Androscoggin
N.H. recycling company collecting clothing, shoes from town waste stations
LIVERMORE FALLS — A bin to collect clothing and shoes was delivered to the Transfer Station on Tuesday as part of a New Hampshire recycling company’s effort to help those in need and curb landfill materials. Apparel Impact LLC of Manchester, N.H., is providing the bins to towns in Franklin, Oxford and Androscoggin counties. The […]
Checking woman’s safety at the Androscoggin River
Auburn rescue workers return Thursday afternoon to the boat ramp behind Festival Plaza after assisting Lewiston police in the search for a woman who had been seen on the rocks near Great Falls on the Androscoggin River. The woman was located on land and taken to a Lewiston hospital for evaluation. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
Maine lawyer tapped for federal bench
Judge Lance Walker (Jack Montgomery photo) LEWISTON — A Maine judge who presided over district courts in Androscoggin and Oxford counties was tapped for the federal bench, Maine’s U.S. senators announced Tuesday. Lance Walker, a Maine Superior Court justice, must be approved by the U.S. Senate before filling the vacancy left by Judge John A. […]
Misty morning in Livermore Falls
Mist rises from the Androscoggin River in Livermore Falls on Monday morning. (Liz Marquis/Sun Journal)
Melting ice in Rumford Center
The warm temperatures are melting ice on the Androscoggin River in Rumford Center. (Lainey Cross photo)
Community Concepts grant 'pays it forward'
LEWISTON — Community Concepts, a nonprofit organization providing support services to residents in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties, has received a donation from Ted West, Atlantic National Trust founder, to launch “Pay It Forward,” an innovative, privately-funded emergency grant program for those with acute needs that would otherwise go unmet. Most of Community Concepts’ programs […]
Ice, rain cause outages, flooding
Thousands of Mainers were without power Tuesday night as ice-laden limbs and lines snapped in a storm that also flooded roads and slicked highways. The storm dropped up to 3 inches of snow in the mountains, and turned to freezing rain and rain in some areas. “It was mostly ice,” a meteorologist with the National […]
Androscoggin sheriff warns of scammer posing as a police lieutenant
Sheriff Eric Samson of the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said a man has been calling local residents and identifying himself as Lt. Vance Berry in an attempt to scam people out of money. In a news release, Samson said the man has been calling people and telling them they missed jury duty and a warrant […]
Androscoggin County Sheriff Office adds domestic violence investigator
Androscoggin County Building in Auburn. AUBURN — The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office will dedicate one of its Criminal Investigations Division’s detectives to handling domestic violence cases. Sheriff Eric Samson identified the community need and deficiency in his department in consultation with his administrative team. “This provides us the chance to put a more complete case […]