AUBURN — Eyeing next week’s election, Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said Monday she is confident her party will retain control of the Senate but not as sure the GOP will wind up in charge of the House. “We’re firm in the Senate,” Collins said, adding will not be surprised if the GOP gains a […]
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Androscoggin County Commission District 5 – Bonney Starbird
(Representing part of Auburn) Bonney Starbird Democrat Hometown: Born in Lewiston. Raised in Poland. Resident of Auburn since 1984. Occupation: Registered nurse for 38 years, 10 years as family nurse practitioner. Education: Master’s degree in nursing, University of Southern Maine. Graduated 1998. Family status: Married, three sons, two stepdaughters Why are you running for the […]
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People You Know: Bill Hamilton, designing for fun
AUBURN — Bill Hamilton oversaw the installation of a massive, 54-foot lighting catwalk last month in front of the stage at the Community Little Theatre that replaced a ladder system he had designed 30 years earlier. Hamilton jokes that at CLT, he is a behind-the-scenes kind of guy, and he is, definitely, a scene kind […]
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, Oct. 29 LEWISTON — Finance Committee meeting, 5:30 p.m. in the administrator’s conference room at City Hall. TUESDAY, Oct. 30 LEWISTON — City Council workshop, 6 p.m. in the City Council Chamber at City Hall. Agenda includes recognition of Public Works employee Michael Danforth for 50 years of service to the community; consideration of […]
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Turner's Ricker Hill Orchards grows, presses on
Apples. Hard cider. Weddings. Wine. Hustle. Hope. Debt. It’s all in the mix for the eighth-generation orchard as it looks to generation nine and the future. TURNER — The new, bright-red Bucher apple press sticks out in the old barn that is the center of Ricker Hill Orchards’ cider operation, a high-tech giant half the […]
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Football fans, players raise money for family
Lewiston High School graduate Al Winslow gives Bryanna Bagnato, center, and Marissa Larock a hug after the LHS cheerleaders gave Winslow a get-well card during the football game between LHS and Edward Little High School in Auburn on Friday. Winslow’s son, Gunnar, is a junior lineman for the Edward Little Red Eddies and played in […]
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Lewiston-Auburn downtown trick-or-treat Halloween celebration planned for Friday
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Auburn Metro Chamber will be hosting a “Downtown Trick-or-Treat Halloween Celebration on Friday, October 26 from 3:30 – 6:00 p.m. The event takes place at both Dufresne Plaza, 72 Lisbon Street, Lewiston and Festival Plaza, 112 Main Street, Auburn where the chamber will hand out trick-or-treat bags and maps indicating participating businesses. There will […]
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Pleas entered in Lewiston-Auburn marijuana case
PORTLAND — Two of the 14 suspects charged in a Twin Cities-based medical marijuana-growing operation that was busted by federal agents in February entered pleas this week. Richard “Stitch” Daniels, 52, of Lewiston pleaded not guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to seven charges stemming from his alleged role in the marijuana operation. Daniels was charged […]
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Reporter's Notebook: Lewiston early voting seeing some early confusion
Early voting began this week in Lewiston and, according to the City Clerk’s office, some voters have been a little confused — at least about the inability to rank choices for the governor’s race. City Clerk Kathy Montejo said Wednesday some voters have been asking about the inability to rank their choices for governor, especially […]
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CLT to hold auditions for 'Lend Me A Tenor'
AUBURN — As Lewiston-Auburn’s Community Little Theatre finishes the successful run of the opening show of its 79th season, auditions have been announced for the second show, which opens Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. The company is proud to bring back — after 25 years — Ken Ludwig’s hilarious farce, “Lend Me A Tenor,” directed by […]