PORTLAND, Maine — A long envisioned passenger rail service connecting Portland with Auburn took another important step forward Thursday as a national Realtors group announced it has awarded a grant to study, in part, new ways to fund the 29-mile public transit line. The promise of a Portland-to-Auburn line has been quietly evaluated in recent […]
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Litchfield church yard sale LITCHFIELD — An indoor “whatever” yard sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 17 and 18, at Litchfield Community Christian Church. There will be items for men, women, boys and girls. “Whatever” you find will cost “whatever” you want to give. Enter at rear, […]
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Summers stumps in Lewiston
LEWISTON — The top political operative for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce continued to defend television ads that denounce the record of former Maine governor Angus King, an independent U.S. Senate candidate, during a whistle-stop at a Simones’ Hot Dog Stand on Tuesday. The ads charge King with being “the king of spending.” Rob Engstrom, […]
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Joyful music in the park
On Thursday, Aug. 16, L/A Arts will host its sixth and final noontime summer concert at Fountain Park in Lewiston. From noon to 1 p.m., the Maine Marimba Ensemble will play complex and polyrhythmic arrangements of traditional and contemporary Zimbabwean music on homemade marimbas. For more on the Maine Marimba Ensemble, visit www.mainemarimbaensemble.com/index.html. Rain site: Callahan Hall, […]
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How to handle workplace TMI is topic of forum
LEWISTON — How to handle and respond to unsolicited information gained from interviews with job applicants will be the topic of the next Central Maine Human Resources Association monthly meeting. It will be held from 7:45 to about 9:30 a.m. Sept. 18 at the Ramada Inn. Rebecca Webber, a partner at the law firm of […]
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County GOP to open headquarters
LEWISTON — The Androscoggin County Republican Committee will hold a grand opening for its new campaign headquarters from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20, at 806 Sabattus St. The public is encouraged to attend. Candidates in this fall’s election will be on hand, and picnic-style refreshments will be available. The regularly scheduled committee meeting […]
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Great Falls Balloon Festival turns 20
AUBURN — It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s … a giant ark-shaped hot air balloon? Arky, the first shaped balloon to visit the Great Falls Balloon Festival, is making a reappearance this year at the 20th annual festival Aug. 17 to 19 in Lewiston-Auburn. Mickey Reeder, one of the Balloon Festival founders and this […]
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Health insurance co-op wants to open in Lewiston
LEWISTON — A new nonprofit health insurer is planning to set up shop at the Bates Mill and bring with it two dozen jobs over the next year and a half. Maine Community Health Options is a co-op health insurer founded by the Maine Primary Care Association, a statewide network of nonprofit community health centers. […]
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Lofts at Bates Mill model units open for tours
LEWISTON — It might have been a dusty room in an unfinished corner of Bates Mills’ fifth floor, but Dana Armstrong had found his spot. It was the corner two-bedroom in The Lofts at Bates Mill, Room 511 — a large living room full of windows looking out toward Simard-Payne Memorial Park on one side […]