NORWAY — The dream of home ownership is alive and well in western Maine. In 2015, Sarah Martin made a commitment to build a home in Norway for herself and her two daughters. She enrolled in the Community Concepts Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program and in January, she and several other families and individuals began their yearlong […]
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Working: Building a crew of veterans
BOWDOIN — Running himself over with a crane couldn’t keep Stephen Martin down. “I don’t care what you do, just cut them off, I’m going back to work tomorrow,” Martin remembers telling the doctor looking over his broken legs and feet after an on-the-job mishap almost 20 years ago, to which the doctor replied, “You […]
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Ridgefield Bridge project detours Gore Road drivers
OTISFIELD — You just can’t get there from here. That’s the message contractors at the Ridgefield Bridge project and homeowners on Gore Road want motorists who continue to drive up the closed road to understand. The bridge is gone and there is no way to get to the other side. Gore Road, a well-traveled shortcut […]
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Equipment auction is ‘little boy’s fantasy’
AUBURN — The man climbing into the long white van is red from the sun and dusty from all the flying sand. He’s wearing a clean white shirt, but the sleeves are rolled to the elbows. “You out there buying today?” Ralph Hart asks him. “Or just watching?” “Just watching,” the slightly sunburned man answers. […]
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Lewiston gives riverside park work plan a boost
LEWISTON — Money set aside to help build a wheelchair-accessible playground downtown will instead help pay for the construction of a small amphitheater and build river access at Simard-Payne Memorial Park, councilors agreed Tuesday. Councilors voted 4-3 to put $75,000 — originally allocated to help build a playground at Marcotte Park — toward Riverfront Island […]
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Stream-crossing workshop offered
LEWISTON — A Stream-Smart Road Crossing workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26, at the Ramada Conference Center, 490 Pleasant St., Lewiston. Registration/check-in begins at 8 a.m. The workshop will cover road-stream crossing projects from site assessment to permitting and installation. The emphasis will be on maintaining and […]
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Mother: Teachers know students at large school
LEWISTON — During a meeting Wednesday, the public gave input about what kind of elementary school should be built to replace Martel Elementary, and whether that school should be big enough to house 950 students. Big can be great, parent Darby Ray said. Her daughter attends Geiger, a school with more than 700 students. “I want […]
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Report predicts Lewiston enrollment growth will slow
LEWISTON — A study released Monday predicts Lewiston’s student population will continue to grow but slower than the current rate. For the past several years, Lewiston has added between 75 and 100 students each year. The six elementary schools are overcrowded. The study, which will be discussed at a Tuesday meeting, projects the current enrollment […]
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Redistricting hearing for Martel parents tonight
LEWISTON — Martel Elementary School parents and other community members are invited to offer their input on which students should fill a new school that will replace Martel Elementary in the fall of 2017. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at Martel Elementary on Lisbon Street. The Lewiston School Redistricting Committee, which is charged with […]