The City Council will decide Monday whether to send proposed changes governing Auburn’s agricultural zone to the Planning Board and the Maine Department of Agriculture, following a controversial committee process.
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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‘Cake-a-palooza’ kicks off Auburn’s yearlong birthday celebration
The city was incorporated 150 years ago on Feb. 22, 1869.
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Lewiston gets initial cost estimates for Sabattus Street fire substation
By the time the new Sabattus Street fire substation design is complete, the city will likely have to find another $1.5 million to build it. It will be the first of three substations to be replaced over the next several years.
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Lewiston council set to approve Capital Improvement Plan
Councilors will also vote to update business loan programs.
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Kudos: Lewiston-Auburn tax volunteers keep coming back
Dozens of often under-appreciated volunteers, helping low-income residents and retirees file their taxes each year, keep coming back despite the long slog of tax season.
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Water officials have plan to battle phosphorus at Lake Auburn
Lewiston and the Auburn Water District would like to dose the lake with aluminum sulfate to cut algae production.
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That is not a distress signal coming from Lewiston City Hall, it is a parking ban
It’s no Bat-Signal, but the colored lights in the tower at Lewiston City Hall will begin flashing to signal a winter parking ban is in effect.
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Lisbon Street art installation will pay homage to Marsden Hartley
A large art installation coming to the new Hartley Block development in downtown Lewiston will pay homage to the building’s namesake, the renowned artist Marsden Hartley.
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The future of Lake Auburn: More recreation and development?
An age-old question is being revived about whether the strict limits should be relaxed for the cities’ drinking water source.
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St. Louis Church redevelopment attempt ends in foreclosure
AUBURN — The ownership group of the former St. Louis Church at 80 Third st. has decided to pull the plug on its efforts to redevelop the historic building. As a result, the city will foreclose on the property. Noel Smith has managed the building’s ownership group, Pilotage, since 2014, when it bought the church from […]