MONDAY, Feb. 15 LEWISTON-AUBURN — Presidents Day, city government offices and schools closed. TUESDAY, Feb. 16 AUBURN — Auburn Public Library board of trustees meeting, 7:30 a.m. in the library conference room, 49 Spring St. AUBURN — Auburn Sewer District trustees meeting, 4 p.m., via Zoom. AUBURN — City Council workshop and meeting, 5:30 p.m. […]
Andrew Rice
Staff Writer
Andrew Rice is a staff writer at the Sun Journal covering municipal government in Lewiston and Auburn. He's been working in journalism since 2012, joining the Sun Journal in 2017. He lives in Portland with his wife, daughters and dogs. Andrew is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine in Media Studies.
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From yard signs to bumper stickers, Maine politics turns vulgar
Free speech laws largely permit obscene language to be used on vehicles and private property, but local leaders wonder what it says about how we communicate.
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Auburn closes tax, city clerk offices after positive COVID-19 tests
A city news release said the affected employees last worked Wednesday.
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Lewiston council supportive of eliminating library fines
Councilor said when she was a student she had to ask her mother for money.
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Lewiston hospitals say they’ve followed changing state guidelines in vaccinating employees
Central Maine Medical Center and St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center say that their vaccination rollouts were within state and federal guidelines. Statements from both hospitals came after health systems across Maine have faced scrutiny over the prioritization of vaccine doses.
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, Feb. 8 LEWISTON — Finance Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m. in the administrator’s conference room at City Hall. LEWISTON — Planning Board meeting, 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. LEWISTON — School Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. Meetings are broadcast live on YouTube. TUESDAY, Feb. 9 AUBURN — Age-Friendly Community Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m. at the […]
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Lewiston and Auburn at odds again with new complaint over city water rates
Auburn customers want to see cost-sharing based on water usage, not the 50/50 split that the cities currently share.
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Library asks Lewiston to consider ditching late fees for overdue items, citing negative effect on access
Officials say late fines have been increasingly scrapped by libraries across the country because of limited effect and impact on low-income families.
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Phil Nadeau to release book detailing first Lewiston refugee resettlements
The former longtime Lewiston official worked with the city’s first Somali refugees in 2001. The book arrives on the 20th anniversary.
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Auburn council OKs zoning changes to promote downtown development
Officials are working on several moves to encourage building and rehabilitation projects.