Maine native Jessica Meir and fellow astronaut Christina Koch are scheduled for spacewalks on Wednesday and again on Jan. 20.
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Winner of $400M border wall contract: ‘a gung-ho, smart guy’
The driving force behind a North Dakota company that won a $400 million contract to build part of the border wall is described as a “go-getter” and a “gung-ho, smart guy” by people who know him
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Posted inLocal & State, Uncategorized
Investigators say 73-year-old Rumford woman was likely victim of fatal fire
Jane Bubar was unaccounted for after the three-story apartment building was leveled Monday night.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Police look for hit-and-run driver who crashed into a pole in Greene
GREENE — The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office on Friday was searching for the driver of an SUV that slammed into a utility pole, bringing it down on Sawyer Road late Thursday night. Deputies say a silver vehicle hit the utility pole and snapped it at about 10:10 p.m. Thursday. Police said the driver fled the […]
Posted inNation & World, News
2020’s color of the year? Think wild Maine blueberries.
The Pantone Color Institute has picked versatile, timeless Classic Blue as its color of the year for 2020
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Fire destroys Turner home
State fire marshal’s office is investigating the Monday evening fire. No injuries were reported.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
America braces for possible french fry shortage after poor potato harvest
“French fry demand has just been outstanding lately, and so supplies can’t meet the demand,” Travis Blacker, industry-relations director with the Idaho Potato Commission, said in a phone interview.
Posted inNation & World
Next up in impeachment hearings: A parade of key witnesses
What’s next in impeachment hearings: A parade of key witnesses who recall their worries about Trump’s actions toward Ukraine
Posted inLocal & State
Big week for dead batteries in frozen northern New England
Northern New England drivers have been besieged by dead car batteries this week as temperatures have plummeted
Posted inLocal & State
Impromptu Virgin Mary shrine takes shape in Phippsburg antique store parking lot
A few weeks ago, David Cooke, the owner of Maggies Bygones, noticed people pulling into the far end of his parking lot and getting out of their cars to pray in front of a 4-foot-tall statue of the Virgin Mary.