MONDAY, Jan. 11 LEWISTON — Planning Board meeting, 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. Agenda includes a conditional use and development review application for the Central Maine Power and New England Clean Energy Connect project to construct the Merrill Road converter station, at 1651-1653 Main St. and 183 Merrill Road Rear. LEWISTON — Finance Committee meeting, 5:30 […]
Andrew Rice
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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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Former Lewiston landlord Rick Lockwood must repay $750,000 in debt, court rules
The court decision will prevent Rick Lockwood, who once owned 10 properties in Lewiston, from avoiding the debt through bankruptcy.
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Lewiston study recommends new police station
The city has not allocated funding or established a timeline for construction.
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Lewiston-Auburn among 6 sites in the nation selected for women’s suffrage mural
The piece will be one of only six in the country commemorating the centennial of the 19th Amendment. A site for the installation has not been chosen.
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Auburn council delays contract for Lake Auburn study
The City Council tabled a decision on hiring a team of consultants to study the ordinances governing Lake Auburn. The study is meant to add data to a perennial debate over watershed protections.
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, Jan. 4 AUBURN — City Council workshop and meeting, 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber at Auburn Hall. TUESDAY, Jan. 5 LEWISTON — City Council workshop and meeting, 6 p.m. via Zoom. WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6 AUBURN — School Committee meeting, 6 p.m. in the council chamber at Auburn Hall.
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Lewiston-Auburn housing market still raging
The real estate market in Androscoggin County is heading into 2021 on a high note.
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Kudos: Jerry Dewitt and the L&A Veterans Council have been active during a tough year
The organization received Lewiston’s annual Spirit of America award for its volunteerism in 2020.
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Proposed bill would upgrade Androscoggin River’s water classification
River advocate Peter Rubins said if approved, the reclassification would become law in time for the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, which marked the beginning of the river restoration effort.
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Border patrol agents arrest three in Eustis
Eustis is in northwestern Maine, within range of the Canadian border.