With growing enrollment, including a new, money-saving special education program, officials say they are running out of space.
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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Legislation could create starter home program modeled after Lewiston project
Amy Smith, executive director of Healthy Homeworks, said a state program could close the financing gap for renovating aging housing stock for first-time homebuyers.
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Lewiston food market project gets 6-month extension
A food co-op eyeing a move into 171 Park St. after the Lewiston Police Department relocates has received a 6-month extension on its option to buy the building.
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, April 7 AUBURN — City Council workshop and meeting, 5:30 p.m. in the council chamber at Auburn Hall. LEWISTON — School Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m. at The Green Ladle, 156 East Ave. TUESDAY, April 8 AUBURN — Planning Board meeting, 6 p.m. in the council chamber at Auburn Hall. LEWISTON — City Council budget […]
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Lewiston police plan move into new headquarters by May 1
The department was initially slated to move into the renovated building last summer.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Sabattus shooter likely suffered mental health crisis, police say
A gunman shot and killed his mother Wednesday on Route 9 in Sabattus before exiting the vehicle, shooting at passing cars and killing another person. He then turned the gun on himself.
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Lewiston to give one-lane traffic along Canal Street a trial run
The temporary traffic pattern with a two-way bike lane will be in place this summer as a way for officials to collect data without committing to permanent changes.
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Lewiston changes job title, description of DEI specialist
The change comes amid the Trump administration’s hostility toward diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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Pedestrian struck by vehicle in Lewiston dies
The fatal crash happened around 4:30 a.m. on Main Street between Elm and Holland streets.
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Lewiston takes aim at mounting needle waste
As some officials call for limitations on needle exchange programs, advocates say changes would harm public health.