LEWISTON — Volunteers have been supplementing Lewiston’s police force for several years — answering telephones, filing paperwork and sitting at desks to free up officers for other jobs. “The more you look, the more uses you can find for volunteers,” Mayor Larry Gilbert said Tuesday. “They can do so much, and all we have to do […]
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Council ponies up for YWCA energy audit
LEWISTON — While efforts to raise revenue to save the YWCA of Central Maine are going forward, organizers say the nonprofit still needs help cutting its costs. Members of the group’s board asked Lewiston councilors Tuesday to set aside money from its federal Community Development Block Grant budget to perform an energy audit on its […]
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Government at a Glance: Lewiston
Board: Lewiston City Council Met: Tuesday Garage changes Issue: When designers finished plans for the new Lincoln Street garage, they did not include the costs for painting and rust-proofing the bolts holding the metal structure of the garage together. With the garage 90 percent complete, staff asked councilors to approve $10,305 to treat those bolts. […]
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‘Rosetta Stone’ software returns to Lewiston library
LEWISTON — The popular language-learning software program “Rosetta Stone” is being offered free of charge at the Lewiston Public Library once again. The program has training for all levels of English, Spanish, French, Italian, Arabic and Chinese. The new license allows the program to be used only on the library’s computers. Lewiston offered the software […]
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Road construction
Oct. 4-8 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: […]
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High school football: Lewiston Remains Unbeaten
TOPSHAM — It was a literal bounce for Mt. Ararat that led to a mental bounce for the Lewiston football team Saturday. After the Eagles returned a fumble 80 yards for an early touchdown and lead, the undefeated Blue Devils had to rebound from that setback. Lewiston did just that and responded when needed the […]
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Face Time: Daniel Vachon
After a decade as a police officer, Daniel Vachon has traded in his blue uniform for shorts and a whistle. He is now working as a physical education teacher in the schools where he once served as a DARE officer. He splits his time between Longley and Martel schools. Name: Dan Vachon Age: 34 Children: […]
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Conservation officials hunt for two kinds of hardwood-killing bugs
LEWISTON — So far, Maine has been spared from infestations from two hardwood-eating beetles and conservation officials hope to keep it that way. “We’re concerned about these particular beetles because they both attack healthy trees,” said Karen Coluzzi, Maine Department of Agriculture entomologist. “And, there is no known natural control for them.” Populations peak for […]
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Calendar of Events for Oct. 1, 2010
Music Oct. 1: BATH, Dorie Barnes, vocals, and Jesse Feinberg, keyboard, will perform at 6:30 p.m. at Solo Bistro, 128 Front St. 443-3373 Oct. 1: BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Acoustic Eidolon will perform at 8 p.m. at Boothbay Harbor Opera House, 86 Townsend Ave. $15/$18 633-5159 Oct. 1: BRUNSWICK, the Hassan Muhammad Trio will perform at 7:30 […]
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High School Football: Lewiston backfield a four-midable group
“Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore, they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death. These are only aliases.” — Grantland Rice LEWISTON — At Lewiston High School, their real names are: Keene, McKinnon, Therrien and Turcotte. That is the unbeaten Blue Devils’ four-headed running back rotation, […]