LEWISTON — The art deco-style building at the corner of Main and Park streets has sold for $675,000 to an unnamed buyer. The 9,540-square-foot building at 177 Main St. is home to four businesses: Goulet and Associates real estate appraisal on the second floor, and Heritage Collectibles, Community Dental and a vape shop on the […]
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Lewiston-area garden program a growing trend
Hawo Isac, background, awaits her turn as Batula Matan waters flowers on the perimeter of the Knox Street garden in Lewiston on Tuesday morning. The girls, of Lewiston, were tending one of the community gardens started by the Lots to Gardens program in 1999. More than a dozen gardens have been planted under the St. […]
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New cafe coming to Auburn's Engine House
AUBURN — Sadie Blais went into the Engine House to get a tattoo at Fianna Studio in February and came out with a new design for her future venture: Break cafe. The new cafe — opening soon — will join Fianna on the first floor of the former city firehouse on the corner of Spring […]
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State Rep. Craig Hickman of Winthrop seriously burned
WINTHROP — State Rep. Craig Hickman was seriously burned Tuesday morning while trying to start a brush fire on his property. Hickman used gasoline to start the fire and vapors exploded, which caused his clothing to catch fire, investigators said in a news release. He was burned on his legs and chest. Hickman was taken […]
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Auburn fire displaces 8 people from their home Tuesday morning
AUBURN — An early-morning house fire on Valley Street that displaced eight people was apparently caused by smoking materials, a fire official said Tuesday. No one at 46 Valley St. was hurt in the fire, which was called in at 2:54 a.m. Tuesday, according to David O’Connell, fire prevention officer and fire investigator for the […]
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Maine Supreme Judicial Court upholds Malik Hollis' convictions
LEWISTON — Maine’s highest court ruled Tuesday that an Androscoggin County prosecutor did not discriminate against a black man when she rejected the only person of color from a jury that later found the man guilty of two felonies. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld Malik Hollis’ convictions — by an all-white jury — for […]
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions to visit Portland on Friday to discuss opioid crisis
Attorney General Jeff Sessions will visit Portland Friday to discuss the opioid epidemic with local law enforcement, according to two law enforcement sources. The event will be held at the Portland office of U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine, where Sessions is expected to give remarks and discuss the national drug epidemic that continues […]
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DHHS chief says agency will urge hiring of 75 more child protective workers
AUGUSTA — Maine’s top health and human services official told lawmakers Tuesday that the caseworker staff in the state’s child protective system would increase under a bill that would soon be unveiled. Ricker Hamilton, commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services, said he expected an upcoming bill supported by Gov. Paul LePage would […]
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CMP audit expanded to customer service
A group hired to investigate complaints about significant increases in the winter bills of many Central Maine Power Co. customers will expand its probe to examine how well the company responded to those complaints. The Maine Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday authorized Liberty Consulting Group, the Pennsylvania company hired to investigate CMP, to expand its […]
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All 12 boys, their coach rescued from Thai cave
MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — A daring rescue mission in the treacherous confines of a flooded cave in northern Thailand has saved all 12 boys and their soccer coach who were trapped deep within the labyrinth, ending a grueling 18-day ordeal that claimed the life of an experienced diver and riveted people around the world. […]