LEWISTON — A major paving project planned for College Street will wait until spring 2016, according to Public Works officials. The city will go out bid this summer for a 2.5-mile paving project on College Street between Montello and Stetson Brook, near the Greene border. But work won’t begin in spring 2016, according to Lewiston […]
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Lisbon council advised of parking problem at trail
LISBON — The popularity of the Androscoggin River Trail is causing parking problems, the Town Council was told Tuesday night. Chairman Dillon Pesce and other council members said the parking lot near the boat ramp was full over the weekend and people were parking on the road. Councilors said they will look at options for […]
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Sabattus budget proposals weigh new fire truck, sidewalk sweeper
SABATTUS — Selectmen have endorsed a $3 million budget that puts aside money for roads, dips into savings for a firetruck next year and keeps the head of maintenance at the Town Office. At $55,000 less, the Budget Committee has proposed cutting that maintenance position, setting aside money for a future firetruck and saying no […]
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Lisbon Street paving work gets pushed back a year
LEWISTON — A public referendum on adding bicycle lanes to a repaved Lisbon Street won’t happen this year. Neither will the paving project. Public Works Director David Jones said Tuesday that the city has simply run out of time to complete the project before the end of the road construction season, thanks to a longer-than-expected […]
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Street sweepers urge residents to avoid leaving piles of sand
LEWISTON — Think scattered sand — not piles — if you expect the city’s street-sweeping vehicles to do a good job cleaning your road, according to city officials. Public Works Director Dave Jones said his crews started their annual street-sweeping project this week. “We get a lot of people that want to clean up their […]
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Lewiston-Auburn This Week
MONDAY, March 30 LEWISTON — Joint meeting of the School Committee and City Council on the proposed school budget, 6:45 p.m., City Hall. Public comment will be welcomed. The meeting will be televised on the local cable channel. LEWISTON — Finance Committee, 5:15 p.m. in City Hall. LEWISTON — Planning Board, 5:30 p.m. in the third-floor conference […]
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Proposed budget $100,000 less than budget for current year
POLAND — Voters at Saturday’s annual town meeting will be asked to approve a $5.5 million municipal budget, an amount that is about $100,000 less than the current year’s budget. “The operational budget is a little less than a year ago,” Town Manager Bradley Plante said. “The Budget Committee and selectmen worked very hard to […]
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Town to move forward with purchase of Upper Gloucester lot
NEW GLOUCESTER — After months of closed-session meetings, the New Gloucester Board of Selectmen unanimously agreed on March 2 to direct the town manager to execute the offer, purchase and sale agreement on a 4.48-acre lot and house in Upper Gloucester. The agreement with Roger Parsons, representative for the Estate of Natalie Parsons, includes 4.48 acres of […]
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Lewiston city staff braces for tough audit of storm sewer system
LEWISTON — The city staff is bracing for a tough audit in April that will judge how well they’ve done keeping storm runoff and city sewer overflows out of the city’s streams and the Androscoggin River. Public Works Director David Jones warned councilors Tuesday that the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Federal Environmental […]
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Lewiston aims to ease congestion, improve safety at McMahon Elementary School
LEWISTON — Picking up McMahon Elementary School students during the month of February was messy and congested. Some people worried that students were at risk of being struck by a vehicle because they were hard to see in the snowbanks and traffic. But after watching a video filmed by Sun Journal photographer Russ Dillingham, school and […]