Auburn charter commission candidates On June 10, Auburn voters will choose three representatives to sit on the charter commission: Voters will go to the polls June 10 to pick three candidates from each city to sit on the commission. They will begin drafting a plan to make one larger city out of two medium-sized ones. […]
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P. Clifford: Mathews’ letter made sense
This is in response to the letter from George Mathews, printed Jan. 23. He offered a rebuttal to the Sun Journal editorial printed Jan. 19 that favored the expansion of Medicaid in Maine. The Sun Journal editorial was the usual progressive opinion, but Mathews offered many great ideas that made a lot more sense than […]
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M. Gordon: Startling revelations
Great job by Lindsay Tice and the Sun Journal on the story about how Mainers use their EBT cash benefits (Jan. 19). Sharp, balanced reporting, writing and editing … and some pretty startling revelations. Please continue to keep us informed on this important issue. Michael Gordon, Mulberry, Fla.
Posted inLocal Sports
Lancaster earns top field hockey award
AUGUSTA — Skowhegan High School is no stranger to the Maine field hockey spotlight, and its players are no stranger to the game, no to opposing coaches. Sunday, for the second time in three seasons, one of the Indians’ top performers was named the best Maine has to offer. The Maine Field Hockey Association named […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
SJ will soon charge for unlimited access. New ‘bundle’ can include 7 papers
On Dec. 3, the Sun Journal and our family of weekly newspapers will begin charging for Web access, and offering something unique in Maine: an all-access bundle of newspapers that will include the daily Sun Journal and six weekly newspapers in Franklin, Oxford and Androscoggin counties. As a current Sun Journal print subscriber, you will […]
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D. Warren: Hearing the truth
“LePage dogged again by remark,” was the headline on a Bangor Daily News story reprinted in the Sun Journal Oct. 23. But the BDN and the Sun Journal have it wrong — it’s the media that is relentless in dogging the governor about him speaking the truth and the liberal media doesn’t want to hear […]
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Sun Journal wins Publick Occurrences award
LEWISTON — The Sun Journal has been awarded the New England Newspaper & Press Association’s prestigious Publick Occurrences award for courage, excellence and independence in reporting. The award, created in 1991, is named after the first newspaper published in the United States, called Publick Occurrences, Both Foreign and Domestick, established in Boston on Sept. 25, […]