Posted inConnections, sj-web

Community meals

MECHANIC FALLS — Post 150, American Legion, will serve a bloody Mary breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday, March 5, at 41 Elm St. — SABATTUS — The Harry J. Conway Post 135, American Legion, will hold a monthly community breakfast from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sunday, March 5, at 40 Island Road. The proceeds from the breakfast support […]

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Posted inObituaries, sj-web

Lloyd R. Morrison

NEW GLOUCESTER — Lloyd R. Morrison, 87, of New Gloucester passed away Saturday, Feb. 25, at his home with family at his side, after an 11-year bout with cancer. Lloyd was born in Gray on April 17, 1929, a son of Webster R. Morrison and Elsie P. (Hall) Morrison. He will be remembered as a […]

Posted inBethel, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley

Police add patrols for holiday weekend

GRAY — State police plan to have additional troopers on patrol and a plane in the air for the long Thanksgiving weekend, according to a news release.  Chief of the state police, Col. Robert Williams, said troopers will look for aggressive, impaired and texting drivers. In addition, troopers will also look for seat-belt violators, following […]

Posted inLewiston-Auburn

Hazmat exercise in Gray will close road

GRAY — The Cumberland County Emergency Management Agency will conduct a full-scale hazmat exercise Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14 and 15, at the railroad crossing on Depot Road. Depot Road between Intervale Road and Mayall Road will be closed to through traffic and two detour routes will be in place. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office […]

Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn

Working: The Frisky Whisk, take two

GRAY — Emily Wright hopes customers come for the oven-fresh cinnamon rolls and stay for Fat Elvis. Wright says she’s fulfilling a longtime dream by moving The Frisky Whisk Bakery and her line of decadent, gourmet cupcakes and desserts out of her Auburn kitchen and opening a storefront. On the menu: cupcakes with names such […]

Posted inMaine, sj-web

Bunny resuscitated after Gray fire has died

GRAY — The owner of a home that burned in Gray Saturday morning says the bunny that was resuscitated has died. Jill Bearce says the bunny died Monday. “He fought really hard but just couldn’t gain his strength back,” Bearce said. Crews responded to 157 Center Road around 11 a.m. Saturday for a report of a fire […]

Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine

Lewiston man killed in Monday morning Turnpike crash

GRAY — A Lewiston man was killed in a crash Monday morning on the Maine Turnpike near the Gray exit, according to Maine State Police. Henry P. Roy, 89, died shortly after his arrival at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, according to Stephen McCausland, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman. Troopers said Roy struck […]