BOSTON — The Sun Journal accepted four first-place honors and four additional top awards from the New England Newspaper and Press Association for writing and illustration Saturday, signifying the best writing among all newspapers in New England. Staff Writer Lindsay Tice accepted the awards for the newspaper, including a first-place award for government reporting for […]
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Police: Woman dies, man hospitalized in Alna shooting
ALNA — A man was hospitalized Saturday morning and a woman evidently took her own life in an Alna suicide that Maine State Police spokesman Stephen McCausland said had some “unusual circumstances.” The shooting occurred at a home on West Alna Road, he said Sunday. After it was reported to local police, the Lincoln County […]
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RSU 9 to develop policy on student memorials
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 directors will consider a policy on memorializing students that Superintendent Tom Ward believes would be the first for a Maine school if it’s adopted. Guidance Director Ben Milster told the board Tuesday night that the idea came because of a student suicide about 18 months ago. “We believe a policy would […]
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Robin Williams, actor, dead at 63
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Robin Williams, a brilliant shapeshifter who could channel his frenetic energy into delightful comic characters like “Mrs. Doubtfire” or harness it into richly nuanced work like his Oscar-winning turn in “Good Will Hunting,” died Monday in an apparent suicide. He was 63. Williams was pronounced dead at his San Francisco Bay […]
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Maine trail race raises awareness, funds for suicide prevention
Online registration closes on June 4 BETHEL — The second annual Ryan’s Trail Run: A Run For Life will take place Sunday, June 22, on the Pine Hill Trails at Gould Academy. The 5- and 10-kilometer race is named for Ryan Gilman of Wallagrass, an outgoing, likable dad who suffered from depression. On April 9, […]
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NAMI Maine to host Suicide Prevention Awareness Night
AUBURN — NAMI Maine, National Alliance on Mental Illness, will host a a free Suicide Prevention Awareness Night on Thursday, May 1, in Auburn at the Hilton Garden Inn. The training is being sponsored by Tri-Country Mental Health Services, Healthy Androscoggin, Lewiston public schools and the Auburn School Department. The presentation is intended to develop suicide […]
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Friends, neighbors of injured Rumford woman remember day of shooting
RUMFORD — Richard Korhonen was taking his dog for a walk Tuesday afternoon when he saw a Rumford police officer standing outside the apartment of Jessica Byrn-Francisco. “I told him, ‘I don’t think she’s home,’ and he told me to call the police if I heard from her,” Korhonen said. When Korhonen returned to his third-floor […]
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Suicidal woman shot by police remains in ‘serious’ condition
RUMFORD — A local woman who was shot twice by a police officer Tuesday evening remained in serious condition Wednesday, according to a spokesperson at the Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Jessica Byrn-Francisco, 25, called a crisis hotline late Tuesday afternoon and threatened to commit suicide, police Chief Stacy Carter said. Carter said the […]
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Mental illness support group hosting suicide-prevention program
DIXFIELD — The National Alliance on Mental Illness Family Support Group will host a public forum from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, to discuss suicide prevention and awareness with parents, school staff, businesses and organizations. It will be held in the cafeteria of Dirigo High School. Dottie Adams of Hanover, who works with […]
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Man killed by Downeaster train in apparent suicide in Old Orchard Beach
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — One of Amtrak’s Downeaster passenger trains struck and killed a man shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday, Old Orchard Beach police have confirmed. Lt. Timothy DeLuca said that a white male was killed when he stepped out in front of the southbound train at the Union Avenue Crossing. The man was pronounced […]