LEWISTON — Despite a winter storm that buried the city in snow Tuesday, an annual hunt for the homeless in the city and across Maine got underway after sunset Wednesday. Gerry DeWitt, a volunteer and social worker with the Veterans Outreach Program, said the survey goes on regardless of the weather, as part of an […]
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River Views: Remembering Lewiston’s grand old hotel
For 114 years, the DeWitt Hotel stood at the corner of Pine and Park streets in Lewiston. Once known as one of New England’s finest hotels, the DeWitt hosted many fine banquets and was an essential stop for salesmen to display their wares in “sample rooms.” It had even earned a somewhat shady reputation because […]
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Maine’s VA problems less severe than other states, experts say
LEWISTON — Experts say Maine’s VA care appears to be far better than its counterparts in other areas of the country, where reports of patient deaths have plunged the VA and its boss, Secretary Eric Shinseki, into controversy. “The people that I have dealt with here have been genuinely concerned about the veterans that they […]
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Canadian train carrying oil derails, catches fire near Maine border
Of the 17 cars that derailed late Tuesday in New Brunswick province, five contain crude oil and four contain propane, said Claude Mongeau, the chief executive of CN Rail. Some of the propane cars are venting and some of the crude cars are burning, he said. “It is contained, but it is evolving,” Mongeau said. […]
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Auburn Scouts bring Tree of Honor to Maine State House
LEWISTON — A troop of Scouts, with the help of some local veterans and state lawmakers, is bringing a holiday tradition it started in 2011 in Auburn to the State House in Augusta this holiday season. Boy Scouts of America Troop 111 will install its Tree of Honor in the State House Hall of Flags […]
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In the wake of bankruptcy, keeping Maine’s rail network intact ‘strategically critical’
Speculation is growing over what the long-term economic impacts will be to the bankruptcy of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway. Experts interviewed by the Bangor Daily News, however, say businesses served by the railroad shouldn’t experience any immediate impacts as a result of the company’s bankruptcy. The railway filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday, […]