MONDAY, Sept. 30 LEWISTON — City Council special meeting, 6 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall. Only item on the agenda is an executive session to discuss a personnel matter. TUESDAY, Oct. 1 AUBURN — Appointment Committee meeting, 3:30 p.m. in Room 2024 at Auburn Hall. LEWISTON — City Council workshop and meeting, […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Lewiston man admits to defrauding pandemic business loan program
Prosecutors say Shahied Golden got more than $20,000 from the government program aimed at providing small businesses financially affected by COVID-19.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston to consider setting earlier curfew for juveniles
City ordinance violations come with a civil summons issued to the juvenile’s parent or guardian, and a fine is imposed.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Auburn man admits to meth sales
Jeremy Mercier was on bail on his alleged possession of $3 million in fentanyl when he was charged with selling methamphetamine.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Health advocate Fowsia Musse wins Courage is Contagious Award
The Justice For Women program at Maine Law honored her for continuing her work after ‘an unimaginable horror’ that almost killed her in Kenya.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Maine People’s Alliance group takes on housing crisis in Lewiston meeting
The group gathered Thursday night involved some who are officially involved in the fight for more affordable housing. Most of them, though, were men and women who have been on the receiving end of drastic rent increases or other issues that sent them scrambling.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Church of Safe Injection opens new peer-led recovery center
The Sanctuary will help bring resources to people in active drug use and those who are in recovery.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
About 300 Lewiston middle schoolers get naloxone training as part of state mandate
As the state-mandated training for administering the overdose antidote makes its way to school districts across the state, hundreds of middle schoolers attended Lewiston’s training two days in a row. More than half of them chose to leave with a naloxone kit.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Lack of jail funding complicates Androscoggin County budget deliberations
Commissioners spend four hours Wednesday evening searching for areas to cut in the preliminary budget.