POTSDAM, N.Y. — The following students will attend Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y., as members of the Class of 2016: Aimee Giffune of Turner, a graduate of Leavitt Area High School. Giffune will be majoring in chemical engineering. Caleb Verrill of Poland, a graduate of Saint Dominic Regional High School. Verrill will be majoring in […]
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Cheverus High School honor roll
PORTLAND — The following Cheverus High School students were named to the second semester honor roll. High honors Lewiston: Brittany Bell, grade 10. Raymond: Kaitlyn Dostie, grade nine. Honors Auburn: Scott Potter, grade 12. Bowdoin: Anna Herling, grade 12. Bowdoinham: Benjamin Ambrose, grade nine. Bridgton: Gregory Grinnell, grade 10. Casco: Casey Simpson, grade nine; Alexander […]
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‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’
Teens taking part in Schoolhouse Arts Center’s teen summer Shakespeare workshop will present “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” this weekend. Among the 19 teens in the cast are Jamie Eckstein, John Eckstein, Meira Eckstein and Angelica Phipps of Standish; and Kyah Morrissette and Johanna Stanley of Windham. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 17-18; and 2 […]
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One dead, one injured after ATV crash in Naples
NAPLES, Maine (AP) — Law enforcement officials say a 24-year-old woman was killed in an ATV crash in Naples, Maine. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department says the woman and a companion were riding on the ATV on the River Road early Wednesday when it went airborne, flipped and landed in the Crooked River. Officials say […]
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Maine woman killed in ATV crash
NAPLES (AP) — Law enforcement officials say a 24-year-old woman was killed in an ATV crash in Naples, Maine. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department says the woman and a companion were riding on the ATV on the River Road early Wednesday when it went airborne, flipped and landed in the Crooked River. Officials say 24-year-old […]
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Jacqueline ‘Jackie’ Blanchard
NAPLES — Jacqueline “Jackie” Michaud Blanchard of Port Orange, Fla., and Naples, passed away at the home of her daughter Brenda and husband Wayne Chaplin in Naples, July 31. She was born in Lewiston, March 25, 1921. For many years, Jackie and her husband Roger owned and operated Blanchard’s Anchorage and Bayview Cabins located in […]
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W. and D. Morton: Parents need to be facilitators
As my husband and I (with a combined total of more than 75 years of teaching experience) sit here reading the Sun Journal online, we were pleased that the July 27 editorial hit the nail on the head. How refreshing to acknowledge the need for a better school-related work ethic by both parents and students. […]
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NWS confirms Sebago lake funnel cloud
NAPLES — The National Weather Service has confirmed that a funnel cloud formed over Sebago Lake last weekend. A meteorologist with the weather service based in Gray says photographs taken by James Sinko, a student at Lyndon State College in Vermont, showed a funnel cloud forming Sunday off the beach at Sebago Lake State Park […]
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Montana will play at Naples gazebo
NAPLES — Lindsey Montana will perform at the Naples Village Green gazebo at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 29. Besides original material, the one-hour concert will feature Montana’s take on a variety of American music, from the twenties to the present. Born in Castine, Montana has played a variety of instruments at thousands of shows throughout New […]
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Students named to dean’s lists
STORRS, Conn. — The University of Connecticut recently announced the students who attained the dean’s list for the spring 2012 semester. Brunswick: Amelia Wise Gray: Tyler Holmquist Naples: Sarah Hale Winthrop: Bennett Doughty PORTALES, N.M. — Mohamed Hussein Noor from the Lewiston area has been named to the dean’s list at Eastern New Mexico University […]