Lewiston-Auburn
Lewiston men accused in third downtown fire held on $350,000 cash bail
LEWISTON, Maine — A judge on Monday ordered $350,000 cash bail each for two city men charged with three counts of arson in connection with a downtown fire a week ago. Bryan Wood, 23, of 131 Bartlett St. and transient Brian Morin, 29, appeared in 8th District Court. Judge John ...
Two Lewiston 12-year-olds deny arson charges in court appearances
LEWISTON, Maine — The two 12-year-old boys held in connection with two separate fires denied charges of arson in court Monday. Brody Covey is charged in connection with the April 29 fire on Bates and Pine streets. Abdi Ibrahim is charged in connection with the May 3 fire on Pierce ...
Search for two missing snowmobilers likely to resume Tuesday
RANGELEY, Maine — Recovery operations for the bodies of two snowmobilers who were reported missing in December will likely resume Tuesday, officials said. Doug Rafferty, Public Information Director for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, said game wardens will spend Monday reviewing data, but hope to be back on ...
Peter Vigue to speak at annual dinner honoring Lewiston-Auburn companies
LEWISTON — The Twin Cities will honor businesses big and small and hear from Cianbro chairman and CEO Peter Vigue at the 32nd annual Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council annual dinner Thursday, May 16. Vigue has been promoting the creation of an east-west highway in Maine. The dinner and program is ...
After fires, community plans Lewiston Strong gathering in Kennedy Park
LEWISTON — To promote unity and healing and to offer thanks to first responders who kept the city safe after three recent major downtown fires, a community gathering will be held Tuesday afternoon in Kennedy Park. The event is called Lewiston Strong — Fire Response: Lewiston Unites. It will be ...
Lewiston heart center saves lives, earns praise from former opponents
LEWISTON, Maine — More than a decade ago, Rich Livingston went to Augusta to urge the state to approve a controversial heart center in Lewiston. Maine had only two such centers, which meant Lewiston-Auburn-area patients typically had to travel nearly an hour to Portland or two hours to Bangor if ...
Paris man charged with eluding police, resisting arrest
PARIS, Maine — A local man wanted on seven warrants was arrested Thursday on five more charges, including eluding police and being a fugitive from justice, interim police Chief Jerry Hinton said Friday. Joshua R. Pollis, 27, of 224 High St. faces multiple charges, including driving to endanger, failure to ...
New Sharon man dies after truck collides with tractor-trailer
NEW SHARON, Maine — A New Sharon man whose pickup truck collided Thursday with a tractor-trailer died Friday afternoon at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. John Pelletier, 62, died at Central Maine Medical Center of injuries suffered in the collision, Stephen McCausland of the Maine Department of Public Safety ...
Two boys formally charged with arson in Lewiston fires
LEWISTON, Maine — The state Friday formally charged two local 12-year-olds with setting fires that burned downtown buildings and displaced nearly 200 people in the span of five days. Brody Covey, who lived in one of the apartment buildings that was destroyed, is accused of setting fire to 105 Blake ...
How to help Lewiston fire victims
Donate money — Volunteermaine.org is accepting financial donations, which will be distributed to Lewiston fire victims through the United Way of Androscoggin County. To donate, go to volunteermaine.org and click on the link for the Lewiston Fire Relief Fund. Or, send contributions directly to the United Way, 66 Ash St., ...
Two men arrested in latest Lewiston fires
LEWISTON, Maine — Two Lewiston men were charged with arson Friday night in connection with the latest Lewiston fires that destroyed two vacant apartment houses on Bartlett Street early Monday morning. Arrested by the state fire marshal’s office were Brian Morin, 29, and Bryan Wood, 23, Maine Department of Public ...
Maine Air National Guard veteran retires after nearly 30 years of service
AUGUSTA, Maine — Chief Master Sgt. Jerard “Marty” Lurz joined the U.S. Marines in 1984 and has spent the last three decades in uniform, serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, Qatar and Oman as part of the Maine Air National Guard’s 243rd Engineering Installation Squadron of South Portland. Lurz of Minot, who ...
Safe recovered in New Sharon with bottom smashed open
NEW SHARON, Maine — A safe believed to have been stolen was recovered in an outlet of Crowell Pond on May 3 with its bottom smashed open, Trooper Mathew Casavant of the Maine State Police said. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department received a call from a fisherman earlier this spring ...
Officials identify body of missing snowmobiler found in Rangeley Lake
RANGELEY, Maine — The body of one of three snowmobilers missing since New Year’s Eve was found in Rangeley Lake shortly after noon Friday, an official said. The body of Glenn Henderson, 43, of Sabattus was located in 135 feet of water by members of the Maine Warden Service dive ...
Rangeley search efforts turn up no signs of missing men
RANGELEY, Maine — Searchers have returned to Rangeley Lake Friday after coming up empty Thursday in recovery efforts for the bodies of three missing snowmobilers. Game wardens resumed search efforts Thursday after nearly a three-month hiatus due to ice on the lake. Doug Rafferty, public information director for the Maine ...
New Sharon man hospitalized after tractor-trailer strikes pickup
NEW SHARON, Maine — A collision involving a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer sent a New Sharon man to the hospital on Thursday, according to police. John Pelletier, 62, was entering Route 2 from his driveway shortly after 4 p.m. when his Ford Ranger was struck by a tractor-trailer operated ...
Wilton police seek truck driver who offered young girl a ride
WILTON, Maine — Police want to talk with a truck driver who offered a young girl a ride on the Temple Road on Wednesday afternoon. “No crime was committed, but we would like to speak with the operator of the truck,” police Chief Heidi Wilcox said Thursday. Police were called ...
Norway woman charged after car crash
NORWAY, Maine — Police say a Norway woman was driving without a license when the car hit a utility pole on Pleasant Street on Thursday. Autum Hagar, 19, of Norway, was charged with operating without a license after she ran a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am into a utility pole. Neither ...
Minot woman seriously injured in Auburn crash
AUBURN, Maine — A Minot woman was injured Thursday afternoon when her car slid off Garfield Road and struck a tree hard enough to split the vehicle in two. Amber Brown, 25, was being treated at a Lewiston hospital Thursday night. Police and rescue crews were called to the scene ...
Maine’s Legislative Council approves $30,000 to help victims of Lewiston fires
AUGUSTA, Maine — The 10-member Legislative Council voted unanimously Thursday to send the City of Lewiston $30,000 to help some of the 200 people left homeless by three downtown fires last week. The council, which includes the minority and majority leaders in both the House and Senate as well as ...
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