A parade, live music, vendors and balloons, plenty of balloons, highlighted the festival’s return after being grounded the past two years.
Joaquin Contreras
Joaquin is a staff writer for the Sun Journal, primarily covering breaking news and contributing features. A graduate of the State University of New York at Purchase and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, he has covered arts & culture, international news, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City for student publications. Hailing from Long Island, New York, Joaquin joined the Sun Journal in 2021.
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Greater Androscoggin Humane Society welcomes new arrivals at Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport
Thirteen dogs — six adults and seven puppies — are brought to Maine in collaboration with X-Port Paws of Wellington, Florida, through the GAHS “Home to Vacationland” program.
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Mexico man arrested in shooting death of stepson
Police: Thomas Tellier, 52, charged with murder in fatal shooting Saturday on Intervale Avenue in Mexico.
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Lisbon resident finds buried grenade
State police bomb squad determine it was not live.
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Suspect arrested after fatal Lewiston shooting
Following two-hour standoff, officers arrest man they say was involved in shooting on Howe Street.
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Navy pilot and Bates graduate helps take film franchise to new heights
A 1991 Bates College grad was recruited to advise screenwriters for the box office hit film ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ using his experiences from three decades as a naval aviator.
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Deaths of 2 people in Auburn ruled homicides
The bodies of Kelzie Caron, 21, of Auburn and Pierre Langlois, 21, of Connecticut were found Sunday in an apartment.
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Police remain quiet about 2 bodies found in Auburn
Area of Fourth Street, between Cook and Dunn streets, was closed to traffic Monday, and a large Maine State Police Evidence Response Team van remained in the driveway of the apartment building where the bodies were reportedly found.
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Police investigate report of 2 deaths on Fourth Street in Auburn
Investigation reportedly focuses on apartment building at 49 Fourth St., according to police.
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John Jenkins remembered, honored at Lewiston Armory
People from Maine and beyond gathered to pay respects Saturday for the beloved late mayor of Lewiston and Auburn whom many considered a bridge builder for the Twin Cities.