When wins started to add up during this college hockey season, so did the expectations. The Boston University women’s hockey team started the year with great potential and only saw greater things coming from this season as it progressed. “From the start of the season, we knew we were going to have a good team […]
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Train study: Amtrak service to Montreal could cost $900 million
AUBURN — Establishing regular rail service between Auburn and Portland in 2020 could cost up to $234 million to start and could require an $8 million annual subsidy, according to a new study presented Wednesday night. Transportation planners from AECOM told an Auburn crowd that extending that service to Montreal could cost up to $900 […]
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Government at a Glance: Lewiston
Board: Lewiston City Council Met: Tuesday, March 15 Veterans Park Issue: The city made the park at the foot of the Great Falls, on the Lewiston side of Longley Bridge, the official home for local veteran memorials and remembrance gatherings beginning in 2003. Since then, the park has become home to numerous granite memorials, markers […]
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Neighbors object to proposed methadone clinic location
LEWISTON — Perceptions of a proposed methadone clinic matter almost as much as reality, according to neighbors. Neighbors, all opposed to putting the Merrimack River Medical Services clinic on Mollison Way, said they understand that the clinic is necessary in Lewiston. “But they need to find a better place,” said Dr. Linda Glass, owner of […]
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L-A legislators must be wary of turnpike ideas
Major changes in the governance of the Maine Turnpike seem nearly certain after an audit of the organization’s books and continuing legislative hearings on its operations. But unless Western Maine legislators and voters are vigilant, the changes could make a bad situation for L-A travelers even worse. Among the ideas being bandied about in Augusta […]
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Air miles wrong standard in casino debate
Wednesday, the Legislature’s committee on Legal and Veteran’s Affairs will take up a bill to clarify how to measure 100 miles in Maine. We hope the committee will use its common sense and support LD 677. This bill seeks to measure the distances between competing casinos in Maine using the “most commonly used road miles” […]
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Review of proposed methadone clinic set for Tuesday
LEWISTON — Councilors will get their first look at a proposed Mollison Way methadone clinic at their meeting Tuesday. If councilors approve, the city can grant Massachusetts-based Community Substance Abuse Centers a license to locate the first Lewiston-based methadone substance abuse clinic at 18 Mollison Way. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. in Lewiston City […]
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Downtown mosque considers making offer for city land
LEWISTON — Backers of a downtown mosque are testing the water to see if the city is willing to sell a portion of Franklin Pasture for mosque parking. The Planning Board is scheduled to discuss a proposal by Floyd Jenkins, owner of 256 Bartlett St., to use 10,000 square feet of land behind it for […]
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High school hockey championship: Thornton bounces Lewiston in 2 OT
LEWISTON — Shawn Rousseau believed in C.J. Maksut. The Thornton skipper leaned to his star forward between the first and second overtime Saturday and gave him some words of encouragement. “I went up to C.J., whispered in his ear and said, ‘Players like you live for these moments,’” Rousseau said. He wasn’t kidding. Maksut, the […]
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Hockey state chmpionship: Rousseau feels right at home
LEWISTON — Shawn Rousseau looked up at the banner with a wide grin on his face. At the end of the Androscoggin Bank Colisee, the banner listing the state championship for Lewiston High School hangs from the rafters. Rousseau gazed at that banner Saturday evening and saw the years 1992 and 1993 among the storied […]