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https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40921274_20250111_travisMTA_1_8dbc76-1739971277.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40921274_20250111_travisMTA_1_8dbc76-1739971277.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40921274_20250111_travisMTA_1_8dbc76-1739971277.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40921274_20250111_travisMTA_1_8dbc76-1739971277.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40921274_20250111_travisMTA_1_8dbc76-1739971277.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/19/support-for-suspended-mt-ararat-hockey-player-led-to-seasons-abrupt-end/">Support for suspended Mt. Ararat hockey player led to season’s abrupt end</a> </div> <div class="summary">The district's superintendent said some parents and players created a 'divisive environment' when they wore shirts and stickers with the number of a player who was suspended from the team over an alleged bullying incident. </div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/sabattus-sends-water-shut-off-warnings-to-residents/">Sabattus sends water shut-off warnings to residents</a> </div> <div class="summary">Although water service can be shut off for nonpayment, the notice doesn't mean that droves of Sabattus residents will be without water come Wednesday.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/maine-native-testifies-before-congress-elon-musk-targets-his-disability/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Hedtler-Gaudette-1739403726.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/maine-native-testifies-before-congress-elon-musk-targets-his-disability/">After Maine native testifies before Congress, Elon Musk targets his disability</a> </div> <div class="summary">Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette said he's not surprised by online trolls highlighting his blindness instead of focusing on what he said about eliminating waste and fraud in government.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/maines-cannabis-chief-investigated-for-possible-conflict-of-interest/">Maine’s cannabis chief investigated for possible conflict of interest</a> </div> <div class="summary">A legislative panel agrees to look into ties between John Hudak and a firm hired to track marijuana plants from seedling to sale.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/a-frenchville-republican-challenges-susan-collins/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-18-153518-1739915068.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-18-153518-1739915068.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-18-153518-1739915068.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-18-153518-1739915068.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-18-153518-1739915068.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-18-153518-1739915068.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-18-153518-1739915068.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-18-153518-1739915068.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-18-153518-1739915068.jpg?resize=400,400 400w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-18-153518-1739915068.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-18-153518-1739915068.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-18-153518-1739915068.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-18-153518-1739915068.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-18-153518-1739915068.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-18-153518-1739915068.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-18-153518-1739915068.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-18-153518-1739915068.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-18-153518-1739915068.jpg?resize=400,400 400w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/a-frenchville-republican-challenges-susan-collins/">A Frenchville Republican challenges Susan Collins</a> </div> <div class="summary">Susan Collins will face at least one primary challenger if she opts to run for reelection in 2026</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/new-public-safety-building-among-priorities-of-lisbon-council/">New public safety building among priorities of Lisbon council</a> </div> <div class="summary">Lisbon councilors discussed several goal ideas during its January workshop but settled on five to focus on, including consolidating town services and a new public safety building.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/oxford-food-pantry-closing-due-to-lack-of-funds/">Oxford food pantry closing due to lack of funds</a> </div> <div class="summary">The final day of distribution is March 6.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/south-paris-woman-dies-monday-afternoon-in-poland-crash/">South Paris woman dies Monday afternoon in Poland crash</a> </div> <div class="summary">Hazardous road conditions and unsafe speed were contributing factors in the crash, police said.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/maines-longtime-marine-resources-commissioner-stepping-down/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/20191106_meeting53441-1739905206.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/maines-longtime-marine-resources-commissioner-stepping-down/">Maine’s longtime marine resources commissioner is stepping down</a> </div> <div class="summary">Patrick Keliher, who has served in the position since 2012, is the longest-serving commissioner in the history of the Department of Marine Resources. He will retire March 14. </div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/police-work-to-contain-scene-after-shots-fired-in-north-berwick/">Two in custody after shots fired in North Berwick</a> </div> <div class="summary">A section of Route 4 from Dennett Road to Buffum Road was closed during the incident Tuesday.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/tuesday-morning-crash-in-canton-brings-out-lifeflight/">Turner man killed in Canton head-on crash; four others injured</a> </div> <div class="summary">A Rumford teen was flown to a Portland hospital with life-threatening injuries. Three children were injured and transported to a Lewiston hospital.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/delta-jet-flips-upside-down-on-toronto-runway-all-80-aboard-survive/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="APTOPIX Toronto Delta Flight" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/APTOPIX_Toronto_Delta_Flight_05930_833aec.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/APTOPIX_Toronto_Delta_Flight_05930_833aec.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="APTOPIX Toronto Delta Flight" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/delta-jet-flips-upside-down-on-toronto-runway-all-80-aboard-survive/">Delta jet flips upside down on Toronto runway, all 80 aboard survive</a> </div> <div class="summary">A plane flipped upon arrival at a snowy Toronto Pearson Airport and ended up on its roof, injuring 18 people.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/another-earthquake-recorded-in-maine/">Another earthquake recorded in Maine</a> </div> <div class="summary">The smaller earthquake Sunday night was recorded 21 miles northwest of Millinocket. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/to-let-them-in-or-not-let-them-in-that-is-the-question/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-5-1739814606.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/to-let-them-in-or-not-let-them-in-that-is-the-question/">Property owners worry about higher taxes after revaluation visits</a> </div> <div class="summary">What people are saying about letting property inspectors into their homes.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/maine-needs-more-housing-fast-but-tariffs-could-slow-efforts/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP21260671812199-1739834158.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/maine-needs-more-housing-fast-but-tariffs-could-slow-efforts/">Maine needs more housing fast, but tariffs could slow efforts</a> </div> <div class="summary">Experts say the 25% tariff on steel and the threatened 25% tax on Canadian goods could increase home prices by up to 10%, undermining efforts to boost housing production and affordability. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/will-auburn-residents-open-their-doors-for-property-inspectors/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41238044_SJ.CITrevaluation.021825-4-1739816281.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/18/will-auburn-residents-open-their-doors-for-property-inspectors/">Will Auburn residents open their doors for property inspectors?</a> </div> <div class="summary">When residents were asked whether they would allow inspectors into their homes as the city conducts a revaluation, the general consensus was that the effort will lead to nothing but higher taxes.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/17/protesters-in-augusta-call-out-trump-musk-on-presidents-day/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/protest2-1739843871.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/17/protesters-in-augusta-call-out-trump-musk-on-presidents-day/">Protesters in Augusta call out Trump, Musk on Presidents Day</a> </div> <div class="summary">Faced with cold temperatures and icy wind gusts, the protesters outside the Maine State House shielded their faces with homemade signs whose messages included "SAVE DEMOCRACY," "JUSTICE NOW" or "ARREST MUSK."</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/17/former-judge-accused-of-harassment-violated-rules-of-conduct-for-attorneys-panel-finds/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/budd.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/budd.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/17/former-judge-accused-of-harassment-violated-rules-of-conduct-for-attorneys-panel-finds/">Former judge accused of harassment violated rules of conduct for attorneys, panel finds</a> </div> <div class="summary">A disciplinary panel chastised Charles Budd for violating the Maine bar's rules of conduct, but decided against any formal discipline, including a suspension or probation. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/17/hot-chocolate-on-a-cold-day/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41310642_SJ.CIThotChocolate2SAP.021825-1739829185.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/17/hot-chocolate-on-a-cold-day/">Local girls sell hot chocolate on a cold day</a> </div> <div class="summary">The girls set up a stand Monday in front of their grandparents' house in Lewiston.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/17/inadequate-hydrant-to-keep-new-region-9-buildings-closed-2/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/DSCF9741-1739817716.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/17/inadequate-hydrant-to-keep-new-region-9-buildings-closed-2/">Inadequate hydrant to keep new Region 9 School of Applied Technology buildings closed</a> </div> <div class="summary">Brenda Gammon, director/superintendent of Region 9, said, 'It's devastating to us here at Region 9. We should be able to take ownership within the next month, but we will not be able to occupy the buildings.'</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/17/maine-attorney-general-asks-judge-to-restore-72-hour-wait-for-gun-sales/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/35772344_20230501_aaron-frey_2-1738879820.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/17/maine-attorney-general-asks-judge-to-restore-72-hour-wait-for-gun-sales/">Maine attorney general asks judge to restore 72-hour wait for gun sales</a> </div> <div class="summary">Attorney General Aaron Frey is appealing U.S. District Judge Lance Walker's order from last week, which suspended a new waiting period law for buying firearms. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/17/trump-administration-terminates-maines-u-s-attorney/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/USA-Darcie-McElwee-ME_HIGH-RES.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/USA-Darcie-McElwee-ME_HIGH-RES.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/17/trump-administration-terminates-maines-u-s-attorney/">Trump administration terminates Maine’s U.S. attorney</a> </div> <div class="summary">Darcie McElwee, a Caribou native, had served as Maine's lead prosecutor in the U.S. District Court since 2021. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/17/epa-visits-winthrop-schools-as-part-of-electric-bus-investigation/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40967178_20250115_FirstEVbuses_1902-1739569885.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/17/epa-visits-winthrop-schools-as-part-of-electric-bus-investigation/">EPA visits Winthrop schools as part of electric bus investigation</a> </div> <div class="summary">The buses supplied to Winthrop by Lion Electric Co. through a federal program have been faulty.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/17/maines-congressional-delegation-wants-more-teenagers-logging/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/18483467_20200716_Logging_0350.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/18483467_20200716_Logging_0350.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/17/maines-congressional-delegation-wants-more-teenagers-logging/">Maine’s congressional delegation wants more teenagers logging</a> </div> <div class="summary">In sustaining one of the state's most important heritage industries, elected officials believe the measure would help sustain Maine's identity, too.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/16/riding-the-storm-out-in-lewiston/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217252-1739765311.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/16/riding-the-storm-out-in-lewiston/">Riding the storm out in Lewiston</a> </div> <div class="summary">The weekend's snow and sleet presented a variety of challenges.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/16/auburns-marty-mcintyre-fills-her-cup-by-helping-others/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265583_SJ.CITkudosP.0217252-1739765748.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/16/auburns-marty-mcintyre-fills-her-cup-by-helping-others/">Auburn’s Marty McIntyre ‘fills her cup’ by helping others</a> </div> <div class="summary">McIntyre founded a local chapter of 100 Women Who Care, an organization that donates money to local nonprofit organizations. In her spare time, she also volunteers for Seniors Plus and Meals on Wheels.</div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/16/the-number-of-mental-health-providers-licensed-in-maine-is-up-60-since-2019-it-still-isnt-enough/">The number of mental health providers licensed in Maine is up 60% since 2019. It still isn’t enough.</a> </div> <div class="summary">Despite the increase in counselors, substance use counselors, social workers and psychologists, many Mainers are still waiting months for care. </div> </li> <li class=""> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/16/l-a-this-week-247/">L-A This Week</a> </div> <div class="summary"></div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/16/how-much-snow-has-fallen-so-far-in-maine-explore-our-interactive-map/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41304964_SJ.CITstormFeaturesSAP.0217251-1739744145.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/16/how-much-snow-has-fallen-so-far-in-maine-explore-our-interactive-map/">How much snow fell this weekend in Maine? Explore our interactive map</a> </div> <div class="summary">Totals across the state generally ranged from 3 to 5 inches as of Sunday.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/16/susan-collins-reelection-bid-already-shaping-up-as-pivotal-and-very-expensive-race/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/AP25044577069574-1739656763.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/16/susan-collins-reelection-bid-already-shaping-up-as-pivotal-and-very-expensive-race/">Susan Collins’ reelection bid already shaping up to be a pivotal — and very expensive — race</a> </div> <div class="summary">One national political forecaster says the 2026 race will likely be a toss-up, but for now, Maine's senior senator looks to have an initial advantage because of her historical crossover appeal, which will be tested in Trump's second term. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/15/cher-parmenter-greene-woman-welds-her-car-culture-passion-and-artistic-talents/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.BSECfacetime-parmenterP.05xx25_1200x750-1739792735.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/15/cher-parmenter-greene-woman-welds-her-car-culture-passion-and-artistic-talents/">Cher Parmenter: Greene woman welds her car-culture passion and artistic talents</a> </div> <div class="summary">Face time: Cher Parmenter makes art and furniture out of old car parts, and when it comes to marketing her creations, she goes old-school.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/15/for-generations-black-mainers-made-sure-vacationland-was-open-to-all/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/rock-rest_3-1739568087.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/15/for-generations-black-mainers-made-sure-vacationland-was-open-to-all/">For generations, Black Mainers made sure Vacationland was open to all</a> </div> <div class="summary">During the Jim Crow era, Black tourists to Maine found recreational spaces where they were welcomed, not shunned. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/15/story-relates-life-threatening-encounter-with-the-biggest-lobster-of-them-all/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/1895-12-07-Biggest-lobster-illustration-LEJ.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/1895-12-07-Biggest-lobster-illustration-LEJ.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/15/story-relates-life-threatening-encounter-with-the-biggest-lobster-of-them-all/">The life-threatening encounter with ‘the biggest lobster of them all’</a> </div> <div class="summary">The Lewiston Evening Journal detailed in 1895 a battle between fishermen and an 'enraged' supersize lobster.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/15/downtown-lewiston-residents-find-themselves-under-fire/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41265376_SJ.CITshotsfired-residentsP.02xx2501-1739572922.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/15/downtown-lewiston-residents-find-themselves-under-fire/">Downtown Lewiston residents find themselves under fire</a> </div> <div class="summary">Anybody who lives in the downtown — or even on the edge of it — has come to understand that there are risks to going outside that simply weren't there a few years back. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/15/maine-research-labs-warn-trumps-nih-cuts-would-be-devastating/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41262393_202502112_nih_0002-1739673928.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/15/maine-research-labs-warn-trumps-nih-cuts-would-be-devastating/">Maine research labs warn that Trump’s NIH cuts would be devastating</a> </div> <div class="summary">The cutbacks would hobble life sciences research, experts say.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/15/as-shootings-become-part-of-the-backdrop-of-lewiston-the-city-is-trying-to-come-to-grips-with-a-growing-problem/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/40818904_SJ.CITshootingsdata-4-1739569620.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/15/as-shootings-become-part-of-the-backdrop-of-lewiston-the-city-is-trying-to-come-to-grips-with-a-growing-problem/">As shootings become part of the backdrop of Lewiston, the city is trying to come to grips with a growing problem</a> </div> <div class="summary">Data from the Lewiston Police Department show gun violence over the last six years has take a dramatic upturn. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/15/maine-farmers-left-in-limbo-by-federal-funding-freeze/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/41278420_20250212_frozenfarmfunds_0y61-1739670151.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/15/maine-farmers-left-in-limbo-by-federal-funding-freeze/">Maine farmers left in limbo by federal funding freeze</a> </div> <div class="summary">Despite having signed government contracts, farmers who have spent money on projects to conserve soil, water and power have been told they cannot get reimbursed until USDA programs and policies are reviewed by Elon Musk’s DOGE team. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/15/a-huge-lobster-fought-a-mainer-in-1902-and-almost-won-so-the-story-goes/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/1902lobsterattackinmaine-cropped-1739310635.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/1902lobsterattackinmaine-cropped-1739310635.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/1902lobsterattackinmaine-cropped-1739310635.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/1902lobsterattackinmaine-cropped-1739310635.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/1902lobsterattackinmaine-cropped-1739310635.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/1902lobsterattackinmaine-cropped-1739310635.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/1902lobsterattackinmaine-cropped-1739310635.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/1902lobsterattackinmaine-cropped-1739310635.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/1902lobsterattackinmaine-cropped-1739310635.jpg?resize=400,400 400w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/1902lobsterattackinmaine-cropped-1739310635.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/1902lobsterattackinmaine-cropped-1739310635.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/1902lobsterattackinmaine-cropped-1739310635.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/1902lobsterattackinmaine-cropped-1739310635.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/1902lobsterattackinmaine-cropped-1739310635.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/1902lobsterattackinmaine-cropped-1739310635.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/1902lobsterattackinmaine-cropped-1739310635.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/1902lobsterattackinmaine-cropped-1739310635.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/1902lobsterattackinmaine-cropped-1739310635.jpg?resize=400,400 400w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/15/a-huge-lobster-fought-a-mainer-in-1902-and-almost-won-so-the-story-goes/">A huge lobster fought a Mainer in 1902 and almost won . . . so the story goes</a> </div> <div class="summary">Fisherman Charles McVane said a 'monster lobster' attacked him as he lay on a beach and he had to fight for his life.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/15/see-where-more-than-200-reports-of-gunfire-were-investigated-in-lewiston/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/SJ.CITshootingsdata2_map.021525-1739560260.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/15/see-where-more-than-200-reports-of-gunfire-were-investigated-in-lewiston/">See where more than 200 gunfire reports were investigated in Lewiston</a> </div> <div class="summary">Interactive map locates confirmed shooting incidents since 2010.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.sunjournal.com/2025/02/15/deep-sea-diver-insists-a-huge-lobster-nearly-killed-him/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Painting-of-Anglo-Saxon-wreck-by-Anton-Melbye-1739296794.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Painting-of-Anglo-Saxon-wreck-by-Anton-Melbye-1739296794.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Painting-of-Anglo-Saxon-wreck-by-Anton-Melbye-1739296794.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Painting-of-Anglo-Saxon-wreck-by-Anton-Melbye-1739296794.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Painting-of-Anglo-Saxon-wreck-by-Anton-Melbye-1739296794.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.sunjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/02/Painting-of-Anglo-Saxon-wreck-by-Anton-Melbye-1739296794.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, 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