The town plans to celebrate its 225th birthday on June 22.
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Student Craft Institute inspires local students
DEER ISLE — For nearly 40 years, the Student Craft Institute has brought high school juniors and seniors from larger cities and small towns to some of the most remote parts of the state and coastal communities to campus for an immersive program. This year’s institute ran May 17-19. Instructors included Addison de Lisle […]
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, News
Julia Gagnon to headline 2 July shows at Johnson Hall in Gardiner in her Maine tour
Julia Gagnon, who made a strong showing on the latest season of ‘American Idol,’ will perform at Johnson Hall on July 26 and July 27.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Few anglers fishing on April Fool’s Day
Traditionally, many anglers look forward to April 1, but nowadays it depends on the weather and the zone.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Politics
Lewiston, Lisbon police face tough questions about mass shooting response
The fourth hearing by the commission investigating the shooting focuses largely on the struggle to quickly organize a unified search for the killer in the face of dozens of false tips and red herrings.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
During the hunt for Robert Card, police were also balancing hundreds of routine calls for help
Dispatch logs show local and county police were dispatched to nearly 600 calls during the two-day lockdown.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Each one of more than 1,000 police calls for help was treated as a potential Card sighting
The high level of response came at a cost to area police departments. In Auburn, police Chief Jason Moen said the department spent $22,000 for about 300 hours of overtime pay.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Lisbon man flees police, arrested in Topsham
Thomas Coffill, 51, rammed a cruiser with his vehicle before submitting to arrest.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
The Lewiston mass shooting is ‘not just Lewiston’s tragedy’
Thirteen of the 18 people killed in the Oct. 25 shootings were not Lewiston residents.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Lewiston police chief: ‘I’m very proud of our police officers. They ran to the gunfire.’
In his first in-depth interview about the Oct. 25 mass shooting, Chief David St. Pierre reflects on the events of that night and the effect they have had on his officers and the city.