LEWISTON — Neighbors of a proposed Mollison Way methadone clinic were clear Thursday night: They understand the need for a drug treatment center but believe it belongs somewhere else. “I just don’t think the neighborhood is the right fit for this,” said Bruce Pelletier, who owns a business at 780 Main St. Other neighbors who […]

LEWISTON — Firefighters responded to a small fire Thursday afternoon at the Coburn Head Start Pre-K building on Bates Street. The fire was quickly put out and the building evacuated. Only one student was in the building, waiting to be picked up, since the morning class had ended, said financial director Sharon Philbrook Bergeron. The […]

LEWISTON — Volunteers and Twin Cities officials say they’re almost ready to start preparing tax returns for low-income residents. “If the software is ready, I’ll be ready to go on Monday,” K.C. Geiger, a member of the Lewiston-Auburn Cash Coalition, said. Members of the coalition kicked off their annual “Take the Money, You’ve Earned It” […]

LEWISTON — A meeting between neighbors and backers of a proposed methadone clinic will be pushed back to Thursday because of Wednesday’s snowstorm. Representatives from Quincy, Mass.-based Community Substance Abuse Centers had planned to meet with neighbors of the proposed 18 Mollison Way clinic. The meeting is now scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday at the […]

LEWISTON — Single-stream recycling, paired with traditional household trash collections, could wind up saving the city $30,000 more each year. Public Works Director David Jones said he planned to bring a resolution to councilors next week asking them to support keeping trash collections in Lewiston the same as they are now but changing the city’s […]

LEWISTON — The YWCA of Central Maine is nearing the halfway point in its $1 million fundraising effort. “It’s almost $500,000,” said Lee Young, president of the YWCA chapter’s board. “We’ve gone a long way and we have a long way to go.” Recent changes have included the creation of a building committee to lead […]

AUBURN — Twin Cities water officials moved quickly Tuesday, reducing the amount of fluoride in treated water to meet new federal guidelines. Auburn Water District Superintendent John Storer said the cities cut the amount of fluoride added to the drinking water from 1.2 parts-per-million to between 0.65 and 0.70 parts-per-million. The cities have added the […]