Six local educators reflect on first four months of the 2021-22 school year, some of the toughest school days some say they have faced.
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Photo album: Santa and the spirit of giving
Our photographers were busy capturing images around Androscoggin County as we got ready for the holidays.
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Elf on the Shelf delivers holiday cheer, along with 200 cupcakes
Sabattus woman and her daughter make Santa’s Nice List as they deliver treats to children, police and firefighters.
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Androscoggin Historical Society plans move to downtown Lewiston
Organization looks to move to 93 Lisbon St. after 85 years at county building in Auburn.
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Poland seeks to pay bonuses with COVID-19 funding
Select Board explored several options for spending American Rescue Plan Act funds among other actions during its Tuesday night meeting.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Some schools closed Wednesday due to weather
Officials in several school districts announced Tuesday that they canceled classes Wednesday because a storm is expected to bring icy conditions during the morning. “The current prediction for tomorrow is icing in our area at both the stop and start of our school day,” Lewiston schools Superintendent Jake Langlais said via Twitter. “The timing makes […]
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
RSU 16 cancels classes Wednesday
With a winter storm expected, Regional School Unit 16 decided Tuesday to start its winter break early. The three-town district said on a social media post that, “some of our bus drivers wrote Santa a letter, asking for no school” on Dec. 22. “They got their wish! There will be no school” Wednesday, the district […]
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Coastal Journal, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
State may upgrade water quality rating for lower section of the Androscoggin River
Lawmakers will consider whether to go along with a state environmental board’s recommendation to hike its classification level from Lisbon to the sea.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine Crime, News
Texas fugitive arrested after Turner traffic stop and foot chase through a muddy bog, police say
Joshua Keith Darby, 40, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, was driving a commercial vehicle on Route 4 when he was pulled over for a safety inspection, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine Crime, News
Small-town politics or union issues? Sabattus police await funds
One by one, police officers have been leaving for greener pastures, and the old shadow of doubt seems to have fallen once more over the department.