It’s almost impossible to overstate the thrill that once raced through Lewiston’s youngsters each year when Santa Claus arrived in Lewiston. We’re not talking about the sleigh and the reindeer, or Santa slipping down the chimney, though. A lot of what got everyone hyped up for the holiday involved the promotional skills and hefty advertising […]
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For 175 years, the Sun Journal has published from the heart of Lewiston
We take a look back at the newspaper’s various locations downtown in the wake of its first move in nearly a century.
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The Lewiston Evening Journal put ‘rosy old’ Santa on trial in 1897
125 years ago, the Journal asked prominent religious leaders in Maine if Santa Claus should be abolished. It got a spirited variety of responses.
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Other high-ranking politicians from the area
From the astonishing Washburns of Livermore to Auburn’s Olympia Snowe, western Maine has proven fertile ground for ambitious politicians.
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Political hotbed: ‘For scheming politicans, Lewiston has the medal’
Since Maine became a state two centuries ago, Lewiston has elected 15 men to serve in Congress or as governor.
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The Androscoggin River has been an ever-changing resource
A quick overview of the river that made the growth of Lewiston and Auburn possible.
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Rumford boys basketball’s three titles in four years were a group effort
Many players took on big roles over the four-year run by the Panthers, culminating in a New England championship and three Class A titles.
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In one of the area’s worst accidents, five drowned on Taylor Pond in 1940
The first clue that something was terribly wrong came when Floyd Ray noticed something floating in the water near his home on Taylor Pond on a Sunday evening in June 1940. He quickly discovered the body of a fully clothed woman bobbing beside the brick and cement wall along the shore of his property. She […]
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Almost a murder
A Lewiston Weekly Journal story from June 9, 1885 reported that Mrs. Spaulding was scuffling with her husband. She had her hands before her face. After the officers entered the door, he fired at her.
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Another disappearance
A Lewiston Evening Journal story from Nov. 11, 1896.