A home security system is top on the list to help the daughters of the slain parents, for whom a gofundme page was set up.
Judith Meyer
Judith Meyer is executive editor of the Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, the Morning Sentinel and the Western Maine weekly newspapers of the Sun Media Group. She serves as vice president of the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition and is a member of the Right to Know Advisory Committee to the Legislature. A journalist since 1990 and former editorial page editor for the Sun Journal, she was named Maine’s Journalist of the Year in 2003. She serves on the New England Newspaper & Press Association Board of Directors and was the 2018 recipient of the Judith Vance Weld Brown Spirit of Journalism Award by the New England Society of Newspaper Editors. A fellow of the National Press Foundation and the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, she attended George Washington University, lives in Auburn with her husband, Phil, and is an active member of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine.
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Topsham man charged with multiple felonies in high-speed turnpike chase
The York-area chase, which occurred in the southbound lanes, led to an accident in the northbound lane that killed a Falmouth couple.
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Rumford to pay $250,000 to settle claim of wrongful firing
Former Town Manager Linda-Jean Briggs filed suit in federal court in 2019.
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Lewiston man charged with murder after fight in Auburn restaurant lot
Trai M. Larue of Lewiston is jailed after the death of Roger I. Cornell of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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OSHA fines LEAP and Techno Metal Post for ‘serious’ safety violations in connection with Farmington explosion
FARMINGTON — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has levied fines against Life Enrichment Advancing People in Farmington and Techno Metal Post in Manchester in connection with a propane explosion that leveled the LEAP building in September, killing Farmington Fire Capt. Michael Bell and injuring seven others. The fines were each issued after OSHA completed […]
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UMaine System working on plan to reimburse students for room and board, following spring break
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine System has issued a statement in response to a rumor circulating on social media that is wrongly reporting that UMaine students will not be reimbursed for room and board, even though the system has asked them not to return to campuses following spring break. Dan Demeritt, executive director of […]
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Salvation Army bell ringers brave freezing temperatures
But the organization takes precautions, offering them warm coats and boots, hand and toe warmers and umbrellas – and not sending them out in storms.
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This year’s Lewiston mayoral campaigns ran with less funding than in 2017 and 2015
Mayor-elect Mark Cayer earned donations from fellow candidates for office and former Mayor Robert Macdonald.
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Sun Journal wins Publick Occurrences Award
Staff reporting on crime rates and racial tensions in Lewiston was recognized by the New England Newspaper & Press Association.
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Discrimination claim against St. Mary’s hospital has been resolved
A former employee was discriminated against because of her disability and her medical records were breached, according to a formal complaint.