LEWISTON — The Lewiston Youth Advisory Council will host “Let’s Go Eat” from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb, 7, at the Gendron Franco Center to showcase local food and restaurants. The free event will offer food on a first-come, first-served basis. Participating eateries will provide samples of the food they serve, and will have […]
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Lewiston begins converting streetlights to LED
LEWISTON — The city has begun converting its streetlights to LED fixtures, and is inviting residents to track the progress online. Late last year, city officials announced more than 2,600 city lights would be converted for efficiency purposes after favorable bids allowed them to move ahead with more replacements than originally proposed. On Monday, a city […]
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Lewiston library rings in Chinese Lunar Year
Giada Mains, 9, of Lewiston works on her pig mask Wednesday afternoon at the Lewiston Public Library. She was participating in the ongoing arts program that is ringing in the Chinese Lunar Year of the Pig. For information on upcoming events at the library, including a cooking class Thursday afternoon, visit www.lplonline.org. Most classes are […]
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Lewiston City Council discusses plan to combat downtown litter
Lewiston City Council Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 City to combat downtown litter What happened: The council discussed a proposal by city staff to create a tiered approach to eliminating trash downtown, a problem that staff said perpetuates a negative image of Lewiston. What it means: Lewiston planning officials said trash collection and overgrown yards have […]
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Lewiston man charged with stealing pot at gunpoint
AUBURN — A Lewiston man, who police said broke into an Oxford Street apartment last month, threatened tenants at gunpoint and stole marijuana, was charged Tuesday with robbery, burglary and theft. Dominique Bailey, 29, of 33 Winter St., faces two felonies handed up by an Androscoggin County grand jury. Each is punishable by up to […]
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Snow days: Lewiston makes March 22 a regular school day
LEWISTON — The School Committee on Monday approved holding classes Friday, March 22, to make up for one of six snow days used this winter. Superintendent Bill Webster recommended changing the day from teacher-parent conferences to a regular school day. The department has eight snow days on the school calendar. Meanwhile, Auburn School Department switched […]
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Florida man indicted in connection with spree of burglaries
AUBURN — A Florida man was indicted Tuesday by an Androscoggin County grand jury on 18 counts, stemming from a rash of burglaries and vehicle thefts in Androscoggin and Franklin counties in October 2018. Anthony Waack, 29, of West Palm Beach was indicted on five counts of theft by unauthorized taking, four counts of unauthorized […]
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Mark LaFlamme: Caught on camera: Things and stuff!
I was pretty excited the day I got a camera for my car dashboard. “This is going to be great,” I told whomever was sitting in my passenger seat that day. “Street brawls, explosions, naked people doing weird stuff, probably a UFO sighting or two and the Turner Yeti is bound to make an appearance. … […]
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Sara Simms hired as new Connors Elementary School principal
Sara B. Simms, the newly named principal of the new Connors Elementary School, appears on a large screen as she speaks Monday night from Virginia. Simms told the Lewiston School Committee she and her family are eager to move to Lewiston. She is an assistant principal in Alexandria, Va. (Sun Journal photo by Bonnie Washuk) LEWISTON — […]
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Lewiston committee votes to close Martel school in June
LEWISTON — Marking the end of an era, the School Committee voted Monday night to close Martel Elementary School in June and turn the property over to the city. The 275 students, along with those from Longley Elementary School, will attend the new Connors Elementary School, which scheduled to open in the fall next to […]