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Freezing rain makes travel hazardous

Freezing rain created “treacherous” road conditions in Western Maine on Saturday and left 7,000 households across the state without power. As of 8:28 p.m., Oxford, York and Cumberland counties each were reporting more than 2,000 customers without electricity, according to Central Maine Power. An automated message blamed the outages on “current weather conditions.” Earlier in […]

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This is a very special time

We are at a very special time of year. Thanksgiving has passed and we are nearly to Christmas. Thanksgiving was a time to remember how God has blessed us in the past and Christmas will be a time to remember how God blessed us with the birth of Jesus Christ to be the one who […]

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Christmas services

AUBURN — The West Auburn Congregational Church is planning two special services just before Christmas. A Live Nativity and Festival of Lessons and Carols will be performed at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, with special musical accompaniment by Terry Swett, Diane Maddix and Jeanine Loubiere. The entire nativity will be acted out in the sanctuary, including […]

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Briefly: Region

Health center holds food drive KINGFIELD — During its Thanksgiving food drive, Mt. Abram Regional Health Center provided six complete holiday dinners to local families, and the center’s on-site food closet, which is available whenever the center is open, has been restocked. In total, the health center received more than $600 in monetary donations, $400 […]

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Auburn jewelry store plays Santa for 11-year-old's sick mom

AUBURN — Kaden James’ mom Michelle has had a terrible year: 16 surgeries and an amputated left leg as doctors try to fight off flesh-eating bacteria. Monday night, after visiting his mother in the ICU at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, the 11-year-old joined his grandmother for grocery shopping. He told her he wanted […]

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Holiday Nights bringing Christmas cheer, wagon rides to Norway's Main Street

Jayne Pearson, left, and Annie Schlaefer, right, led a gathering of community members who enjoy singing on Dec. 1 at Longley Square, Main Street, during the opening nights of the Norway Downtown/Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce Holiday Nights: Magic on Main Street event. (Adam Brown/Sun Journal) NORWAY — Norway’s Holiday Nights: Magic on Main Street will bring […]