Lewiston High School’s new baseball field, foreground, and its brick backstop are taking shape, as are the multi-use track and football field, background. At top left, the new Connors Elementary Schoool’s exterior is nearly complete. Visit sunjournal.com to watch the monthly aerial flyover of the project. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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Photos: Auburn's new multiunit apartment complex under construction on Spring Street
A prefabricated wall is hoisted into place Wednesday at 62 Spring St. in Auburn. The multiunit apartment complex is expected to be completed by fall. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) A prefabricated wall is hoisted into place Wednesday at 62 Spring St. in Auburn. The multiunit apartment complex is expected to be completed by fall. (Russ Dillingham/Sun […]
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Wilton man accepts plea deal in arson incident
LEWISTON — Two arson charges against a Wilton man were dismissed this week after he pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated criminal mischief. Colton Webster, 26, was charged in February with setting fire Jan. 19 to his father’s garage on Fayette Road in Livermore Falls. Under the plea deal reached in Lewiston District Court, […]
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LePage says immigrants could ‘go home,’ jabs Medicaid expansion
PORTLAND — Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday weighed in on the controversy over the Trump administration separating children from their parents at the border, saying the families could “go back home.” “The parents have a right to take their children and go back home,” LePage said to assembled news media after an appearance at the […]
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Maine industry leaders embrace new health insurance rules that lower costs – and benefits
Industry leaders in Maine say they welcome new rules issued Tuesday by the Trump administration that will allow national trade organizations, local chambers of commerce and other business groups to offer their own health insurance plans to their members. But some health care advocates criticized the new rules, saying they could further destabilize the state’s […]
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U.S. leaving U.N. Human Rights Council, cites anti-Israel bias
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is leaving the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, which Ambassador Nikki Haley called “an organization that is not worthy of its name.” It’s the latest withdrawal by the Trump administration from an international institution. Haley said Tuesday the U.S. had given the human rights body “opportunity after opportunity” to […]
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Lawmakers pass $41M package with funding for disabled, elderly, opioid treatment
AUGUSTA — The Maine Legislature returned to work Tuesday, passing one of two major spending packages that would add about $41 million to the state’s current two-year budget, with much of the funding aimed at helping those with disabilities, the elderly and people grappling with opioid use disorders. There was little partisan rancor on the […]
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Lewiston Superintendent Bill Webster retiring next year
Lewiston Superintendent Bill Webster takes a break Tuesday afternoon from meetings at the Dingley Building. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — The Lewiston High School Class of 2019 will be the last to receive its diplomas from Superintendent Bill Webster, who has announced he will retire in a year. In a letter Tuesday to School Committee […]
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Open house at GreenWood Gallery
AUBURN — The GreenWood Gallery, 998 Old Danville Road, one of the newest fine art galleries in Lewiston/Auburn, will hold its 5th annual open house on Saturday, June 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This year’s exhibit will highlight the works of five unique, talented and well-known Maine artists: Tony Brown, Susan Fitz-Patrick, Jenna […]
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Heritage Day celebration in Poland
POLAND — A Heritage Day celebration will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 23, at the Poland Spring Resort, 640 Maine St. There will be a strawberry festival, music on the gazebo, crafters, games for kids, bouncy houses, hug-a-truck and many other activities. Tours of the Maine State Building, All Souls […]