PORTLAND – Dr. Joan Leitzer, a Portland-based psychiatrist, has been “retiring for months.” “I am doing it the old-fashioned way,” she said, and is working to get each of the approximately 60 patients in her practice transferred to a new provider before she retires. But psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners and other mental and behavioral health […]
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Auburn man to serve 4 years for Lewiston drug-induced crash
Parents give emotional testimony Friday about their daughter’s injuries.
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Liberty Festival fireworks are on, but no Great Falls Brewfest on tap this summer
The Liberty Festival is bringing back fireworks this year, but without the usual festivities, and the Great Falls Brewfest has been canceled, with a fall beer event now in the works.
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Lewiston motorcyclist dies from injuries suffered in Oxford collision
The Harley-Davidson driven by Michael Olcott collided with a box truck on Gore Road last week.
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Preble Street assumes operations of two temporary shelters in Lewiston
Preble Street last month took over operations of the 44-bed quarantine and temporary wellness shelters in Lewiston that had been run by Community Concepts Inc. since early last year. “The critically important role of emergency shelters has never been more evident than over the last year,” said Preble Street Executive Director Mark Swann. “CCI staff […]
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Welcome to the Neighborhood: Lewiston immigrants help plan for a warmer, more seamless transition for refugees
With the potential for hundreds of refugees arriving in the next year, a coalition of five immigrant-led groups in Lewiston has started meeting to plan how to make the arrivals go more smoothly and how to make Lewiston feel like home.
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After investigation, U.S. Justice Department and Lewiston schools strike deal on reforms to end ‘discriminatory’ practices
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maine said in a statement Thursday that the agreement will end the district’s “systemic and discriminatory practice” of excluding students from attending school for full days because of behaviors related to their disabilities, and will provide more support for English language learners.
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Lewiston police say a Brunswick couple and Connecticut man died Wednesday in crash
The investigation into the two-vehicle crash that killed three people and a dog on Lisbon Street continues Thursday.
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Three people and a dog killed Wednesday in Lewiston crash
Authorities closed Lisbon Street between Gayton and South Lisbon roads after two vehicles collided Wednesday afternoon.
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The Androscoggin River is running unusually low in 2021
The volume of water in Auburn is less than a third of what it usually is this time of year, a sign of Maine’s worsening drought problem.