LEWISTON — Everything from a restaurant-grade refrigerator to a vintage sidewalk plow to 18,000 yards of reclaimed asphalt will go on the auction block for the city of Lewiston next week. Norm Beauparlant, the city’s budget and purchasing director, said the city has hired D. A. Folsom Auction Services of Gardiner to sell off some […]

CHARGES Auburn * Jonathan William Vanover, 36, of 28 Bartlett St., Lewiston, on a probation hold, 6:20 p.m. Sunday at 156 Summer St. * Ashley Anna Fisher, 25, of 185 Main St., on charges of criminal restraint, criminal mischief, obstructing report of a crime, operating while license suspended or revoked and violation of bail conditions, […]

Charges Lewiston Hariro H. Ahmed, 21, of 56 Blake St., operating a vehicle without a license, 3:51 p.m. Friday at 61 Chestnut St. Alexander Benjamin Maier, 19, of 50 Fairmount St, operating under the influence and habitual motor vehicle offender, 11:37 p.m. Friday at 60 Pine St. Joshua James Alexander, 24, of 5111 Violet St., […]

LEWISTON — The Western Maine Labor Council is holding its fourth annual Labor Day barbeque Monday from 1-3 p.m. at the IBEW 567 Union Hall at 238 Goddard Road. More than 350 people are expected at the free event, which will celebrate working people. The menu will feature locally raised hamburgers and hot dogs from […]

LEWISTON — Bettyann Sheats said she knows firsthand that federal stimulus money has helped the economy. Sheats received two lead abatement grants last year totaling $48,000 that helped her renovate two downtown Lewiston apartment buildings, making them more livable and increasing their value. “We received $24,000 for the two buildings but we spent more than […]