AUBURN — Laurier T. Raymond, a former Androscoggin County attorney, probate judge and Lewiston mayor, died Saturday at a hospice in Auburn. He was 87. Raymond, who was known as Larry, practiced law for 61 years in the area, and for a time served on the board of directors for the Franco American Heritage Center. […]
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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.
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Lewiston: Fatal motorcycle crash investigated
Police say speed was a likely factor in the crash.
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‘Nice to see her outside again:’ Ramp built for ailing Poland woman
POLAND — It is done. The ramp is done. A few weeks ago, what a 12-year-old girl named Lily wanted more than anything in the world was a simple ramp so her ailing great-grandmother could get in and out of her house. This week, Lily got to see her dream all the way through as […]
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Maryland man admits to credit card fraud
Bryan Boley faces more than 30 years in prison and nearly a million dollars in fines when he is sentenced later in the year.
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CMCC graduation: ‘There isn’t anything you can’t accomplish’
Hundreds collected their diplomas Thursday night at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee as CMCC graduated its 55th class.
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Maine Oxy employees file suit against owner
Lawsuit claims company owner Daniel Guerin harassed and threatened employees to get them to sell back their stock shares.
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Rangeley Plantation: Firefighter, cop pull couple from burning home
RANGELEY PLANTATION – Rescuers pulled a man and his wife out of their burning home Friday as a house at 4 Swains Road went up in flames. Rangeley Fire Chief Mike Bacon and police Sgt. Jared Austin went into the home to retrieve the couple as flames burned through the upper floors at about […]
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Lewiston High School senior makes it to national poetry finals
Joao Rodrigues Victor was one of nine finalists to read poetry Wednesday night at Washington University in Washington, D.C.
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‘She loves her Grammy:’ Girl saving money for ramp
Forget makeup and iTunes. 12-year-old wants a ramp for her great-grandmother.
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Pickup crashes into tree in Sabattus
The driver walked away from his mangled vehicle, but he was taken to the hospital to be examined.