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Updated at 12:29 PM increase font size Androscoggin commissioners reject Isaiah Lary’s ‘health freedom’ proposal Citing no evidence of requiring vaccinations for employment, a notion reinforced by county leaders, some of Lary's colleagues called the move grandstanding and one saying he was "looking for a fight when there is no fight." Share Androscoggin County Commissioner Isaiah Lary of Wales is highlighted in February during a commission meeting via Zoom. Lary’s proposal for a health freedom policy was rejected 6-1. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal file screenshot AUBURN — The Andro...

Read Article Fewer than 20% of inmates at Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn have been vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the jail administrator. Maj. Jeffrey Chute said Friday that 26 members of the total jail population of 150 had been inoculated. In Franklin County, where the detention center holds up to 39 inmates, roughly 70% of them had refused the vaccine as of Thursday, according to Jail Administrator Maj. Douglas Blauvelt. Oxford County Jail inmates are only held up to 72 hours before being bailed or transferred to Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset. Oxford County Jail Ad...

Read Article In this image from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin arrives for the verdict in his trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Court TV via AP, Pool Before Tuesday’s verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial came in, attorney Jim Howaniec had been taking a poll of some other area lawyers.  Of 11 attorneys questioned, Howaniec said, nine had predicted guilty verdicts across the board while two anticipated a hung jury.  As stunning as the verdict was for many, it was not an o...

Read Article AUBURN — The Androscoggin County Commission held a workshop Wednesday evening to discuss a potential renovation of the aging County Courthouse and County Jail. Built in 1857 and expanded in 1920, the building’s infrastructure is dated and inefficient. The renovation would update the heating, ventilation and electrical systems, which were estimated to cost more than $2.5 million according to a study in 2019. The jail was last updated and expanded in 1979, according to a report prepared by Allied Engineering. Other upgrades would include renovation of the ground floor, which h...

Bluefin Tuna Records Bluefin tuna are one crazy fight. Take a look at the anglers who were able to land the biggest and baddest fish in the Northeast. Ken Fraser with his 1496-pound IGFA All-Tackle World Record bluefin tuna. (Blue Water Magazine) Ken Fraser caught the world record bluefin tuna on Oct. 26, 1979. Fraser was fishing with Capt. Eric Samson aboard the Lady and Misty out of Port Hood, Novia Scotia. Fraser hooked up with his incredible bluefin while trolling a mackerel behind his boat. The fight lasted 45 minutes before the crew could get a gaff in the fish.  After lying on the boa...