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Lewiston school budget will head to voters for third time
LEWISTON — After a lengthy debate and a split council vote, officials are hoping the third time’s the charm for getting next year’s school budget approved by voters. The council voted 4-3 at a special meeting Monday to send the budget to a third referendum on July 9 after the prior two votes failed.
Two people died Monday afternoon in Livermore crash
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Maine State Aquarium to reopen after 4 years
After a four-year closure and substantial renovations, the Maine State Aquarium will reopen to the public Wednesday during Boothbay Harbor’s Windjammer Days Festival. It will remain open through Labor Day, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. The state-run aquarium closed in 2020 in response to the...
Bomb threat prompts evacuation of Walmart Supercenter in Augusta
AUGUSTA — The Walmart Supercenter at the Marketplace at Augusta was evacuated at about 2 p.m. Sunday after a bomb threat was discovered at the store. Lt. Anthony Drouin of the Augusta Police Department said Sunday the evacuation lasted about two hours, as two trained dogs from the Maine State Police responded and searched the public and nonpublic areas of the store at 201 Civic Center Drive.
On Peaks Island’s back shore, residents and tourists are divided over rock sculptures
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Face Time: Farmington woman shares her love of family, education and community in homeschool co-op
FARMINGTON — Victoria Staples, 31, knew from a young age she wanted to focus on education. “I remember specifically playing ‘school’ with my siblings pretending I was a teacher while giving lessons on the white board. After attending three different high schools during my teen years, I graduated and continued onto college, focusing on early childhood education,” she said.
Mark LaFlamme: The Colisee is haunted and other breaking news
So, I was stomping up my driveway at about two in the morning, thinking deeply or whatever it is I do at those weird hours, when a moth came flapping out of the dark and flew directly into my mouth. He wasn’t in there long, mind you. I spat him out pretty quick and I don’t think the experience was fun for either of us. But now that I reflect on it, I kind of wish I’d swallowed the little bugger if only for the chance that it would’ve transformed me into some kind of mutant winged superhero. Imagine it! The Mothman of Lewiston-Auburn, who flutters around all night doing good deeds, savings lives and occasionally bumping up against street lights. I’d go out and try to run into that moth again, but with my luck, I’d swallow a firefly instead and be transformed into some dorky glow stick.
Victim of suspected shooting in Lewiston refuses treatment, uncooperative with police
LEWISTON — Police responded to a possible shooting early Saturday morning on Blake Street, according to officials. Lewiston police Lt. Derrick St. Laurent confirmed Saturday afternoon that police responded to the area of 54 Blake St. just after midnight for reports of a possible shooting. When first responders arrived...
Great Falls Brewfest celebrates 14 years of Maine brews
LEWISTON — Hundreds flocked to Simard-Payne Memorial Park on Saturday to enjoy local brews, foods and music at the 14th Great Falls Brewfest. Protected from the rain by three large tents flanked by several small ones, festivalgoers enjoyed beers, hard seltzer, ciders and mead from nearly 50 breweries ranging from Northwoods, New Hampshire, to the Down East region.
USM names Westbrook native Scott Heath to replace Ed Flaherty as baseball coach
Westbrook native and former University of Maine pitcher Scott Heath has been named the head baseball coach at the University of Southern Maine, replacing longtime coach Ed Flaherty, the school announced Saturday. Flaherty retired after 39 years as the Huskies’ head coach. He won more than 1,100 games and two...
Violent, unstable and wanting a gun: Farmington family struggles to help their teenage son and protect others
FARMINGTON — In the past five months, Pam’s 17-year-old stepson, who she considers her own, has had delusions that have made him violent. And paranoid. He believes people are pushing him to get a gun. During that time, he was hospitalized three times, stayed at several homeless shelters...
Flying Squirrels sweep doubleheader with Sea Dogs
The Richmond Flying Squirrels scored six runs in the first inning and held off a furious comeback by the Portland Sea Dogs, completing a doubleheader sweep with a 9-8 victory Friday at Hadlock Field. Philip Sikes, Blaze Jordan and Kyle Teel homered for the Sea Dogs and combined for seven...
Lewiston weight loss surgeon agrees to settlement after prescribing ‘not medically necessary’ braces
LEWISTON — A weight loss surgeon has agreed to pay more than $629,000 after being accused by the federal government of violating the federal false claim act. Jamie Loggins, who served for years as medical director of bariatric surgery at Central Maine Medical Center, was accused of prescribing orthotic braces “that were not medically necessary to individuals with whom he had no valid prescriber-patient relationship,” according to information from the U.S. District Court in Portland.
Auburn eyeing Mill Street property for resource center
AUBURN — The city is considering using the long-vacant building at 121 Mill St. to house its Community Development office and several nonprofit organizations, with the possibility of hosting day services or a wintertime warming center for homeless. The council is set to discuss the potential project at a...
Jay board to consider changing setback distance for marijuana businesses
JAY — The Select Board will consider a recommendation to change the property setback distance in the marijuana ordinance at their meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at the Town Office. Voters approved the ordinance to allow and regulate adult use marijuana cultivation facilities and adult use marijuana products manufacturing...
Lewiston woman, 98, escapes serious injury after being struck by Jeep
AUBURN — A 98-year-old Lewiston woman suffered minor injuries when she was struck by a vehicle Friday morning in front of Walmart. Adrienne Desrocheres was leaving Walmart with her daughter when a 2012 Jeep driven by Michael Burch, 60, of Lewiston drove through the common crossing area in front of the store entrance, Auburn Police Sgt. Matt Dailey said.
Androscoggin County arrests: June 14-20, 2024
• Ali Ali, 36, of 78 College St., Lewiston, on two charges of failure to appear in court and charges of refusing to submit to arrest or detention and violating conditions of release, at 2:40 a.m. Friday, June 14, at 70 River St. • Nicholas Carlin, 25, homeless, on robbery,...
Gov. Mills faults judge in Auburn rampage that left at least two dead
AUBURN — Gov. Janet Mills criticized Thursday the actions of a Lewiston judge who reduced the bail of a defendant who later attacked a woman and her boyfriend and set a fire that destroyed two homes. Mills said she reviewed the facts of the case of Leein Amos Hinkley,...
Rumford man gets 14 years for robberies in Lewiston murder case
AUBURN — A Rumford man charged as an accomplice in the 2022 fatal shooting of a Lewiston man was sentenced Thursday to serve eight years in prison on two lesser charges. Andrew Stallings, 38, pleaded guilty in Androscoggin County Superior Court to two counts of robbery, each felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison.
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