Last March, Anadia Miguel was 7 months pregnant and inconsolable in a temporary shelter for asylum seekers in Portland. A year later, much has changed.
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Three arrested, about $32,000 in drugs seized by Auburn police
Auburn police arrested a local man and two from Massachusetts on drugs and firearm charges Friday evening, according to a department Facebook post.
Photo Album: Power restoration continues after the brutal nor’easter leaves Maine
Trees and power lines were down throughout Androscoggin County.
Mainers continue to dig out and wait for power to be restored
People without electricity Friday struggled to keep their homes warm and their food from going bad.
Auburn nears end of school budget process, proposing roughly 5% increase
Residents will have a chance to weigh in on the proposed budget so far at the next School Committee meeting.
Photo Album: See how people fared during Thursday’s nor’easter
More than a foot of heavy, wet snow fell in the area, and more is forecast for Friday.
Former Pineland Lumber site back up for sale in Lewiston
The property on Avon Street in Lewiston, along the Androscoggin River, was slated to become a large housing development but is now up for sale after those plans were scrapped.
Miller Fitness replaces Orange Circuit Fitness in the Auburn Mall
Curtis and Kianna Miller have been focused on fitness for much of their lives and say the new gym will focus on free weights, athletes, and the older generation crowd.
Storm brings all sorts of weather mayhem to western Maine
Lewiston Public Works Highway Operations Manager Reggie Poussard described an all-hands-on-deck scenario as dispatchers and road crews worked overnight to take on the storm.
Lewiston council passes resolution calling for ceasefire in Gaza
The resolution asks Maine’s congressional delegation and President Biden to demand an end to violence in Gaza and Israel, and ‘an immediate and unconditional release of all Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners unjustly held.’