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‘All our stuff is up there’ Burned out tenant fights to retrieve belongings from Birch Street fire

LEWISTON — Anthony Ferris was burned out of his apartment last month when fire ripped through a 17-unit building at 101 Birch St. On Monday, he wanted back in, one last time, before it will be demolished with his belongings inside. Two excavators were already parked outside. The building comes down Wednesday. Ferris escaped with […]

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Spring fires changed the face of downtown Lewiston

LEWISTON — It wasn’t just one shock to the downtown — it was three. Three fires downtown over the course of a week between April and May not only destroyed 10 large tenement buildings, putting dozens of families out in the street, it forced the city to double down on efforts to clean up the […]