LEWISTON — Repairs to the small bridge between Oxford Street and Simard-Payne Memorial Park could be one-third of the projected costs, based on bids on the project. South Paris’ Bancroft Contracting Corp. submitted the apparent lowest bid to repair the 55-foot-long Beech Bridge, offering to repair the metal structure by mid-June for $7,050. The city […]

LEWISTON — Members of a downtown housing advocacy group Wednesday stepped up their call for better code enforcement and faster city response to complaints. Members of the Neighborhood Housing League rallied outside 91 Knox St. to urge the Lewiston City Council to add two housing code officers to the city’s code enforcement department. Residents complained […]

LEWISTON — A former Lewiston couple are trying to become the first Americans to win the World Wife Carrying Championship this summer in Finland. To go, Dave and Lacey Castro of Alfred have launched a fundraising campaign by creating a new ice cream flavor at Shaker Pond Ice Cream. They’ve also established a “Team Castro” […]

A man was hospitalized after he claimed he was suicidal and soaked himself in gasoline, then lead police from Lewiston and Auburn on a hunt through the woods near Lake Auburn Tuesday night. Police received a call from the man’s girlfriend around 8 p.m. Tuesday, stating that she had found a suicide note he had […]

AUBURN — Councilors in the Twin Cities are far apart on funding for at least two agencies after separate workshop discussions Thursday night. Auburn City Manager Glenn Aho said his council is calling for $34,000 less for the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council and no money for the Androscoggin County Emergency Management Agency. “Auburn didn’t make […]