LEWISTON — A symposium on the communitywide benefits of public arts and culture will be a prelude to a benefit for downtown’s newest public art project. “Making places for art in communities can be an engine for economic- and community-based development,” Joshua Vink, president of L/A Arts, said. L/A Arts is hosting the symposium to […]
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Kennedy Park bandstand unveiling Tuesday
LEWISTON — Whether it has a new coat of paint, Kennedy Park’s historic bandstand gazebo will be ready for its unveiling Tuesday. Heather Hunter, a member of the Bandstand Restoration Committee, said this week’s rainy weather had put efforts to repaint the historic bandstand’s roof on hold. “I don’t know if it will get painted […]
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Community Concepts gets grant to help families build homes
LEWISTON — Community Concepts has received $793,800 to help 30 very-low and low-income families construct homes in rural areas across Maine. The Mutual Self-Help Housing Program is giving the money to Community Concepts to help families build homes in Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, and Oxford counties. “This important investment will help 30 low-income families across […]
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Lewiston students play ‘Claim your Future’
LEWISTON — Looking at what jobs pay and what things cost, Billie Jo Britto’s eighth-graders got a sense Tuesday of how much of their paychecks they’d have after the bills are paid when they’re adults. “I’m so poor. I’m going to have to get a second job,” groaned student Caroline LaPerriere. She was filling out […]
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Snow takes over Saturday’s storm
Elsewhere in the Twin Cities, authorities said few vehicles were off the streets or involved in collisions. “Public Works did a nice job cleaning up the roads,” Lewiston police Sgt. Robert Ullrich said. A parking ban was in effect in Auburn until Sunday at 7 a.m. There was no parking ban in Lewiston. Saturday’s […]
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Voting on Lewiston’s new school: What you need to know
The first question asks voters to approve a $49.7 million elementary school, which would be 100 percent funded by the state. The state will also pay for new athletic fields. The second question asks if voters want to spend $2.1 million to give the school a regulation-size gym, air conditioning for summer programs and a […]