BELANGER — Marcel E., 83, of Lewiston died in Lewiston on Friday, Aug. 31. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Holy Cross Church, Lewiston. DOUGLASS — Nancy Ann of Auburn passed away in Lewiston on Thursday, Sept. 6. A funeral service will be at 1 p.m Monday, Sept. 10, at the […]
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LMS student visits Augusta
Lewiston Middle School student Kelsey Westleigh served as an Honorary Page in the Maine Senate on April 11. The student was a guest of Sen. Nate Libby, D-Lewiston. Westleigh said her favorite subject in school is math, and she expressed an interest in some form of public service.
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Hussein serves as page
Lewiston Middle School student Hussein Hussein, left, serves as Honorary Pages in the Maine Senate on April 11. The student was a guest of Sen. Nate Libby, D-Lewiston. Hussein said that math is his favorite subject in school and expressed an interest in some form of public service in the future.
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State plans bridge, road work in Lewiston
More than $14 million worth of road and bridge improvements are planned in Lewiston during the next several years. The Maine Department of Transportation infrastructure work plan released Monday, which offers more than $2.3 billion in projects across the state, includes a number of them in Lewiston. Among the projects eyed in the three-year plan […]
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Libby eager to begin work on watchdog panel
AUGUSTA — State Sen. Nate Libby, D-Lewiston, said Tuesday that he’s eager to get to work as a member of the Legislature’s watchdog committee. “The Government Oversight Committee is critically important in safeguarding the integrity and efficiency of state government,” Libby, the assistant leader of the Senate Democrats, said. The 12-member oversight panel, which Libby […]
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Lewiston has new clout as Legislature gets to work
AUGUSTA — When a newly elected Legislature gathers for its first session Wednesday, Lewiston lawmakers will be right in the thick of it. Two of the city’s Democratic lawmakers — state Sen. Nate Libby and state Rep. Jared Golden — are among the dozen members chosen by their colleagues to lead them through what may […]
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Maine welfare reform bill brings tighter scrutiny and stronger penalties
AUGUSTA — In an end-of-session compromise, a pair of Lewiston-Auburn state senators, a Democrat and a Republican, advanced legislation that tightens oversight and increases penalties for welfare recipients who abuse the system. Prior to Friday, the legislation, first offered by Sen. Nate Libby, D-Lewiston, and aimed at limiting purchases made with electronic benefit transfer cards […]
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Legislative committee splits on welfare reforms
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers split along party lines repeatedly Thursday as they debated and voted on a series of bills aimed at reforming the state’s welfare system. Democrats on the Health and Human Services Committee expressed outrage over proposals by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services that would spend some of more than $110 million […]
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LePage proposes death to death tax; Dems call it giveaway for the rich
AUGUSTA — A bill submitted by Republican Gov. Paul LePage that aims to eliminate the state’s estate tax came under fire Thursday as Democrats assailed him for offering “another tax cut” to the state’s “super wealthy.” A law change in 2015, passed over LePage’s veto, increased the exemption for estates from $2 million to $5.45 […]
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Gov. LeRage: Paul LePage says area lawmakers, cartoonist should be shot
AUGUSTA — A top advocate for expanding passenger rail to Lewiston-Auburn said Thursday that Republican Gov. Paul LePage said state lawmakers from Lewiston should be “rounded up and executed in the public square.” Tony Donovan, a Portland-based real estate developer and member of the executive council for the Sierra Club Maine, said LePage made the […]