AUGUSTA — The Montello School in Lewiston has been awarded $900,000 in loans from the state’s School Revolving Renovation Fund, which was created by the Legislature and the governor to ensure that Maine public school students have a safe and healthy learning environment. “I am pleased to hear that the Montello students will be able […]
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High School Football: Showdown weekend in top 10
1. Bangor (6-0) – Tests have been few, far between for Rams. They’ll get one at Lawrence this week. 2. Cheverus (6-0) – Stags enter their biggest game in two decades with No. 1 scoring defense in Western A. 3. Bonny Eagle (6-0) – Showdown Saturday at Cheverus? No sweat for the Scots. They’ve been […]
Absentee ballot use points to heavy voting at November polls
AUBURN — Election officials in the Twin Cities expect voting this year to be at least as heavy as it was during the 2008 presidential election. The number of requests for absentee ballots is one sign of things to come, Auburn City Clerk Roberta Fogg said Wednesday. The city already has had requests for 1,086 absentee […]
Neighbors argue against Main Street median
LEWISTON — A median along Main Street isn’t the answer to Main Street-Strawberry Avenue traffic problems, according to neighbors. Instead, they suggested state and city money be spent elsewhere: fixing congestion problems farther north of Strawberry Avenue. “This is like a freight train,” said Dr. Roger Bergeron, who runs his optometry practice out of a […]
City seeks bids for Bates Mill No. 5 roof repairs
LEWISTON — The city is looking for contractors to fix the roof of Bates Mill No. 5 that was damaged by fire in 2009. Most of the damage went unrepaired last year as the City Council debated whether the building should be torn down, said Norm Beauparlant, director of budget and purchasing. Beauparlant said additional […]
Road construction
Oct. 11-15 Auburn Work location: Begins: Done by: Status: Old Danville Road, Moose Brook to city line Ongoing October Detour Route 136 at the Durham town line Ongoing October Closed Main Street, Academy to bridge Ongoing November Delays Hotel Road at Youngs Corner Ongoing November One lane Lewiston Work location: Begins: […]
Libraries and literacy: Read all about it
Repositories of knowledge in written form can be traced to the dawn of civilization. History Magazine speaks of a collection of “about 30,000 clay tablets found in ancient Mesopotamia [dating] back more than 5,000 years,” for example. Access to written knowledge – literacy – was, however, a closely guarded secret of the ruling classes for […]
Is Lewiston exit really most pressing problem?
We’re all in favor of the state spending highway construction dollars in Lewiston-Auburn. After all, L-A and Western Maine have long been unfairly penalized by our location on a toll road compared to towns along the I-295 corridor. Still, in these lean times, we’re left scratching our heads over a Turnpike Authority proposal to spend […]
Lewiston stifles EL
AUBURN — To score in soccer, you need both possession and to take shots. On Saturday the Lewiston boys did both. They outshot Edward Little 21-3 en route to a 4-0 blanking between the Twin Cities rivalries. Throughout the first 20 minutes of the games, both teams seemed to be feeling each other out, volleying […]
Police log
CHARGES Lewiston * Tianna C. Dube, 18, of 118 Western Ave., Auburn, on a charge of domestic violence assault, 10:30 p.m. Friday at 119 Pine St. Androscoggin County * Hakeem Gowins, 21, of 50 East Avenue, New York, N.Y., by the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office, on a warrant, 12:15 a.m. Friday in Queens Criminal Court, […]