Thieves are cutting locks and stealing items from units across the city.
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Homeless advocates urge Lewiston to create public, overnight shelter
Maine’s second-largest city does not give funding to its existing shelters.
Salvation Army bell ringers brave freezing temperatures
But the organization takes precautions, offering them warm coats and boots, hand and toe warmers and umbrellas – and not sending them out in storms.
Republicans rip Jared Golden for backing impeachment
Opponents of the 2nd Congressional District Democrat say he betrayed his constituents by failing to support President Trump.
Carbonite shareholders sue to stop $1.42 billion sale to OpenText
The company says claims in the four lawsuits filed over its impending sale are “without merit.”
Maine Voices: Spend juvenile-justice money on Maine’s youth, not prisons
Young people who have been in Long Creek urge the state to invest in things like housing, education and after-school programs.
Regulators focus on Lewiston’s Marshwood nursing home as problems mount
Five Maine nursing homes are on a federal list of problem facilities. Four, including Marshwood Center, are owned by the same national company.
Two Somali politicians find inspiration in each other’s success
Controversial U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, talked Friday with incoming Lewiston City Council member Safiya Khalid after a political rally in New Hampshire.
Gunfire outside Lewiston apartment building hits a refrigerator
LEWISTON — Police are investigating after shots were reported fired early Thursday on Walnut Street. Police said one shot passed through a tenement wall and struck a refrigerator inside a home at 21 Walnut St. No one was hurt and no arrests were made as of late Thursday afternoon. It happened shortly after midnight, police […]
Lisbon woman says a Honda CRV hit her and fled in Lewiston
LEWISTON — A Lisbon Falls woman told police she was hit by a car Wednesday that fled the scene. Police said they responded to Papa John’s Pizza restaurant near the corner of Lisbon Street and East Avenue at about 12:30 p.m. for a report of a pedestrian hit by a car. The woman, Erlene Millett, […]