It’s an all-Lewiston Buzz:
* A new Aroma Joe’s for Sabattus Street
* John F. Murphy Homes Inc. proposes a $4.8 million middle and high school
* One company’s new grab-and-go cricket treat is making waves
The Twin Cities getting a kickball league and other happenings out of the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s “Breakfast for Dinner” event Thursday night.
After 63 years in business, Ron Blake and his wife, Lisa Cote-Blake, will close Cote Bros. Sewing Machines next month unless a buyer comes through. Lisa’s father and his brothers founded the business back in the day to serve the once-thriving shoe industry in Lewiston-Auburn. The Blakes closed it once before, in 2008, selling the […]
* A new name, new growth for Auburn’s Cheating Gourmet
* Cote Bros. Sewing Machines in Turner looks for a buyer, prepares to close
* Lewiston’s $39 million March building permit
* Worst Road in Maine contest is back
You see a permit for $39 million and cannot help but do a double take. Just some of the activity out of the Lewiston and Auburn code offices in March, according to city records: Bates College’s contractor pulled a $39 million building permit for its new science and technology building at 45 Campus Ave. in […]
This time of year, it is no joke: The Maine Better Transportation Association is once again holding its Worst Road in Maine contest. The winner gets $529, which the association says is the estimated amount residents pay in costs for extra maintenance and repairs from bad roads. The statewide estimate is $541 million. Spokeswoman Kathryn […]
Lewiston is No. 18 in affordable small towns — those with 55,000 or fewer people — to retire .
The longtime Lewiston gas station and convenience store that sold two years ago is getting refreshed as owners look for the next tenant.
Another week, another ranking: This time Lewiston is No. 18 in affordable small towns — those with 55,000 or fewer people — to retire .
This week, what does the Buzz talk about first? A new cool national ranking? A new Domino’s Pizza with rare in-store seating and even rarer sales by the slice? New Mud Season Milk? My driveway was atrocious this morning. Mud Season Milk for the win. Oakhurst unveiled its temporarily renamed 1 percent chocolate milk on […]
The new Domino’s Pizza at the site of the former gas station at 1104 Lisbon St. is opening Thursday officially. General Manager Danielle Reny said she’s moving over to the new location after 13 years in Auburn. “I’m overexcited — it’s brand new, we get to serve more of our customers in Lewiston because we […]
