Charlie Hewitt is pitching the Lewiston City Council on Tuesday on a hanging a 30-foot lit sign that reads “Hopeful” on the side of the building, facing Main Street.
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Face Time: Rosemarie Goodwin, retired bridge club boss
After 43 years as director of the Lewiston Bridge Club, Rosemarie Goodwin is stepping down. To play bridge.
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Break-in reported at Lewiston House of Pizza
LEWISTON — Someone cut phone lines and entered the Lewiston House of Pizza on Lincoln Street on Friday morning. Restaurant employees discovered the break-in when they arrived for work. Police were called about 9 a.m. and detectives collected evidence. It was not immediately clear what was taken in the burglary. The business was operating later […]
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Lewiston couple charged after drugs and firearms seized
LEWISTON — Police arrested a local couple at their home Thursday and charged them with dealing methamphetamine. Local police and state drug agents searched the 321 River Road home of Christopher Martel, 38, and Brittany Gurney, 31, late Thursday morning as part of an ongoing investigation targeting methamphetamine distribution in Androscoggin County, according to court […]
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Police investigating after children, ages 4 and 2, swallow pot
LEWISTON — Police said Thursday they were investigating after two children swallowed edible marijuana earlier this week at Hillview Apartments. Officers said the children, 4 and 2 years old, were taken by ambulance to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston at about 4:15 p.m. Monday. The children were reportedly suffering symptoms after ingesting the drugs […]
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Lewiston building owner fined for renting to illegal pot grower
PORTLAND — A corporation was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine Thursday in federal court for allowing a tenant to use a Lewiston building to grow marijuana illegally. Matthew Fournier appeared in U.S. District Court as the agent for Willie Mo Entertainment Inc. LLC, which owned a building at 29 Avon St. in Lewiston. According […]
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Hundreds show up to voice concerns about transmission corridor
The hearing concerned a permit for Central Maine Power’s proposed 145-mile transmission line from Quebec to Lewiston.
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Elmet Technologies receives $4.2 million defense contract
The money will preserve 155 jobs at the 90-year-old Lewiston company.
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Season’s first major snowstorm causes crashes, closings
Nearly 8 inches of snow fell on Lewiston and Auburn and between 5 and 8 inches on towns in western Maine on Tuesday in the first major snowstorm of the season.