Dear readers of the Lewiston Sun Journal and family of weeklies: I’m honored to be the new steward of the Sun Journal and its group of weeklies and monthly magazines. It is humbling to follow the Costello family and the rich tradition they created for these newspapers over four generations. Done well, community journalism can […]
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A fond farewell
I have written a river of words in my life as a newspaper editor, but the next few will be the hardest. Tuesday, after more than 100 years, the Costello family will no longer own a daily newspaper in Maine. I have been retired for a year as editor of the Sun Journal, but I […]
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Thank you, Costello family
With great sadness I read about the sale of the Sun Journal. Four generations of the Costello family have been opinion leaders in Lewiston-Auburn. They have run a remarkable enterprise, which included the daily newspaper I have read every single morning for nearly 40 years. The newspaper is clearly a business — but it is […]
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Sun Journal sold to MaineToday Media owner Reade Brower
LEWISTON — After four generations of ownership, the Costello family announced Monday that it’s selling the Sun Journal and 16 other publications to the owner of MaineToday Media, parent company of the Portland Press Herald. Steve Costello said the newspaper hadn’t been looking to sell, but had worked with MTM owner Reade Brower for several […]
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Horrified by prisoners’ treatment
I was amazed by the dramatic and well-written story about the transport of prisoners from Florida to Maine (Sun Journal, March 26). That incredible story seems to reveal a series of crimes. Considering the persons involved in performing that prisoner transport and their reluctance to talk, the Sun Journal should be congratulated. I came from […]
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Story left a sour taste
The headline of a Sun Journal story, “Balloon fest finances probed” (March 15), and its accompanying article have brought the Sun Journal to a place that I can’t imagine. The actual facts of what the Balloon Festival does for the community was totally overlooked in lieu of looking for dirt. Next time, just go to […]
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Thanks for the coverage
Kudos to Dave Irons and the Sun Journal for the March 19 article and vivid cover relating to the U.S. Alpine Championships returning to Sugarloaf. The Sun Journal plays an important role in publicizing area events that could use local support to flourish. The U.S. Alpine Championships returning to Sugarloaf illustrates the jewel of a […]
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Keep the public informed
The Maine Legislature is starting its law-making process. Does the Sun Journal have the courage to print the votes of the area’s legislators on the most important issues before the Legislature? Constituents should be informed on how their elected representatives and senators are representing them. Who better to do this, and has the obligation to […]
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HS football: York comes back, stuns Leavitt
YORK — The plan for the York High School football team in the second half of Friday’s Class B South game against Leavitt was to try and establish the running game. Not even York head coach Randy Small could have imagined what he witnessed from the Wildcat sideline in the game’s final 24 minutes. The Wildcats ran […]
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Veteran sports journalist Fred Gage dies at age 90
PARIS — Eloquence, wit, charm — with a dash of pizzazz. And always — always — a smile. Fred Gage, an award-winning former Sun Journal sports journalist and local radio personality, died Saturday. He was 90. “Fred Gage truly was a Lewiston-Auburn institution,” former Sun Journal sports editor, columnist and reporter Kalle Oakes said. “As […]