Lewiston police officer Todd MacWhinnie, background, looks into a vehicle that collided with another at Webster Street and Webber Avenue in Lewiston on Tuesday afternoon. Two people, whose names were not released, were taken to a hospital. The 2005 Hyundai Sonata driven by Gilbert Morrison and the 2006 Hyundai Accent owned by Nimco Abdi were […]
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Marcel E. Belanger
LEWISTON — Marcel E. Belanger, 83, of Lewiston, died Friday, Aug. 31, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Marcel was born in Lewiston on March 26, 1935, the son of Emile and Irene Robitaille Belanger. Marcel attended Holy Cross School and the seminary of Saint-Hyacinthe in Canada. He served as a corpsman in the U.S. […]
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Greene man shoots self in leg at Lewiston doctor’s office
LEWISTON — A Greene man shot himself in the leg Monday morning at a local doctor’s office. The 59-year-old man had an appointment at Maine Optometry at 585 Main St., police said. He was in the bathroom where he was securing his handgun when it discharged, striking him in the leg, police said. No one […]
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Parking problem
Lewiston Public Works employee Dave Saucier, left, talks Wednesday morning with Al Perry of Norway in front of the Lewiston Municipal Parking Garage on Oak Street after Perry’s foot slipped off the brake pedal while paying for parking at the kiosk. Moments later, Saucier pushed the button at the pay station, took a ticket and […]
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Dog rescued from under vehicle
Lewiston Police Officer James Avery uses a snare to secure a pit bull-Boxer mix trapped under a vehicle on Main Street in Lewiston near Whipple Street early Friday night. The dog darted into traffic, according to the driver of the vehicle involved. The dog’s owner, Jessica Carter, right, said Rico got loose from his leash […]
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Juvenile Justice Panel: Music, dance and crime stats
LEWISTON — The way Rilwan Osman sees it, the more entrenched the immigrant population becomes in Lewiston, the greater their responsibility to make it a better place. “Lewiston is our home,” said Osman, executive director of Maine Immigration and Refugee Services. “We’re not going anywhere, so let’s make our city and state a better place […]
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William C. Gee
MINOT — William Colby Gee, son of the late William A. and Madeline Carr Gee, died at home June 25. Bill was born Aug. 26, 1935, in Wellington. He attended schools in Harmony, prior to moving to Lewiston, where he graduated from Lewiston High School. Bill married the late Arlene Olivier Gee in June 1954. […]
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Lewiston driver hits light post
Taillights streak past Lewiston police officer Garrett Clark as he waves them past skid marks left by a truck, background, that slammed into a light post on Canal Street in Lewiston on Friday night. Police said a woman lost control of the truck as she pulled from Cedar onto Canal Street shortly after 7 p.m. […]
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Car overturns after striking pole on Horton Street in Lewiston
LEWISTON — A man escaped apparent injury Monday night when his car struck a utility pole and flipped over on Horton Street, Lewiston police officer Zachary Provost said. Eyewitneses said the driver ran a stop sign and his car clipped one he was trying to miss, struck a utility pole and rolled several times, landing […]