Plans are moving forward to redevelop and repurpose the upper level as a performing arts, meeting, and classroom space, while expanding the Trinity Jubilee Center’s lower level warming shelter and food pantry program.
Andrew Rice
Staff Writer
Andrew Rice is a staff writer at the Press Herald covering the city of Portland. He's been working in journalism since 2012, joining the Sun Journal in 2017, then the Press Herald in 2026. He lives in Portland with his wife, two daughters and two dogs. In his spare time, he plays guitar in a Portland-based rock band and listens to hockey podcasts. Andrew is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine in Media Studies.
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Lewiston Ramada hotel shelter winding down operations
The wellness shelter will close next week, but a 16-room quarantine shelter will continue through Dec. 31.
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Write-in candidates step in for Auburn’s Ward 5, hoping to oust Leroy Walker
Kathy Shaw and Joe DeMotta have filed papers to run write-in campaigns for the seat.
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Housing shortage, high rents vex Lewiston-Auburn market
$1,000-a-month rents are now standard, and officials worry high prices and few options are hindering efforts to fill jobs locally.
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Hundreds ‘rally for recovery’ in Lewiston
Several people, including Councilor Stephanie Gelinas, shared stories of personal tragedy and triumph during Saturday’s event highlighting the opioid epidemic.
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, Sept. 20 AUBURN — City Council workshop and meeting, 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber at Auburn Hall. LEWISTON — School Committee meeting, 6 p.m. at Connors Elementary School. TUESDAY, Sept. 21 AUBURN — Auburn Sewer District trustees meeting, 4 p.m. at 268 Court St. LEWISTON — City Council workshop and meeting, 6 p.m. […]
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Lewiston, Auburn unveil new public art this week
Sculpture installed next to the Longley Bridge and foxes to be unveiled next to canal.
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Leigh Albert announces candidacy for Ward 6 School Committee seat
LEWISTON — Leigh (Weisenburger) Albert, a longtime local higher education leader, is running for the Ward 6 School Committee seat. According to a recent campaign announcement, Albert has “dedicated her career to access and inclusion in higher education and seeks to do the same for Lewiston public schools. Known for her energy, enthusiasm, and strategic vision […]
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Robert McCarthy announces candidacy for Ward 2 City Council
LEWISTON — Robert “Bob” McCarthy has announced his candidacy for the Ward 2 City Council seat. A lifelong resident and the fifth-generation of his family to live in Lewiston, McCarthy graduated in the Lewiston High School Class of 1975. He was employed for 48 years at the Sun Journal, holding several management positions, before recently accepting […]
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A public hearing Thursday will determine Dane Morgan’s Lewiston council candidacy
Ward 1 resident Maura Murphy filed an objection Monday under a never-before-used charter provision.