LEWISTON — Think scattered sand — not piles — if you expect the city’s street-sweeping vehicles to do a good job cleaning your road, according to city officials. Public Works Director Dave Jones said his crews started their annual street-sweeping project this week. “We get a lot of people that want to clean up their […]
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Lewiston-Auburn This Week
Monday, March 23 AUBURN — Maine Department of Transportation forum, “Talking Transportation” 2 p.m. in the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments building, 125 Manley Road. Members of the Western Maine outreach office will discuss traffic and transportation topics and concerns. LEWISTON — Finance Committee meeting, 5:15 p.m. in the Administrator’s Conference Room on the bottom floor of […]
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LAEGC hires officer manager/public relations coordinator
LEWISTON — Lewiston native Maura Moody has been hired by the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council as office manager and public relations coordinator. Moody brings with her experience in social media trends and nonprofits. She also has a degree in public relations. The position will be responsible for creating a good first impression for LAEGC and […]
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River views: Grandness of the Strand awed audiences
“A bit of Broadway dropped onto Main Street, Lewiston,” said a lady as she stepped from a taxi at the entrance of the New Lewiston Theatre, Thursday night. That’s how hundreds of L-A residents celebrated New Year’s Eve a century ago. It was opening night at an opulent addition to the abundant entertainment venues of […]
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Lewiston-Auburn This Week
Lewiston-Auburn This week Monday, Oct. 27 LEWISTON — Lewiston Youth Advisory Council presents the kickoff to its public image campaign at 2:30 p.m. in City Hall. This is an effort to get residents to show their love for Lewiston. AUBURN — City Council meeting workshop, 6 p.m., in Auburn Hall. Meeting begins with a 30-minute […]
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Hard rain floods roads, basements
LEWISTON — They don’t put out flood warnings for nothing. As promised, hard rain in the early evening Thursday left roads flooded in several cities and towns, and crews were scrambling to keep up. In the Lewiston-Auburn area, the intensity of the rain began to pick up at about 6 p.m. Two hours later, it […]
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L-A This Week — Oct. 13
MONDAY, Oct. 13 Columbus Day, schools, libraries, government closed. TUESDAY, Oct. 14 LEWISTON — Lewiston School Department Redistricting Committee holding meeting at Martel Elementary School to hear parent feedback on redistricting students when the upcoming new school is built, 6:30 p.m., Martel Elementary School. LEWISTON — Groundbreaking of new Kennedy Park Bandstand, 10:30 a.m., Kennedy Park. AUBURN […]
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, Sept. 22 LEWISTON — Lewiston Finance Committee, 5:15 p.m. in Lewiston City Hall. AUBURN — Auburn City Council workshop and regular meeting, 5:30 p.m. in Auburn Hall. Workshop is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m.; topics include city assessing. The regular meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and topics include junkyard and automobile-graveyard permits. […]
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Foundation helps Franco-Americans afford college
LEWISTON — Brady Dion is leaving his summer job in Sabattus on Sunday to go to college — but college is expensive, he said. An Oak Hill High School graduate, Dion is getting some help — thanks to high grades, community volunteering, Franco-American roots and Franco elders who left money in their wills to the […]
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Lewiston-Auburn This Week
Week of Aug. 25 MONDAY AUBURN — Special City Council meeting at 6 p.m. for an executive session to discuss the employee evaluation of and the city’s contract with City Manager Clinton Deschene. WEDNESDAY LEWISTON — Lewiston-Auburn Bike-Ped Committee, 5 p.m. in City Hall first- floor executive conference room. AUBURN — Downtown Auburn Form Based Code […]