About 150 community members, including some in various stages of recovery from addiction or substance use disorder, marched Sunday from The HILLS Recovery Center in Norway to Moore Park in South Paris.
Joe Charpentier
Staff Writer
Joe Charpentier came to the Sun Journal in 2022 to cover crime and chaos. His previous experience was in a variety of rural Midcoast beats which included government, education, sports, economics and analysis, crime, and environment. He loves surprising his editors with spontaneous enterprising stories and prides himself on mastering the ability to slip the odd Oxford comma by the copy editors. When not on the beat, Joe enjoys spending time with family, writing fiction and woodworking.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Police arrest local man they say caused up to $90,000 in damage to Rowe Auburn cars
Skyler Henson, 25, of Auburn was arrested Saturday afternoon when police arrived at the 699 Center St. Rowe Auburn cars lots and found him smashing the windows of several vehicles with a backpack.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Police: Car hits boy riding scooter in Auburn
Police said the 9-year-old boy was hit when he entered Newbury Street from Laurel Avenue and did not heed a stop sign.
Posted inLocal & State
A wild pig scramble and reflections on our hankering for local fairs
How one Maine reporter learned to love the pig scramble and found old memories on and off the midway.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Hundreds ‘rally for recovery’ in Lewiston’s Kennedy Park
Medical providers, advocates and those in sustained recovery congregated at Lewiston’s Kennedy Park for food, entertainment and to hear speakers share their stories and the latest in medicine combating substance use disorder.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Friends, family celebrate life of Tricia Johnson-Asselin
About 100 friends and family members joined together Saturday to remember Tricia Johnson-Asselin who was killed in the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting at Just-In-Time Recreation.
Posted inLocal & State, Uncategorized
Leeds crash sends mother, 3-year-old daughter to hospital
A China woman and her 3-year-old daughter were injured traveling eastbound on Route 202 when they struck a vehicle making a turn in Leeds.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Auburn man fires at Lewiston police, ends standoff with suicide
A Saturday evening shooting on Essex Street in Lewiston became a standoff with police into Sunday morning and ended with a suicide, say police.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Update: Missing Wilton teen found
Gabriel Keith, 13, of Wilton was found Wednesday afternoon after being reported missing from his home Tuesday night. The teen commented on a Wilton Police Department post on Facebook, saying: ‘try and catch me if you can.’
Posted inMaine Crime, News
State police say Oxford man was killed Friday night in Poland
Maine State Police identified the victim of a Friday night shooting in Poland as a 51-year-old man from Oxford.