The organization expects to receive its gift, part of a $4 billion series of donations from MacKenzie Scott, early in 2021.
Mark LaFlamme
Sun Journal
Mark LaFlamme is a Sun Journal reporter and weekly columnist. He's been on the nighttime police beat since 1994, which is just grand because he doesn't like getting out of bed before noon. Mark is the author of eight published novels and rides a dual sport motorcycle everywhere he goes. Unless it's winter, in which case he just sulks a lot.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Pedestrian struck by car in Wales
The woman, estimated to be in her mid-20s, was said to have suffered minor injuries.
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Dempsey Center: Wendy Tardif stepping down
Tardif took on the job in 2011 after serving for a time as interim director. Before that, she had served as event manager of the Dempsey Challenge, the center’s primary fundraising vehicle.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Man charged with attempted murder after morning shootout in Lewiston
Police officers and a suspect exchanged gunfire around 4:30 a.m. Later, they surrounded a Horton Street apartment building for about four hours, arresting two men in the afternoon.
Posted inLocal & State
Who are Mainers Against Mask Mandates?
The group’s 1,500 members, often derided as being violently opposed to the use of face masks, passionately believe — for a variety of reasons — that nobody should be forced to wear a mask.
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Court issues another injunction against Sunday River Brewing
Owners ordered to allow state inspectors at Bethel restaurant.
Posted inMaine Crime, Politics, Uncategorized
Rumford: Seven arrested for unlawful entry into U.S.
RUMFORD — Two traffic stops, seven arrests. Rumford police on Thursday said a pair of unrelated stops within town limits led them to seven people, most of them from Brazil, believed to be in the country illegally. Two of those arrested are teenagers. On Thursday morning, while conducting focused highway safety patrols, Rumford police stopped […]
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Mark LaFlamme: Tattered signs of things to come
Around here, people are ripping up campaign signs in the dark of night. In other parts of the country, they have advanced to burning down businesses, toppling statutes and shooting one another on the streets over differences of opinion.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Two people associated with Turner post office test positive for COVID-19
The U.S. Postal Service has offered “liberal leave” to postal employees who may have been in contact with the confirmed cases.
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Wales: Seized cats to be returned to owner
A Lewiston District Court judge dismissed the case for lack of merit.