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‘Completely changed my life:’ A year of COVID

We talk to area residents about the losses and the lessons one year after COVID hit Maine.

L-A This Week

Ordinances, elections listed on Durham annual Town Meeting warrant

A public hearing on the 36 articles will be held March 16 via Zoom.

Lewiston-Auburn make it to round one in contest for Federal Reserve’s ‘Working Communities Challenge’ grant

Moving to the next round would win the local effort $375,000.

Lisbon may put a pause on allowing commercial solar projects

The Lisbon Town Council voted Tuesday to establish a moratorium on commercial solar projects so the town can consider rules to regulate them.

Lisbon’s Moxie Festival canceled due to pandemic

The town council voted to cancel the July festival in its traditional form but discussed holding smaller spaced-out events in the spirit of Moxie.

Minot man charged with sexual assaults a ‘serial child molester,’ say prosecutors

Ralph Leach, 65, was in court last week after he was arrested on two warrants, Assistant District Attorney Andrew Matulis told a judge Friday.

Lisbon council approves new plan to close part of Main Street

The plan to close a 4,000-square-foot block of lower Main Street has been met with criticism from some of the businesses there who say they depend on traffic driving by their stores.

Lisbon schools increase in-person learning as COVID numbers decline in Androscoggin County

The Lisbon School Committee voted Thursday to move students in PreK to grade 8 to full in-person learning starting Feb. 22 and agreed to keep Lisbon High School in the current mix of in-person and remote learning until March 1.