The family’s 3-year-old daughter is being credited with alerting everyone to the blaze.
Matthew Jaroncyk
Staff Writer
Matthew is a staff writer for the Lewiston Sun Journal covering the Lewiston and Auburn areas. Before joining the Sun Journal, Matthew covered news in the Bangor area before moving to Lewiston to cover news in Southern Maine. He enjoys all the state has to offer, often attending local festivals and events with his wife and two children.
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Poland Community School to remain closed Friday as work continues on water damage
School officials say the 2-story section of the school may not be usable for a few weeks.
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Lewiston library children’s department makeover on track for 2027
The library launched its capital campaign in 2024 and will be going out to bid in the next two to three months.
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Turner senior sets up fundraising 5K for young skier hurt on Black Mountain
All proceeds from the May 31 event will go toward the family of Eli Leavitt, who was injured March 8 in Rumford.
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Need a ride? Here’s how to use Western Maine Transportation Services
The service offers multiple routes in central and western Maine, as well as Brunswick and Bath.
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50 years on, Western Maine Transportation Service is giving rides and saving lives
‘If it weren’t for this service, I wouldn’t have money in my pockets,’ one resident says about the Lewiston-Auburn area agency that provides more than 200,000 rides a year.
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Androscoggin County looks for volunteers to help with emergencies
The Androscoggin Emergency Management Agency is rebooting its CERT program, which ran until 2010.
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Maine Resiliency Center moves in Lewiston: ‘No one should be suffering in silence’
Officials at the center, formed in the wake of the 2023 mass shooting, say they’ve helped more than 900 individuals.
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Lewiston residents clean up after water main break: ‘We lost our house’
John Boccia’s house on Diamond Court got the worst of the flooding after a pipe burst Sunday.
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Where to find local farms that offer Community Supported Agriculture
Here is a list of CSAs in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties.