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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Pickup smashes into tree in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Damp streets and quick cornering proved a bit much for an Auburn man who escaped serious injury when he lost control of his truck Monday night. According to the 20-year-old driver Alex Burton, “I came around that corner too quick,” prior to the incident that happened around 8:30 p.m. Burton said he was […]
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Riverviews: No shortage of ghost tales in L-A area
It takes more than a spooky noise, a flicker of light, a hushed voice or a curtain moving in a chilly draft or air to make an authentic ghost story. It has to stand the test of time and scrutiny of numerous non-believers. Of course, the closer we get to Halloween, the more commonplace these […]
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Councilors confident about Pierce Street housing project
LEWISTON — Councilors said they hoped a public housing project proposed for downtown lots where apartment buildings burned on May 3 would make the area better. Volunteers of America Northern New England would bring meals, counseling and financial education to public spaces at their proposed Pierce Place development, Vice President of Business Development Julia Wilcock […]
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Towns to address Main Street stoplight problems
PARIS — The town intends to fix a stoplight at Main and Alpine streets that has been malfunctioning for at least a year. Selectmen on Monday voted to spend $2,800 to install a camera system to signal the light to change during off-peak hours. The light at the Norway-Paris line is co-owned by the towns and […]
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Bridge over Pennesseewassee Stream to arrive on Thursday
NORWAY — A footbridge to span Pennesseewassee Stream from Water Street to Main Street is set to arrive Thursday morning. Town Manager David Holt said the prefabricated bridge is due to arrive between 9 and 10 a.m., Aug. 22. A crane will place the bridge on the foundation of a previous bridge between the Water […]
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Job seekers sleep on Manhattan street
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of men hunting for work spent several nights on a Manhattan street, lining up Sunday for a chance to get into a carpenters’ union training program. Some brought sleeping bags, tents, lawn chairs and coolers to fill out applications starting Monday at 9 a.m. Others used just cardboard as a […]