Incident Report Statistics Between 7 a.m. Friday, Aug. 6, and 7 a.m. Friday, Aug. 13, Lewiston police responded to 745 calls for service. Of those calls, 138 were motor vehicle stops. Accidents: 34 Disorderly Disturbances: 50 Domestic Disputes: 12 Arrests: 31 Burglaries Armand’s Auto Body at 31 Blake St. was burglarized overnight Aug. 12-Aug. 13, […]
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Bowdoin students bike from Oregon to Maine
BRUNSWICK — After two months of riding their bicycles from Oregon to Maine, Danielle Willey and Amie Corso pedaled the last leg of the trip Saturday, headed for the Atlantic Ocean. At a boat landing a few miles from Bowdoin College, they rolled their bicycles in the water, breaking out in smiles as they hoisted […]
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In need of better headlines
Residents of Lewiston can be sure of two things: Between Mark LaFlamme’s endless defamation of our city with his continued talk of drugs, hookers, bandits, unsavory Kennedy Park wandering characters (the list is endless), and the Sun Journal’s big, bold headline announcing that 80 percent of Lewiston is infested with bedbugs, who would ever want […]
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Students train cameras on Kennedy Park, ‘culturally, visually interesting place’
LEWISTON — When the camera and boom dropped off officer Tom Murphy, who’d just been filmed against the backdrop of the boarded-up Kennedy Park gazebo, a nearby man shouted out to filmmakers, “Don’t make him look too good!” Two students from Maine Media Workshops’ Four-Week Documentary Film School spent Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Kennedy […]
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Snowe tours renovated train depot
LEWISTON — Bob Roy Jr.’s labor of love was a trip down memory lane for Sen. Olympia Snowe on Wednesday. Roy took Snowe on a tour of his renovated Ironhorse Court, the building at the dead end of Bates Street behind Central Maine Medical Center. Roy hopes that the complex, the former Maine Central Railroad […]
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Feds may force depot project bids
LEWISTON — Plans to renovate the Grand Trunk railroad depot on Lincoln Street could be delayed by a federal requirement that might send the project out to bid. Members of the Lewiston-Auburn Railroad Board of Directors met Wednesday and voted to approve a joint development agreement for the depot and a lease to an unnamed woman […]
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Assaults reported in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Police were investigating two unrelated assaults early Tuesday morning. Sgt. Rob Ullrich said a man was found beaten on the sidewalk in front of 78 College St. late Monday night. The victim’s name and age were not available by 12:20 a.m. Tuesday. The man was being treated at Central Maine Medical Center. Earlier […]
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In world record bowling attempt, Lewiston tot shows how it’s done
LEWISTON — Dominick Young turned 3 last month and he’s already an old hand at Wii bowling. He played live action for the first time Saturday, dropping a 6-pound ball and watching it creep down the lane at Sparetime Recreation before slowly connecting with a handful of pins. High-fives all around. He’d spurned his mom’s idea […]
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Photos: Bates Dance Festival finale
Youngsters perform during the youth portion of the Bates Dance Festival finale on Saturday at the Bates Alumni Gym. The finale is culmination of the 6 week of dance instruction that draws dancers from 40 states and 5 countries. Festival director Laura Faure said the 28th annual festival has been the most successful to date […]
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Police investigate ‘suspicious’ College Street fire
LEWISTON — Police, the fire department and the State Fire Marshal’s Office on Saturday were investigating a “suspicious” College Street fire that left one man in critical care. Fire Capt. Larry Morin said the fire started on the back porch at 92 College St. and spread up to the third floor before midnight Friday. Fire […]