Yes ma’am, I’m sorry, ma’am So they’re completely repaving Farwell Street in Lewiston and it’s just awesome. For one thing, this project features the most fearsome flag lady I’ve ever witnessed. She not only yells at stupid drivers, she makes them pull over and wait their turn. I swear, she’s just one bad day from […]
Lewiston-Auburn
News and information from Lewiston and Auburn from the Sun Journal.
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Drones: Ignoring privacy laws can get you in trouble
Three days after a drone flight, Carl Shane was visited by Androscoggin County sheriff’s deputies who advised him he might have broken privacy laws.
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Gun violence forum canceled in wake of Friday shootings
After two back-to-back shootings Friday night near a back to school event at Mike McGraw Park, a gun violence forum scheduled for the next morning was canceled.
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Friends, family celebrate life of Tricia Johnson-Asselin
About 100 friends and family members joined together Saturday to remember Tricia Johnson-Asselin who was killed in the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting at Just-In-Time Recreation.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Two shootings reported Friday night in Lewiston; police question 3 juveniles
The first report came in just before 7 p.m., police said, when rounds were reported fired behind a mosque on Bartlett Street. At the time, a community event with hundreds of people was taking place at Mike McGraw Park in the same area.
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Lewiston attorney tapped to head up local indigent defense office
The move is aimed at providing enough lawyers to represent all criminal defendants who face jail time, but can’t afford one.
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Bomb squad investigating possible military ordnance in Lewiston
Lewiston police were called to Re-Energy Recycling at 38 Alfred Plourde Parkway in the early afternoon after staff there reported finding what appeared to be a military ordnance.
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Lewiston woman is ‘mémère’ to 95 grandchildren, great-grandchildren
At 91, Joan Caron has raised seven children with her husband, Louis.
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Cyclist struck by Jeep while crossing Ash Street in Lewiston
The man was struck while crossing Ash Street on his bicycle Friday morning.
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New England Teamsters picket on behalf of United Ambulance amid contract negotiations
Teamsters Local 340 rolled in trucks and affiliated members Thursday to bring attention to contract negotiations with United Ambulance that union representatives feel has reached a stalemate.