Write-in candidates step in for Auburn’s Ward 5, hoping to oust Leroy Walker

Kathy Shaw and Joe DeMotta have filed papers to run write-in campaigns for the seat.

Photo: Put on a happy face

Photo Album: Blue Mass honors those in public safety

Bishop Robert P. Deeley presides over annual Mass for those who work in public safety, including police officers, firefighters, correctional officers, 911 operators, EMS personnel and all others who are first to respond.

Housing shortage, high rents vex Lewiston-Auburn market

$1,000-a-month rents are now standard, and officials worry high prices and few options are hindering efforts to fill jobs locally.

Hundreds ‘rally for recovery’ in Lewiston

Several people, including Councilor Stephanie Gelinas, shared stories of personal tragedy and triumph during Saturday's event highlighting the opioid epidemic.

Photo: Wreaths across America Mobile Education Exhibit visits Auburn

The tractor-trailer setup in Great Falls Plaza Saturday.

Families sue shuttered Lewiston funeral home over handling of bodies

The bodies of the plaintiffs' family members were eventually seized by the Maine Office of Chief Medical Examiner after they were found decomposing in an unrefrigerated basement.

L-A This Week

Dempsey Challenge just a week away

Due to lingering COVID-19, Patrick Dempsey will not mingle with the masses as in the past, organizers say. Instead, he'll make appearances away from the crowds.

At least one hurt in Lisbon crash

It was reported that at least one person was being taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston with multiple injuries.