Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, said that a 57-year old Lewiston man caught fire Saturday after an ignition source sparked while he was working on his SUV and engulfed him in flames.
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Lewiston police seek teens who ‘eloped’ from a youth shelter
LEWISTON — Police said two juveniles staying at a local teen shelter eloped last week. Charity Bell, 14, and Elliot Dowd, 15, had been staying at New Beginnings youth shelter at 491 Main St. when they “eloped from the home” together April 8 and hadn’t returned, Lt. David St. Pierre said in a media statement. […]
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Lewiston police working under new drug-testing policy
The city and police union agreed to the new directive last month and are awaiting approval from the Maine Department of Labor.
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Lewiston approves new police union contract more than a year early
The agreement will take the department through June 2024.
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Lewiston police search for missing man
Michael Allen Roberts, 63, hasn’t been seen downtown since December.
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Two days, two hatchet attacks in Lewiston
Lewiston police say a man was bleeding after he was struck by a hatchet during a fight Wednesday night. In an unrelated incident Thursday afternoon, another man with a hatchet reportedly threatened a tow truck driver in Lewiston.
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Tragedies, new schools, surprise resignations and a town revolt: The top local stories of 2019
History was made, political battles turned ugly and some people were booted out of positions they thought they held fast. However you feel about 2019 in our little corner of the world, it probably didn’t bore you.
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Grab and go: Police nab teen suspects in Lewiston pizza shop
Drinks were stolen Thursday night from Angelo’s Pizzeria on Sabattus Street.
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Lewiston boy seriously injured after being hit by car
Police said a 10-year-old boy suffered a severe head injury when he was hit by a car while crossing Sabattus Street near South of the Border restaurant at dusk Monday evening.