AUBURN — City officials put the finishing touches on a help-wanted ad Thursday night and will begin advertising for a new city manager Monday. Councilors reviewed a final draft for the ad that will run in Maine Municipal Association and International City Managers' Association public...
LISBON — In a bid to end more than a decade of talk and deliberation, Lisbon leaders pitched a plan Wednesday to take over dispatching for Androscoggin County, saying it could save money for every town in the county. Lisbon Police Chief David Brooks and Town Manager Steve Eldridge sa...
LEWISTON — When it comes to nightclub dancing, there's a fine line between "exotic" and "go-go" — and operators of a new Park Street club say they know the difference. Club Karma at Altera, a newly opened nightclub at 16 Park St., offers go-go dancing on Thursdays. Manag...
LEWISTON — State Sen. Margaret Craven and Reps. Brian Bolduc, Michael Carey, Michel Lajoie, Peggy Rotundo and Richard Wagner will hold their monthly in-district office hours Saturday, Feb. 11. The office hours are meant to give Lewiston residents the opportunity to voice their opinio...
LEWISTON — Schools in the Twin Cities will get more money from the state this year, as will most schools in the tri-county area. The Lewiston School Department stands to receive $1.23 million more, for a total of $36.5 million in General Purpose Aid to Education, according to prelimi...
Charges Lewiston * Terrance T. Haskins, 28, of Jamaica, N.Y., on charges of driving without a license, violating conditions of release and possession of marijuana, 1:08 a.m. Tuesday at 475 Lisbon St. Auburn * Billy Pizarro, 31, of 7 Chestnut St., on a probation v...
Newly elected Lewiston Ward 4 City Councilor Doreen Christ, center, visits with Dottie Perham-Whittier, right, Lewiston's community relations coordinator, during a reception that followed a swearing-in ceremony in council chambers Wednesday.
Here are the top videos for the past week, in reverse order: 6. Not snow easy. Winter downhill mountain bike race at Lost Valley, Maine Scenes from Sunday's mountain bike race a...
NEW GLOUCESTER — A local business owner is looking to the public for help finding a dump truck stolen sometime in the last week from his excavating company. Bill Kiley, owner of Kiley Excavating, reported Tuesday to the Maine State Police that someone stole a 1972 Chevrolet dump truc...
Kathy Shaw holds three one-month-old piglets at the farm she owns with her husband in Auburn on Monday. Shaw said Valley View Farm has been equally busy with babies and fresh greens. The days of farmers taking time off in the winter are long gone, she said. Thanks to a high-tunnel greenhouse that...
LEWISTON — Lewiston High School student Matthew Ahlquist was misidentified as attending another school in a story that appeared on Page B1 on Feb. 4. The information was i...
So, you want to be a police beat reporter. Who can blame you? It's good work if you can find it. Builds character and occasionally ulcers. Imagine: Working the late shift so that your day begins when most people are going to bed. It's a shift that will make you a stranger to prime-time tel...
LEWISTON — Doreen Christ picked up enough votes to claim the Ward 4 City Council seat again in light voter turnout Tuesday. Christ, of 1 Buckley Ave., received 139 votes in Tuesday's special election. Opponent Charles Turgeon, of 43 Buckley St., received 47 votes. Ch...
LEWISTON — Recent state test scores show Lewiston students in grades three through eight changed little from the past year, down slightly in reading, up slightly in math. Most Lewiston elementary school scores were lower than state averages. In math, 49 percent of Lewiston ele...
LITCHFIELD — Rachel Sukeforth, a lifelong town resident, has announced her candidacy for the House of Representatives from District 80. That seat is currently held by Melvin Newendyke, R-Litchfield. “I will be a consistent and strong voice for the residents of Litchfield...
A group of ladies play cards in a friendly game of bridge at the Lewiston Senior Citizen Center at the Multi-Purpose Center on Tuesday. The center will be relocated to the Lewiston Armory due to the expansion of Longley Elementary School. From left are Claire Lyons of Lewiston, Linda Leotsakos of...
MINOT — Selectmen want to remove the dilapidated house that greets folks as they enter Minot from Auburn. The board had been under the impression that the person who bought the old Strelnick place on Route 11 intended to remove it last spring. That hasn't happened and selectmen's con...
LEWISTON — Citing negative impact on city hospitals and a potential drain on General Assistance funding, city councilors Tuesday urged Gov. Paul LePage and state legislators to work out their differences on MaineCare funding. "I wanted to bring this forward out of concern for our two...
POLAND — The proposed 2013 budget for the town is available for public inspection at the Town Office and online, Town Manager Rosemary Kulow told selectmen Tuesday. The proposal is comparable to the current year's budget, standing at a little more than $12 million. Selectmen a...
