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Four-car pile up on Lisbon Street
LEWISTON — Three people were hurt in a four-car pileup on Lisbon Street late Wednesday morning, police said. Timothy Doble, 29, was driving a Buick LeSabre taxi down Bleachery Hill at about 11 a.m. when he struck the back of a Nissan Sentra driven by Jimale Dahlr, 43, of Lewiston, who was stopped in traffic, […]
63 apartments on Lisbon Street breaking ground Oct. 1
LEWISTON — Hebert Construction will break ground Oct. 1 on 63 new apartments downtown. Amy Cullen, development officer with The Szanton Company, said Tuesday they hope to have people moving in to the new Hartley Block units in October 2018. The $11.8 million project will bring life to a section of Lisbon Street gutted by […]
Rain doesn’t stop Earth Day enthusiasts
Azilee Hollenbeck of Lewiston looks at a photo of her mother, Sheri Withers, background, painting a mural on the Lisbon Street sidewalk Sunday afternoon. Saturday’s rain didn’t stop most Earth Day activities, but it wasn’t condusive to painting, so Withers and others waited until Sunday’s bright sun dried out the sidewalks. Sheri Withers of Lewiston […]
Lisbon Street tenant charged with arson
LEWISTON — Police charged a 24-year-old Lewiston man with arson, after a Sunday night fire that investigators say started in his Lisbon Street apartment and left more than 15 people homeless. Christopher Violette told police he’d been “planning on throwing himself into the fire but decided against it,” according to a police affidavit. Firefighters had […]
Downtown Lewiston condo a highlight in Lisbon Street growth
Lisbon Street condo’s top price leads continuing demand for high-end housing. LEWISTON — For sale: 5,500 square feet of living space that’s been featured in Down East Magazine, with an outdoor hot tub overlooking Auburn and one bathroom that is said to have once been a Lewiston mayor’s office, with office hours still on the […]
Housing projects hit funding snag
President’s corporate tax-cut talk leaves developers short of funds LEWISTON — Nathan Szanton has big, $12-million plans to fill a 175-foot, ugly, empty stretch of Lisbon Street with 63 sharp, modern apartments. Heading into last fall, he had hoped to break ground this July. Then Donald Trump’s election changed the financial landscape. Now before Szanton […]
The Vault, high-end wine and beer shop on Lisbon Street, robbed
LEWISTON — Police are investigating a robbery at The Vault on Saturday afternoon. Lt. Adam Higgins said a call came in to police reporting the robbery at 2:53 p.m. The high-end wine shop at 84 Lisbon St., adjacent to Dufresne Plaza and across the street from the District Court building, was open at the time. […]