POLAND — Just weeks after COVID-19 struck Maine in mid-March, Dr. Charles Foley was packing his bags to go serve his country. On March 31, the 57-year-old plastic surgeon who owns a farm with his wife was deployed by the U.S. Army Reserve to the epicenter of this country’s pandemic in New York City, where […]
Lewiston-Auburn
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Androscoggin County police log: Jan. 2, 2021
Androscoggin County • Daniel Catlin, 45, of Durham, on charges of domestic violence aggravated assault, domestic violence criminal mischief, domestic violence criminal threatening and obstructing the report of a crime, 8:30 p.m. Friday on Hallowell Road in Durham. Auburn • Guy Landry, 61, of Auburn, on a charge of operating under the influence of intoxication, […]
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First babies of the new year welcomed in Lewiston
Two hospitals in Lewiston each welcomed a baby Friday to kick off 2021.
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Photo: Making skateboarding movies on location in Lewiston
Friends film each other doing tricks Friday afternoon in downtown Lewiston.
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First-year Poland nurse quarantines from family as she cares for COVID-19 patients
Ashley Jardine, a 2020 CMCC graduate, feels overwhelmed by the pandemic and misses her family and friends, but is grateful she is healthy and her father is improving after his three-week fight against the virus last spring.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Business, Lewiston-Auburn
Growing, planting and planning in 2020 for Little Ridge FarmDrop
The new virtual farmers’ market in Lisbon added vendors and customers after it launched in April. Keena Tracy hopes a new marketing grant will expand on that momentum in 2021.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Maine flu cases plummet
Maine had more than 900 confirmed flu cases by this time last year. So far this season there are 47.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Public asked to help find marijuana thieves in Turner
$15,000 worth of processed product taken
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Where are they now?
A young Poland woman who graduated from CMCC’s nursing school during the pandemic is now on the front lines at Maine Medical Center during a year that saw her father put into a medically induced coma with COVID. A virtual farmers market that started locally just as COVID-19 was tightening its grip on Maine is […]
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One-quarter of Maine’s 2020 homicide cases in Lewiston and Auburn
State officials say four murder cases were reported in the Twin Cities in 2020.