lewiston maine
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Politics
Handy to seek third term in Maine House
LEWISTON — State Rep. Jim Handy (D-Lewiston) is seeking reelection to the Maine House of Representatives for House District 58. He is a Clean Elections candidate. According to a written statement, the last two years saw Handy’s legislation to require insurance coverage for hearing aids enacted into law. “It’s gratifying to know that many Mainers […]
advertisement
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
VIDEO: Watch from on high how a Lewiston tree gets trimmed
An aerial view of a 100-year-old tree coming down in Lewiston and a flight around the neighborhood.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Abracadabra! Lewiston firefighters help wannabe escape artist out of his handcuffs
Daniel Gribbin wasn’t under arrest but he still ended up in the police station unable to get out of his own handcuffs. They couldn’t do it either.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Kudos: Longtime poll workers and ‘civic duty’
Two longtime election helpers in Lewiston keeps coming back — even during a pandemic.
Posted inbPlus
Face Time: Chloe Giampaolo — ‘retired from teaching but not from life’
Chloe Giampaolo, 84, says her philosophy in life is to “find a need and fill it,” and it’s a philosophy she has carried into her writing career. A former elementary school teacher who retired in the early 1980s, Giampaolo says she has lived a life full of travel, happiness, unique experiences and volunteerism, among many […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
How John Dunjee escaped slavery and came to Bates College in 1866
The first African-American student to attend Bates College may have been a president’s son. John William Dunjee, who escaped from slavery just before the Civil War, began taking classes in Lewiston in 1866 because it cost less than Oberlin College in Ohio, where he had started his studies. Bates at the time had just barely […]
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
After a two-year renovation, The Curio is coming to Lisbon Street
The former Lamey Wellehan shoe store will be the home of a small restaurant and art gallery that will also feature a hand-made spiral staircase and a bar made from former shoe shelving.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston board to reconsider uniformed police in schools
The resource officer program has wide support among school officials in the tri-county region.