Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald holds a copy of a postcard sent to him asking that he help protect the city’s immigrant population from deportation. LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — A Maine mayor says he was mistaken in warning the city’s immigrants about a postcard he received in the mail. Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald originally said he […]
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Trump and LePage administrations want to limit assistance to immigrants
WASHINGTON — While the issue of providing assistance to asylum-seekers is being debated in Maine, the Trump administration could be considering measures to limit how much immigrants can rely on assistance programs. According to documents obtained by The Associated Press, President Donald Trump is considering an executive order that would target some immigrants for deportation […]
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Taking the lead on lead paint
We’d like to shake Mayor Bob Macdonald’s hand. After a story was published in the Sun Journal last weekend containing alarming statistics on the Twin Cities’ lead paint problem and the negative, long-lasting effects on children, the Lewiston mayor on Tuesday said he would convene a new health committee around the issue next week. “One thing […]
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New Lewiston City Council meets for first time
LEWISTON — Attention rabble-rousers: The new City Council has no plans to hold rowdy meetings and to be forever steeped in controversy. Meeting for the first time Wednesday night, the council gathered at City Hall to discuss its upcoming work. A few of the councilors expressed dismay at recent media coverage portraying the group as […]
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Shocker: PETA offers nuts to zapped Lewiston squirrels
LEWISTON — It’s more than a little nuts. After hearing about the city’s efforts to squirrel-proof its Christmas tree with an electric charge, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals on Friday offered Kennedy Park’s squirrels “a stash of nourishing, squirrel-delighting nuts” to restore the holiday spirit. Mayor Bob Macdonald’s response: Go for it. Just […]
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Macdonald will protect the people
I have come to the conclusion that a vote for Ben Chin will be a vote to take one on the chin for the taxpayers in the city of Lewiston. He is as far left in his thought process as a person can be. Most Lewiston residents have worked or are still working to pay […]
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Lewiston warns absentee voters to mail ballots early for mayoral runoff
LEWISTON — With Lewiston’s mayoral runoff election looming, City Clerk Kathy Montejo warned absentee ballot voters not to sit on their ballots. “In Maine, the absentee ballot has to be in our hands by 8 p.m. on election night,” Montejo said. “Not in the mail, not postmarked, not in the mail system — in our […]
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Ben Chin, Robert Macdonald debate on Lewiston’s reputation, housing
LEWISTON — During a standing-room-only debate between the two mayoral runoff candidates, incumbent Robert Macdonald was asked what he would do to improve headlines that have shown a divisive city. “I’m not going to do anything,” Macdonald said. If he were to start treating certain people special, “you start having friction.” Macdonald said his words […]
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Lewiston voter turnout good, not great
LEWISTON — Voter turnout for Tuesday’s municipal election was good, but it didn’t set any records. City Clerk Kathy Montejo said ballots were cast by 8,393 voters, about 33.5 percent of the city’s 25,009 registered voters. That surpassed the most recent 2013 municipal election, which had a 28 percent voter turnout, she said. “But that […]
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No sponsor for Macdonald ‘s welfare ID bill
LEWISTON — With his proposed legislation to make public identifying information about welfare recipients seemingly dead, Mayor Robert Macdonald said Friday he’s glad he started a conversation. “I don’t think it would have made it, not even past the committee,” Macdonald said Friday. “But you know what? I thought, let’s throw it out there.” In […]