“Look at everybody down here. Everybody’s having a good time. We’re going to have so much fun this weekend, it’s just awesome,” said Paul Englehart, Raspberry Ripple crew chief.
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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.
At least one seriously hurt in Lewiston crash
Fire and rescue crews worked to free a woman trapped in her vehicle Friday after a car and truck collided on Lisbon Street.
Lewiston chicken owners confused about ordinance
A little-known 30,000-square-foot requirement has residents in the city having to lay off their birds.
Maryland woman drowns after canoe tips over in Bethel
Xiaolian Ding, age 75, of Silver Spring, Maryland drowned after becoming trapped underneath a canoe on the Androscoggin River in Bethel Wednesday.
Sky’s the limit for Maine balloon festival
The balloon festival, held each year on the banks of the Androscoggin River, was launched in 1993 as a way of attracting tourists and enabling various nonprofit groups to raise awareness to their causes.
Garbage truck plows into five vehicles in Farmington
Police said the garbage truck, owned by Archie’s Disposal and driven by Thomas Davenport, 50, of Canton slammed into the back of a Ford F-250 pickup truck.
Former Sabattus woman settles lawsuit in prisoner transport case
Meghan Quinn was forced to kneel in a blood- and urine-soaked cage during a five-day extradition from Florida to Maine, her lawsuit against a Florida company contends.
‘Not a gun control problem:’ Son of man shot to death at Auburn Walmart defends right to carry
Justin Karcher, 19, was in the parking lot with his father, Jean Donald Fournier, on July 27 when an argument ended with the fatal shooting.
One hurt in Lisbon Street crash
LEWISTON – A woman was hurt Thursday night when the car she was riding in slammed into a utility pole on Lisbon Street. The crash occurred about 8:30 p.m. at the entrance to Domino’s Pizza at 1104 Lisbon St., not far from the corner of Scribner Boulevard. Witnesses reported hearing the crash as the four-door […]
Police charge Auburn man, 21, with murder in shooting at Walmart
Officials said the encounter Saturday was not random, and an autopsy confirmed Jean Fournier, 41, died of gunshot wounds.