With vaccine mandates for students in place, Bates College eyes a return to near normal in the fall

Students will no longer need masks and won't have to stay 6 feet apart anymore as most COVID-19 restrictions are dropped at the Lewiston campus.

Street Talk: When newspapers were king

Reading news through a digital medium is long on efficiency but short on charm. There's a certain just-the-facts discipline about it that discourages dawdling when dawdling was always the kind of fun of reading a newspaper. 

Lewiston man gets 7 1/2 years for illegal pot growing operation

Timmy Bellmore was ordered to pay the IRS more than $200,000 in taxes on his ill-gotten gains.

Lewiston Democrats in turmoil as election season begins

City Councilor Safiya Khalid, who had been the local party's vice chair, says she withdrew her candidacy to lead the party during a confrontational meeting at which she faced racist comments.

Auburn students get summer lessons with lemonade stand

A group of four educators from Auburn have been meeting with students in the Family Development neighborhood on Valerie Circle all month to work on literacy and math skills.

CMMC, St. Mary’s have ‘no plans in the immediate future’ to require COVID-19 vaccines for its workers

Representatives from the Lewiston hospitals said their stances have not changed, even amid growing advocacy at the national level for mandatory inoculations.

Bates College seeks to reduce heated interactions between students and campus security

New report on campus safety urges more residential life staffers and greater effort to ease tensions between safety officers and students at the Lewiston college.

Potvin says he will run for mayor of Lewiston

School Committee member last ran for mayor in 2017.

Photo: Overcoming obstacles

Lewiston police chief added to City Hall interim team

Interim City Administrator Heather Hunter is expected Wednesday to appoint police Chief Brian O'Malley as interim deputy city administrator.