal rates

Valerie Tucker, Special to the Sun Journal — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:00:08 +0000

KINGFIELD – Selectmen have taken on the challenge of updating the billing system for wastewater disposal. Selectman Merv Wilson said residences are charged $45 per quarter, based on an average home with four bedrooms using approximately 360 gallons a day. Over the...

Farmington schools' volunteer receives award

Valerie Tucker, Special to the Sun Journal — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:00:08 +0000

FARMINGTON — A familiar face in the Mt. Blue Regional School District has been named a recipient of the Maine Principals' Association's Service to Maine Youth Award. Al Feather of Belgrade was chosen as one of two Maine school volunteers in recognition for his outstanding contributio...

Oxford Hills school budget up half a million dollars

Leslie H. Dixon, Staff Writer — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:00:08 +0000

OXFORD – School Superintendent Rick Colpitts presented a $35.1 million school budget to the Oxford Hills School District Board of Directors on Monday night saying, “We're doing a lot with very little.” The superintendent is recommending a spending plan of $35,162,603 for ...

Peru selectmen offer advice to wind committee

Mary Standard, Special to the Sun Journal — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:00:08 +0000

PERU — Wind Ordinance Committee Chairman Bill Hine asked the Board of Selectmen Monday night to come to their meetings. All five members were at the meeting. Hine asked the wind committee if they wanted to ask selectmen to extend the moratorium. Tim Holland, chair...

Peru ordinance creates sparks among selectmen

Mary Standard, Special to the Sun Journal — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:00:08 +0000

PERU — Ever since selectmen's secretary Kathy Hussey was elected last year as selectman, people have voiced concern at meetings and to Board of Selectmen Chairman Tim Holland about town employees also holding a town office. On Monday, Holland presented an ordinance for the June refer...

N.H. man, 18, killed in Maine crash

Associated Press — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:00:00 +0000

PORTER, Maine (AP) — Authorities say a New Hampshire teenager was killed and his two passengers were injured in a car crash in western Maine. Steve McCausland of the Maine Public Safety Department says the one-car crash occurred Sunday afternoon on Route 25 in Porter. He...

11 survive plane crash, but 32 killed

Associated Press — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:00:00 +0000

MOSCOW (AP) — A passenger plane crashed in Siberia shortly after taking off Monday morning, killing 32 of the 43 people on board, Russian emergency officials said. The 11 survivors were hospitalized in serious condition. The ATR-72, a French-Italian-made twin-engine turboprop, operat...