LEWISTON — The Maine State Board of Education on Wednesday approved replacing the old, overcrowded but beloved Martel Elementary School. With the city’s enrollment growing by more than 100 students a year, Superintendent Bill Webster said it’s great news. It means planning for a new school — where it will be located and how many […]
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Rumford bridge removal project begins
RUMFORD — After months of preparation, a local engineering and contracting company has begun work on removing the Martin Memorial Bridge over the Androscoggin River at Rumford Point and replacing it, according to Maine Department of Transportation Project Manager Steve Bodge. Bodge said Wyman and Simpson Inc. of Richmond won the bid to remove the […]
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Ex-construction worker becomes a whittling enthusiast
Sitting on the front steps of the Project of Hope House on College Street in Lewiston on most given days, Keith Waite whittles away at small blocks of wood, surrounded by some of his creations. “I don’t have an artistic bone in my body,” he said, “but if I start out making a dog, and […]
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No place like this home: Greene entrepreneur says he’s designed new, improved home concept
GREENE — Details are sparse, and almost sound like a riddle — it’s not underground, it does have a roof, there are no load-bearing walls, foam is somehow involved — but out of that mishmash of clues, Thom Labrie hopes he’s designed a house of the future. He said his invention has been driven by […]
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Rumford woman’s house renovated thanks to low-income grant
RUMFORD — Mary Ann Schlear praised the Lord repeatedly on Friday while two Lewiston-Auburn area housing rehabilitation crews rebuilt sections of her house. The 50-year-old house at 1236 Route 2 has new windows, a new bathtub surround, new light fixtures, a whole new roof, leveled floors in the bathroom, kitchen and dining room, a new […]