The school budget validation referendum is scheduled June 10.
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Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Group that brings fresh food to Lewiston relaunches
Gather and Grow has a new name and log, but little else is changing for the former St. Mary’s Nutrition Center on Bates Street.
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Residents approve Oxford Hills school budget at validation meeting
The $54.4 million budget now goes out to referendum June 10.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Jared Golden plans to stay in Congress, won’t run for governor or Senate
The centrist Democrat from Lewiston says he is focused on winning a 5th term representing Maine’s more conservative 2nd District in order to help his party retake the House in 2026.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine, News
Lisbon man, 33, dies after falling out of a boat on Cobbosseecontee Stream
Chadd Brewin, 33, suffered an apparent medical event while fishing with his father-in-law.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine resilience projects face yet another funding setback
The Trump administration is scaling back a multibillion dollar hazard mitigation grant program that states have long used to protect homes and businesses from floods and other disasters.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Politics
Maine lawmakers to consider beefed-up gun storage rules in effort to prevent accidental injuries, deaths
The debate over LD 1120 comes after a 4-year-old Lewiston boy died this weekend in a shooting, the latest tragedy of its kind in Maine.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Proper firearm storage saves lives, experts say
As Maine lawmakers look to add gun storage laws to the books, we take a look at the best practices for safe firearm storage.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Sabattus to revisit whether to keep its police department
Just as in 2021, the town will ask voters to decide whether to keep their local police department or to turn over coverage to the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
60 years of Ralph Steadman’s art coming to Bates College
‘Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing’ showcases 149 original works, sketchbooks, personal photos and handwritten notes from the artist known for collaborating with Hunter S. Thompson.