Carl Natale

Sun Journal

Web editor for SunJournal.com

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Published
November 25, 2017

Fake inspection stickers a real headache for Maine

Counterfeiting is just one of the ways motorists are getting around Maine’s safety inspection laws. The state is fighting back.
Published
September 10, 2017

DIY show, Maine Cabin Masters, transforms local camps

INDUSTRY — The television show, “Maine Cabin Masters,” is finding favor across the nation as the cast of family and friends renovate Maine camps for the DIY Network. “People are really intrigued,” Executive Producer Matthew Assmus , executive producer, with Dorsey Pictures in Denver, Colorado, said in an email. Chase Morrill, his sister, Ashley Morrill […]
Published
July 28, 2017

Lewiston’s pool heroes keep swimming free

LEWISTON — On Wednesday afternoon the sun was shining and many children played and laughed as they swam in the Kennedy Park pool. It was a sight that pleased Rich Stone, Larry Gilbert Sr. and Paul Robinson, three of a number of people who donated money so kids could swim for free. Three weeks earlier […]
Published
June 15, 2017

Police patrols target pedestrian, cyclist safety

LEWISTON — Police Officer Nick Meserve on Wednesday handed out what he thought was his first ticket to a pedestrian since joining the department eight years ago. The Police Department was one of several law enforcement agencies in Maine to participate in a special detail Wednesday targeting motorist behaviors that put cyclists and pedestrians in […]
Published
June 15, 2017

Auburn to stop outsourcing bus drivers

AUBURN — The School Department has found out that outsourcing bus drivers to save money didn’t work. This fall, bus drivers will be employees of the School Department. On Wednesday, Superintendent Katy Grondin said the School Department is ending its relationship with Ledgemere Transportation. The company and the School Department have mutually agreed “to go […]
Published
May 23, 2017

Trump’s budget gets mixed review from Maine lawmakers

President Donald Trump’s $4.1 trillion spending plan, which would slash everything from student loans to food stamps while sharply increasing money for the military, got mixed reviews from Maine’s congressional delegation Tuesday. The one thing they all agreed on in their prepared statements is that Trump’s 62-page budget proposal, which contained far less detail than […]
Published
May 1, 2017

3 awards given at Workers’ Memorial Day Dinner

LEWISTON — Almost two-dozen workers who died last year in job-related accidents were honored at the 11th annual Workers’ Memorial Day and May Day Dinner at the Dolard and Priscilla Gendron Franco Center on Sunday. The event was sponsored by the Western Maine Labor Council, AFL-CIO. “We’re doing better, but we are still not where we […]
Published
April 23, 2017

Naked mole-rats without oxygen live like plants

If you take away a mouse’s oxygen, the mouse is going to die within 20 seconds. If you take away a naked mole-rat’s oxygen, though, it will be fine for up to 18 minutes. Naked mole-rats are marvelous and bizarre rodents, arguably the world’s weirdest mammals. The East African critters do not get tumors. They’re […]
Published
April 5, 2017

Fire heavily damages Falls General Store in Farmington

FARMINGTON — State fire investigators are assisting Farmington Fire Rescue chiefs to determine the cause of a fire Tuesday night that heavily damaged the Falls General Store in Farmington Falls. The fire was reported just before 11 p.m. at the intersection of Croswell Road and Philbrick Street. Several fire departments assisted Farmington firefighters to put […]
Published
February 26, 2017

Plow 1, Mailbox 0.

Earlier this winter, a plow truck took out Beth Holloway’s Litchfield mailbox. She put up a replacement. Before too long, another plow snapped that one in two. “They also ruined my rock wall around the back of the mailbox where I put my flowers,” Holloway said. Mike Blanchet in Farmington hired a bucket loader to dig […]

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