The ordinance, which goes to voters Saturday, arose from one resident’s complaint against a neighbor and their 24-hour-a-day generator.
Maine
Local and state news from the Sun Journal.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Get your fiddleheads yet? | Mark LaFlamme
Talk of the town: Heaps of George Stanley, the coming revolution and flying mothers.
advertisement
Posted inMaine, Politics
Bill before Maine lawmakers seeks to preserve stipends for child care workers
The proposal from Senate President Mattie Daughtry also includes one-time funding for a program that helps families pay for child care, but the Mills administration has expressed concerns about the cost.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Hannah Pingree wants Maine to continue its climate work ‘with or without’ Trump administration
Pingree, who has led the state’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future since 2019, said she’s hopeful Maine will continue its ‘common sense’ policies on climate resilience and energy efficiency.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Gas leak rousts tenants in Lewiston
Lewiston fire crews were called to the apartment complex at 6 Cedar St. shortly after 2 p.m. They were still ventilating the building at 3:30 p.m. as tenants milled around in the parking lot.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
MaineHousing programs to add hundreds of homes, but the money is running out
MaineHousing has in the last month announced more than $30 million in funding to boost construction of single-family homes and apartments.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Hannah Pingree to step down from Mills administration
Pingree has been mentioned as a possible Democratic candidate for governor and said Thursday she is ‘exploring’ future options.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools & Education
UMaine lab lays off 9 employees, blames federal funding uncertainty
The Trump administration recently halted more than $15 million in funding for the university’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Elan School and Yarmouth fires connected to 4 teens, state fire marshal says
The state agency says 7 fires in Poland and Yarmouth were intentionally set. Two teens have been charged in connection to some of the fires, and more charges may be coming.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Two dead after Wednesday night crash in Auburn
Two passengers traveling in a van owned by John F. Murphy Homes died Wednesday night after the vehicle pulled onto Washington Street from Beech Hill Road and was struck by a pickup truck.