Lewiston Housing says construction on a senior housing project at the former Martel School site is scheduled to begin this summer. Talks about turning the school into housing began in 2019.
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Stoneham woman charged after 11-mile pursuit in Oxford County
Sydney Whitelaw, 34, was arrested for criminal speed and eluding an officer.
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Great Falls roars with spring runoff on Androscoggin River
People watched the water from the Androscoggin River cascade over the falls between Lewiston and Auburn.
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills, The Bethel Citizen
Oxford Hills High School senior will teach the science of sap at Swain’s Sugar House in Bethel
Megan Millett plans to help visitors better understand the science of why the sap runs and the process of how to boil it into maple syrup,
Posted inBusiness, Maine
DOGE cuts stall Maine seafood business trying to go green
Commercial fishermen and seafood businesses planned on federal funding to help with things like new engines and refrigeration systems. Those commitments are now frozen.
Posted inBethel, Business, News, The Bethel Citizen
Bethel’s Olivia Cuneo offers coffee, conversation from a converted horse cart
Cuneo said she’s had many heart-to heart conversations with her regulars, whose drink orders she remembers before their names.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Maine lawmakers endorse nominees to state’s high, superior courts
The Senate will have a final vote on Julia Lipez’s nomination to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and Darcie McElwee’s to the Superior Court.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools & Education, Sports
In second investigation, Trump again finds Maine in violation of Title IX over transgender policy
Meanwhile, the Maine Principals’ Association has challenged the Trump administration’s findings from a separate federal investigation into the body’s rules regarding transgender athletes.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Federal funding cuts a threat to 21st Century program at Lewiston schools
The program has supported students for more than a decade with academic tutoring and enrichment opportunities.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Politics
Jobs for Maine prisoners are shifting online. The state wants to charge for the tech.
Lawmakers have started questioning what the current economy inside Maine’s prisons looks like since the Department of Corrections proposed some new fees for its inmates.