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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]