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.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2024
Lisbon council votes down EMS department ordinance
Lisbon town council voted down an ordinance Tuesday which would have been a first step to establish a town-run Emergency Medical Services department.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2024
Lewiston police investigate gunfire reported Tuesday on Pine Street
Witnesses reported hearing a disturbance and gunshots Tuesday night on Pine Street.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2024
Maine Family Planning tours Lewiston with mobile medical unit
Maine Family Planning, via its new Health on Wheels van, has been touring the Lewiston-to-Bangor stretch, stopping in towns and cities in between, to provide on-the-spot reproductive health services like wound care, screenings, birth control and HIV prevention.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2024
Turner woods fire sparked by discarded ashes
Disposal of ashes started a 1-acre forest fire Wednesday, officials said.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2024
Greene vehicle fire burned 4 acres Tuesday, officials say
About 4 acres burned on Route 202 after a vehicle fire spread to woods and low brush on Central Maine Power property.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2024
Fire at former Elan School in Poland still under investigation
The Office of State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of a blaze at 70 Number Five Road.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2024
Vehicle fire in Greene spreads to woods, CMP property Tuesday afternoon
Fire crews shut down traffic on Route 202 and Daggett Hill Road, according to early reports.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2024
Tractor-trailer snaps pole Tuesday morning on South Avenue in Lewiston
A tractor-trailer from Quebec hit a utility pole on South Avenue just off Lisbon Street Tuesday morning.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2024
Sweetser to open Lewiston Hope & Healing Center next to Just-In-Time Recreation
After providing nearly 2,000 Androscoggin County residents with mental health and substance use services in 2023, Sweetser expects to serve at least 700 more at its new center at 20 Mollison Way.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2024
Defunct Elan School building in Poland flattened by flames
A building at the notorious Elan School burned to the ground Sunday morning.
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