A crew from C.H. Stevenson Inc. of Wayne installs a drain pipe Wednesday along Old Jay Hill Road in Jay. A section of the road is being rebuilt to handle heavy equipment and trucks hauling heavy loads for Polycor, a granite curbing manufacturer. No through traffic is allowed on the road during the construction project. Stevenson […]
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Leopold "Paul" Soucy
NORTH MONMOUTH — Leopold “Paul” Rudolph Joseph Soucy, a resident of Monmouth, earned his wings on Friday, April 27, after a four-year battle with stage IV colon cancer. He was born to Alexander and Jeannine (Cloutier) Soucy on Jan. 26, 1966, in Lewiston, and was educated in Lewiston schools. Paul worked for many years for Steel […]
Frederick H. Haynes
GRAY — Frederick H. “Ricky” Haynes, 66, died unexpectedly Sunday, April 22, at his home on Lake Avenue. He was born in Bangor on Nov. 6, 1951, the son of William W. and Diane (Burnham) Haynes. He received his K-8 elementary education at Waterford Memorial School and graduated from Oxford Hills High School in 1970. He […]
Road repair season gets underway
Donald Harrington, a flagger from Complete Labor & Staffing, looks for cars to stop on Summer Street in Lewiston as Troy Ouellette from Morin Excavation applies mortar to a manhole Tuesday afternoon. In the past year, Ouellette has built up more than 500 manholes in local streets scheduled to be paved, or in this case, […]
Traffic delays on Bartlett Hill in Lewiston
Motorists on Tuesday afternoon were dealing with traffic delays on Bartlett Hill in Lewiston and will have to endure it a while longer as a Maine Department of Transportation project to upgrade catch basins, add trees and work on several other maintenance issues continues. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Construction progresses on Connors Elementary School
Construction workers look like ants on the roof of the Connors Elementary School under construction on the grounds of Lewiston High School on Tuesday afternoon. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
Hartley Block housing project under construction in Lewiston
A crew uses a lift to work on the side of the Professional Building on Lisbon Street in Lewiston on Thursday morning. The work is part of the Hartley Block project at 155 Lisbon St., a mixed-use development that will feature 63 mixed-income housing units and 4,000 square feet of commercial space. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) […]
CMMC construction project creating private rooms
LEWISTON — Central Maine Medical Center is turning a few double rooms and other spaces into private rooms, a project that will take a few months and cost just under $430,000. The renovation is part of a larger plan to turn all CMMC hospital rooms into single-bed, private rooms. CMMC President David Tupponce said the hospital […]
Construction progresses at Connors Elementary School
A crane hoists beams onto the classroom section of Connors Elementary School near Lewiston High School off East Avenue. To watch a video of the construction project, visit sunjournal.com (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
Work begins on Hartley Block downtown Lewiston
Crews set forms and foundation work Friday afternoon at the Hartley Block project on Lisbon Street in downtown Lewiston. A formal groundbreaking ceremony for the housing and commercial space project will take place Thursday. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Downtown Lisbon Street is about to regain a large section of storefront that was lost more […]