MONDAY, May 6 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. LEWISTON — Finance Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m. at the Public Works conference room, 103 Adams Ave. TUESDAY, May 7 AUBURN — Sustainability Working Group […]
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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Auburn to vote on next year’s $121.8 million budget
If approved as is, the property tax rate would increase by $1.36 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
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Lewiston budget would cut library monitor position, make hired security permanent
The council is set to vote in a first reading Tuesday on the spending plan.
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Lewiston to receive grant and volunteer help to restore Veterans Memorial Park
The park featuring several monuments sustained heavy damage due to flooding in a December storm. Those behind the effort to renovate the park hope to have most of the work complete by July 4.
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Lewiston hires former legislator Nate Libby as assistant economic development director
Libby replaces longtime staffer Misty Parker, who left earlier this year to take a director’s position in Bath.
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, April 29 LEWISTON — Board of Appeals meeting, 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall. TUESDAY, April 30 AUBURN — Sustainability Working Group meeting, 10 a.m. in Room 204 at Auburn Hall. LEWISTON — City Council budget workshop, 6 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall. WEDNESDAY, May 1 AUBURN — […]
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Great Falls Forum: Local organization mentors young journalists across the globe
The nonprofit has worked with student journalists on all seven continents, with teens often producing stories on conflicts, elections, mental health, natural disasters and more.
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Lewiston officials consider adding several public restrooms
Officials say they continue to receive complaints from businesses and other property owners about entryways or alleyways being used as bathrooms.
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Gendron pulls out of plans to develop Auburn land into housing
At one time, John Gendron eyed a 1,100-unit development on the site, but the proposal set off a communitywide debate over water quality that included a lawsuit between Lewiston and the Auburn Water District.
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Why is pothole season so bad this year? The experts dig in.
As one resident put it: ‘I have to apologize to my car at least 10 times a day.’ We asked readers and public officials about navigating potholes this season, and what — if anything — can be done to help this ‘wheel-shaking’ problem.