“After much discussion with family and staff this week, we have determined that it is best NOT to reopen the fall venue this year.” Read More
U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin said he will submit a federal bill this week to attack welfare fraud, making it harder for people to get replacement Electronic Benefit Transfer cards and banning people convicted of fraud and drug offenses from getting benefits for life. Read More
For now, his attack signs are down, but Lewiston landlord Joe Dunne promised they’d go back up somewhere in the city, probably on a vacant lot. Read More
A standing-room-only crowd attended the mayoral debate Monday evening. Read More
LEWISTON, Maine — The Colisee was filled to brimming with finely-engineered robots Friday morning, but there’s little surprise that Spruce Mountain High School freshman Bryan Riley’s was the coolest one. Bryan was on hand to help cheer on his FIRST Robotics team — Spruce Mountain’s SMART… Read More
LEWISTON, Maine — An argument led to an early morning shooting in Hillview Apartments complex Monday. Police arrested Jerome Hudson, 43, of Lewiston as he hid near an apartment building on Cram Avenue less than a mile away from the shooting. “There… Read More
AUBURN, Maine — A federal mortgage program’s involvement in a burned-out Gamage Avenue tenement could delay plans to demolish the building. That may be just fine with the city, according to Eric Cousens, Auburn’s director of planning and permitting. “Because of where it’s located,… Read More
BRIDGTON, Maine — Frank Howell calls it a rumpus room, making it sound far less serious than it really is. When the U.S. Army needed gear to make its soldiers more maneuverable in hot, dry climates, the answer came from Howell’s rumpus room — known to… Read More
LEWISTON, Maine — Five months ago to the day on Christmas Eve, Matt Dyer woke to the shadow of a bear falling on his tent. The polar bear pulled him out by the neck and ran toward the water — and almost certain death… Read More
LEWISTON, Maine — It wasn’t just one shock to the downtown — it was three. Three fires downtown over the course of a week between April and May not only destroyed 10 large tenement buildings, putting dozens of families out in the street, it forced the… Read More
LEWISTON, Maine — For Raquel Rodriguez, it is no small thing to know for sure that her family has a place to stay through the holidays. After that, it’s anyone’s guess. “I could go back to Texas, and I guess that’s what I’m planning… Read More
JAY, Maine — Police continued to search over the weekend for three ski-mask wearing men involved in a Macomber Hill Road home invasion early Saturday morning. According to the Jay Police Department, the men forced their way into the home just after midnight Saturday, forcing the… Read More
AUBURN, Maine — Robert Hayes figures his family business is behind the walls of most of Lewiston-Auburn’s historic buildings. “The old horsehair plasters, the cements and mortars, they were all coming through J.L. Hayes for the big churches and the mills at some point,” Hayes said. Read More
LEWISTON, Maine — An 18-month effort to boost the police presence downtown has proved so successful that it will continue into 2015. U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty II and Lewiston police Chief Mike Bussiere announced Monday that the Operation Hot Spot program has received a $149,863 grant… Read More
LEWISTON, Maine — A summertime parking ban might be the best way to keep the No Name Pond beach from drowning in bottles, cans, used diapers and other litter, according to neighbors. “We get people, and I’m amazed by it, who come from Durham, Lisbon, Litchfield,… Read More
AUBURN, Maine — Norway Savings Bank will pay the city $770,000 for the 10-year naming rights for the new dual-surface ice arena and the main rink’s center ice. “We could not be more proud to have a partner that is an anchor for western Maine —… Read More
LEWISTON, Maine — The official response to a series of spring fires is only part of the story, according to community organizer Shanna Rogers. “There are solutions people can take by themselves, with a neighbor or with a neighborhood group,” she said. “These are really self-solutions.”… Read More
POLAND, Maine — A rash of car break-ins this summer has state park officials urging Range Pond visitors to be careful about what they bring with them. Gary Best, state parks assistant regional manager, said officials know of five smash-and-grab thefts this summer in the Range… Read More
AUBURN, Maine — A group tasked with monitoring the city’s firearms discharge zone could become a formal city committee, according to police Chief Phil Crowell. Crowell briefed councilors on proposed changes to the city’s firearms discharge committee Monday. “Basically, they are just called upon… Read More
AUBURN, Maine — Firefighting techniques may be roughly the same in the U.S. as they are in Eastern Europe, but the approach to training firefighters is quite different. Pawel Gatarczyk, 21, a third-year cadet in the country of Poland’s fire services academy, is learning that firsthand. Read More
