LEWISTON — After 18 months without contracts, city officials are still working to settle union deals with four employee unions. “It’s fair to say that both sides want to get a contract done,” Deputy City Administrator Phil Nadeau said. “We all have our opinions about where we are in the talks right now.” Nadeau is […]
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Auburn expects new cable access agreement in July
AUBURN — City officials said Monday they are not trying to take over Lewiston-Auburn’s cable access channel, just trying to make it operate more efficiently. Denis D’Auteuil, Auburn’s acting assistant city manager, said he is working with his Lewiston counterpart, Deputy City Administrator Phil Nadeau, on a new interlocal agreement governing how Lewiston-Auburn’s cable access […]
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‘It changed people’s lives.’ The Wal-Mart Distribution Center 10 years later.
‘I can’t even imagine what things might have been like without those 800 jobs.’ It was “The Business That Must Not Be Named.” For months, consultants for an anonymous out-of-state company appeared in Lewiston. Men in suits examined the city’s industrial spaces, teased about making big investments in a new warehouse facility and flew away […]
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YMCA may rescue Lewiston gymnastics program
LEWISTON — The city and the Auburn-Lewiston YMCA are quietly working on a deal that may save a popular, city-run gymnastics program squeezed by tightening budgets. “We’re looking at a partnership with the city of Lewiston,” Steven Wallace, YMCA CEO, said. A tentative plan would allow the program to stay in the Lewiston Armory, but […]
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Lewiston targets ‘disorderly properties’
LEWISTON — Police have a new label for rowdy addresses: “disorderly properties.” On Tuesday, the Lewiston City Council approved a measure to begin contacting the owners of rental properties that have drawn repeated visits by police. “I think we’re trying a low-key approach with the landlords to see how it works,” Lewiston police Sgt. Robert […]