DIXFIELD — The Regional School Unit 10 board honored 11 retiring board and staff members at a supper Monday night. Each honoree was presented with a plaque and described by someone who either worked with them or knew them well. The longest serving board members were Bertha “Betty” Barrett of Mexico, who resigned in January […]
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Cayer asks for more agreeable shared agency budget discussions
LEWISTON — The Twin Cities could agree more when it comes to funding cross-city agencies, City Councilor Mark Cayer said Tuesday. Lewiston councilors were reviewing budgets for shared agencies — Lewiston-Auburn 911 Communications Center, the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport, Great Falls TV and Lewiston-Auburn Transit Committee — at their budget workshop discussion. All told, those three […]
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Lewiston awards Simard-Payne Memorial Park work, despite bid errors
LEWISTON — A mistake on bid documents and negotiated price were not enough to derail plans for Simard-Payne Memorial Park improvements, councilors agreed Tuesday night. The council voted 6-1 to give the job of building riverside improvements and a small amphitheater in the park to J. Pratt Construction of Hebron for $343,265. The current plan […]
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Lisbon Street paving work gets pushed back a year
LEWISTON — A public referendum on adding bicycle lanes to a repaved Lisbon Street won’t happen this year. Neither will the paving project. Public Works Director David Jones said Tuesday that the city has simply run out of time to complete the project before the end of the road construction season, thanks to a longer-than-expected […]
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Budget Committee role among heated topics at commissioners’ workshop
AUBURN — Lewiston City Administrator Ed Barrett urged the Androscoggin County commissioners at their workshop Wednesday evening to meet with the county Budget Committee to see if an agreement can be reached on a protocol before they start on this year’s county budget. Barrett spoke concerning the county charter and the role of the Budget Committee […]
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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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Review continues on Lewiston $63 million wish list
LEWISTON — Councilors should vote on their $63 million wish list of projects for the next five years at their next regular meeting. The plan calls for an estimated $12 million in spending for the 2015-16 fiscal year, from city, school, water and sewer district bonds as well as general budgets. “What is being proposed […]
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Lewiston may spend more to make Lisbon Street, sidewalks better
LEWISTON — Councilors are fine with spending more on this summer’s Lisbon Street renovation project to make the area nicer. “Lisbon Street is really the core of our downtown,” Councilor Kristen Cloutier said. “It’s where our small businesses are, and I think we are probably going to have to spend a little money to make […]
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Downtown B&B well-received, even if it’s only partially open
LEWISTON — Reviews for the Inn at Agora, the bed and breakfast across the street from Kennedy Park, are great — even though it’s only partially open. The bed and breakfast began taking guests, three at a time, in the fall. It’s part of the ongoing renovations at the old St. Patrick’s Parish and it’s […]
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Consistent revenue, programs top Lewiston’s wish list for state legislators
LEWISTON — City officials may not be expecting anything special under the tree on Christmas, but they did unleash a big list of wishes for state legislators for the coming year. City Administrator Ed Barrett, city councilors and Lewiston school officials asked for everything from more municipal revenue to more authority to deal with truant […]