LEWISTON — When voters in Princeton Township and the Borough of Princeton, N.J., went to the polling places in 2013 to vote on combining their cities, they had a report full of facts and figures with them, a consultant said Wednesday. But that’s not all they brought. “The stuff we measured and quantified for them […]
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Lewiston-Auburn This Week
MONDAY, June 15 AUBURN — City Council workshop and regular meeting in the City Council Chamber on the second floor of Auburn Hall. The workshop begins at 5:30 p.m. and topics include the Lewiston Auburn Economic Growth Council and Great Falls TV. The regular meeting starts at 7 p.m. and topics include buses to Portland, funding for […]
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Auburn considers larger role at Great Falls TV, taking over studio
AUBURN — Great Falls TV, the Twin Cities’ cable access channel, would move its studio into Auburn Hall and would focus more attention on Auburn events, according to City Manager Howard Kroll’s plan. Kroll outlined a set of cost-saving changes designed to make better use of the city’s cable station and focus less on Lewiston. […]
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College Street work to wait as Twin Cities summer road projects get going
LEWISTON — A major paving project planned for College Street will wait until spring 2016, according to Public Works officials. The city will go out bid this summer for a 2.5-mile paving project on College Street between Montello and Stetson Brook, near the Greene border. But work won’t begin in spring 2016, according to Lewiston […]
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River Views: ELHS Class of 1903 exhibited humor, creativity
This is the month of graduations. Mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters and other relatives are sitting through speeches by graduates and assorted officials, who range from truly inspired to excruciatingly boring. I have had the pleasure of writing news stories for many commencement activities in the Twin Cities. In each of them, I heard […]
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Cayer asks for more agreeable shared agency budget discussions
LEWISTON — The Twin Cities could agree more when it comes to funding cross-city agencies, City Councilor Mark Cayer said Tuesday. Lewiston councilors were reviewing budgets for shared agencies — Lewiston-Auburn 911 Communications Center, the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport, Great Falls TV and Lewiston-Auburn Transit Committee — at their budget workshop discussion. All told, those three […]
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Auburn councilors sticking to 1.8 percent budget increase
AUBURN — Councilors said Monday they were sticking to an across-the-board 1.8 percent budget increase Monday night, urging cuts to agencies they share with the City of Lewiston. Councilors on Monday reviewed budgets for the Lewiston-Auburn 911 Communications Center, the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport, Great Falls TV, Lewiston-Auburn Transit Committee and Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council. Combined, […]
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Resources fair meant to help L-A residents, social service providers
LEWISTON — A social services resource fair scheduled for downtown Lewiston is aimed at bringing providers together as much as it is getting those services out to the people who need help. “There are a lot of folks that are doing great work around the community to help people, but oftentimes even they don’t know […]
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Street sweepers urge residents to avoid leaving piles of sand
LEWISTON — Think scattered sand — not piles — if you expect the city’s street-sweeping vehicles to do a good job cleaning your road, according to city officials. Public Works Director Dave Jones said his crews started their annual street-sweeping project this week. “We get a lot of people that want to clean up their […]
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Snow piles may delay Lewiston Cleanup Week
LEWISTON — Slowly melting snow piles may push the city’s annual Cleanup Week into May. “We know people like to get out in their yards to clean stuff up,” Public Works Director David Jones said. “They might have a little better luck if the snow melts a little.” Lewiston collects small brush at the curb […]