Thomas M. Curley, co-founder of the popular ACT auto racing tour and former owner of the famed Thunder Road International SpeedBowl in Barre, Vermont, has died. He was 73. Read More
Gov. Paul LePage addresses the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce at its October breakfast Thursday morning. Read More
The campaign is hoping to sell Gary Johnson as a good alternative to the Democrat and Republican offerings this year. Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Republicans and Democrats have until Friday to switch parties if they want to vote in any primary elections set for June 14. In a news release Monday, Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said state law requires a 15-day waiting period after… Read More
POLAND, Maine — Androscoggin County and state police have responded to a developing standoff on White Oak Hill Road. A disturbance at 475 White Oak Hill Road was reported around 10:30 a.m. Thursday. According to Androscoggin County Sheriff Eric Samson, all but one person… Read More
LEWISTON, Maine — Building owner Joe Dunne says he was fighting back against mayoral candidate Ben Chin’s accusations he was a slumlord. That’s why he put up two signs attacking Chin during the weekend. The signs, which read “Don’t vote for Ho Chi Chin; vote for… Read More
Rep. Bruce Poliquin said Tuesday his bill, Helping Our Rural Veterans Receive Health Care Act, would allow hospitals outside the VA's system to enter contracts to provide care for veterans through the system, giving veterans easier access to local care options. Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine — Just one day before Maine’s Republican Gov. Paul LePage will host a summit meeting on Maine’s ever-growing heroin abuse problem, Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, will host his own roundtable on a similar topic. LePage’s summit is planned for Wednesday, Aug. 26,… Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine — State and federal lawmakers in Maine and Washington, D.C., reacted with frustration and concern Thursday at the news Verso will idle part of its mill in Jay — laying off about 300 employees permanently. “The news of the planned layoffs at the Jay… Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine – A group hoping to reform Maine’s campaign finance laws with a statewide ballot question this November rallied at the State House Tuesday with about 200 supporters in tow. The ballot question requires increased disclosures for political advertising and steep increases in the fines… Read More
FALMOUTH, Maine — The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, a group hoping to place a ballot question before Maine voters to legalize recreational marijuana in the state, is reporting it has raised $53,011 in the second quarter of 2015. But $50,000 of the donation came… Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine – State Rep. William Noon, D-Sanford, has died, according to a release from Maine Speaker of the House Mark Eves. Noon, 66, died Wednesday morning after a long battle with cancer, Eves, D-North Berwick, said in a press release issued by his office. Read More
AUBURN, Maine — Organizers of the annual Great Falls Balloon Festival announced Friday morning they had discovered that a storage trailer used to store festival property had been burglarized. The copper power cords used to electrify the field at Simard-Payne Memorial Park were stolen, according to… Read More
LEWISTON, Maine — A local man was hospitalized Friday night after he was struck by a car while walking on Lisbon Street. Click on link to access the full story: http://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/2015/03/06/police-investigate-pedestrian-accident/1665565. Read More
Sheila Pinette is no longer head of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. However, even without managing the department, it appears she will still be responsible for a number of the public health-related duties she had at the CDC. The Maine Department… Read More
LEWISTON, Maine — The city reported that three-quarters of Lewiston lost its electricity supply midday Thursday. Central Maine Power reports that a squirrel got into a substation. They are working to restore power to more than 6,200 customers. Lewiston School Superintendent Bill Webster says… Read More
AUBURN, Maine — A 33-year-old Mechanic Falls woman was killed when a tractor-trailer truck struck her in the parking lot of Walmart on Mount Auburn Avenue early Thursday morning. Kassandra Lavoie died at the scene, according to local police. Lavoie had been a suspect… Read More
BANGOR, Maine — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins hits the road this week on a three-day bus tour of the state as part of her re-election campaign. Collins, a Republican, is running for a fourth term in the U.S. Senate against Democratic challenger Shenna Bellows, the former… Read More
MINOT — A 5-year-old girl found at the bottom of a pool Thursday night died over the weekend, according to police. Lt. Glenn Holt at the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said Abigail Rodrigue passed away on Saturday. Read full story here: http://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/0001/11/30/girl-dies-minot-swimming-pool-accident/1563840… Read More
MONMOUTH, Maine — A man was killed in a two-car crash just before 11 a.m. Friday on Route 202, according to Monmouth police. A woman was taken to Central Maine Medical Center with serious injuries. According to Officer Dana Wessling, a Lincoln heading north on Route… Read More
