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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Joy to the weed: Marijuana legalization comes bearing gifts
In this Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 photo, James MacWilliams prunes a marijuana plant that he is growing indoors in Portland, Maine. “I figure, I’ve got all this pot, I might as well just give it away for Christmas,” said MacWilliams, who started growing weed when it became legal and is giving away fancy jars of […]
Street talk: Gifts for the scofflaw on the law's naughty list
The woman at the front of the line could not have been more enthused about her Christmas plans. She had procured for her son the perfect gift — in fact, a bunch of them — and now all that was left was to plan the delivery. “I’m going to wait until Christmas morning to give […]
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 […]
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 […]
Meaning of Christmas, according to tots
PARIS — Julien Frank, 5, of Oxford, watched his 2-year-old sister, Clover, sitting on Santa’s lap, and nervously inched closer. In a tiny voice, he asked Santa for a “Pop the Pig” game, and his sisters both agreed it was fine gift to ask for. The annual children’s Christmas party in the Paris Public Library […]
Junior Nordiques: Old and young celebrate Christmas
LEWISTON — To say that Jean Cloutier enjoys the company of children might be a touch of understatement. She drove a school bus for 24 years, did Cloutier, and that’s on top of the 14 years she spent as an education technician at the high school. She raised four kids of her own, too, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]