Police say storage unit burglar used a U-Haul truck and storage unit to handle stolen loot

Power tools, air conditioners, fishing gear, ceiling fans, camping equipment, appliances, a motorcycle and other items were recovered as Auburn police investigated a spree of storage unit burglaries.

Oh, baby! New Year’s Day births in Lewiston, Portland

Noelle Grace Lamontagne, born at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston at 9:19 a.m. Wednesday, weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces, which a nursing supervisor described as “just perfect.” 

PHOTOS: Crews douse car fire in Lisbon

Children make the world look pretty cool

The kid came out of nowhere.  One moment I was slumped in a post-Christmas semi-doze at my newsroom desk and the next, I was wide awake and scrambling to figure out where the pint-sized ninja boy had come from.  “What’s your name?” the tow-headed lad asked me.  “Mark. What’s yours?”  The boy told he his […]

Sabattus: New chiefs take over at Fire, Police departments

By the end of the year, new Sabattus Police Chief Sheila Wetherbee had already racked up an impressive list of accomplishments. 

Talk of the town: Christmas is over, pass the Nyquil

There once was a man from Kent  So, last week I shared with you all a weird little poem I dreamed up while I was stoned on Nyquil or something. Since that little snippet ran in the paper, I think that means I’m a published poet now! I suppose I’ll have to start wearing an […]

Tragedies, new schools, surprise resignations and a town revolt: The top local stories of 2019

History was made, political battles turned ugly and some people were booted out of positions they thought they held fast. However you feel about 2019 in our little corner of the world, it probably didn’t bore you.

Lewiston police investigating storage unit break-ins

Thieves have been cutting locks and breaking into storage units across Lewiston.

Strong man charged with arson after kitchen catches fire

STRONG — A local man was arrested on suspicion of arson early Friday after reporting a house fire on Lambert Hill Road. At about 1:30 a.m., Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Alan Elmes went to the home after a resident reported a fire in his kitchen. The flames were extinguished by the fire department, and the […]

Time travel and the Bluelight Special

The last thing I ever bought from Kmart was a Route 66 hooded sweatshirt, fleece lined everywhere, including the sleeves.The Cadillac of hoodies, the Route 66. And it would have to be just that special to lure me into Auburn’s Kmart, a place I had generally avoided for years.It is not that I did not […]