Drive out Crowley Road near the Lewiston-Sabattus line and you might notice a peculiar thing. An unusual number of the roadside mailboxes here are made of hard plastic instead of flimsy metal. One resident in Sabattus took things a bit further, completely encasing his mailbox in brick so that it resembles – quite a lot, […]
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Auburn merchants favor narrower Court Street, council told
AUBURN — Court Street’s traffic pattern has changed numerous times during the past 63 years, so testing on-street parking this summer has plenty of precedent, councilors were told Monday. “Court Street has really been used as a vehicular transportation experiment now for almost three generations in this city,” Alan Manoian, Auburn’s economic development specialist, said. […]
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March 2015: Broken gearbox driveshaft led to Sugarloaf lift accident, investigation indicates
PORTLAND (AP) — A chairlift malfunction that injured seven skiers at the Sugarloaf ski area was caused by a broken drive shaft in a gearbox that allowed the lift to move in reverse and by a brake system that failed to stop the lift because of a design flaw, officials said Wednesday. The lift, carrying […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Norway brewery to open in historic trolley depot
NORWAY — The town’s first microbrewery will be in a historic brick rail depot at 237 Main St. Norway Brewing Co.’s owners announced Wednesday they’ve purchased the former Passenger’s Rail restaurant, once the disembarking point for the town’s commuter trolley service. Erika Melhus, who will run the brewery with her husband and brewer, Charles Magne Melhus, […]
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Bates Mill No. 5: a brief timeline
Aug. 16, 1850: Bates Manufacturing is incorporated. Benjamin E. Bates begins operating the Bates Manufacturing Co. 1861 to 1865: Civil War. Predicting a long conflict, Lewiston mills purchase large amounts of cotton at 12 cents per pound. With cotton later scarce, most New England mills are forced to close while the Lewiston mills continue operations. […]
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Crescent Park School fifth-graders portray history through Wax Museum characters
BETHEL — History came alive during Crescent Park Elementary School’s annual Wax Museum program as performed by 37 fifth-grade students for kindergarten through grade four children. But first, one had to get past Alexander the Great, Eric the Red and Marco Polo, who were guarding SAD 44’s version of the “Night at the Museum” movies. […]
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Lewiston’s 2015 International Snowshoe Convention would be its last
LEWISTON — The International Snowgoers Convention debuted in Lewiston in 1925, a year after its host, Le Montagnard club, was formed. It was the nation’s first snowshoe social club and was to be the largest of 17 such clubs in Lewiston. Ninety years later, Le Montagnard and several other Lewiston snowshoe clubs have disappeared, making […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Business, Oxford Hills
Daddy O’s diner on the move
OXFORD — The barber shop music on the radio at Daddy O’s restaurant belongs to the same time capsule as the thick onion rings, fountain sodas and Coca-Cola ads painted on the wall. And now it’s about to change. The 901 Main Street restaurant is on the move after its 15 employees were told they […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Norway was once America’s snowshoe capital
NORWAY — The giant snowshoe that once stood at the entrance of town greeting residents and visitors alike and dubbing Norway the “Snowshoe Town of America” is a lot like Elvis, according to the curator of the Norway Historical Society. That’s because there’s been sightings of the iconic sculpture, but no proof that it exists, […]
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‘Bear Bones’ duo plans to launch Lisbon Street brewery
LEWISTON — Neither the single-digit temperatures nor the barren walls of 43 Lisbon St. chilled Adam Tuuri and Eben Dingman on Tuesday as they pulled bits of packing plastic off a row of pristine, stainless steel beer-brewing kettles. The men shivered and smiled. “That’s my life savings right there,” Tuuri said. For more than a […]