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Read Article Lewiston School Committee member Kiernan Majerus-Collins, right, at a meeting in September. Majerus-Collins has stepped down as chair of the Lewiston Democratic Committee. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal file LEWISTON — With the election just a few months away, a rift has formed within Lewiston’s Democratic Committee. City Councilor Safiya Khalid, who had been the local party’s vice chair since 2017, took to social media over the weekend, describing a recent committee meeting that turned hostile, which she said forced her to withdraw her candidacy to lead the party. “Democrat...

Read Article Denis D’Auteuil, left, stands Friday with former City Administrator Ed Barrett during an impromptu farewell party for D’Auteuil at Lewiston City Hall. Finance Director Heather Hunter is to step in this week as interim city administrator. Sun Journal file photo LEWISTON — Heather Hunter is to be sworn in Wednesday morning as interim city administrator, and according to city staff members, her first order of business will be to appoint police Chief Brian O’Malley as deputy city administrator. D’Auteuil remains city administrator until the close of business Tuesday afte...

Read Article AUBURN — The number of people taking out nomination papers for this year’s election is lagging behind previous election cycles, so far. As of Thursday, nine people had taken out papers to run for the 15 elected seats. All seats are up for election every two years. According to City Clerk Sue Clements-Dallaire, at this time two years ago, some 25 people had taken out papers. “(That’s) much different from what we’ve seen so far this year,” she said. Earlier Thursday, Mayor Jason Levesque became the first official candidate for mayor, announcing he will seek a third ter...

Submitted photo Last week we discussed Goggles McGee, a small dog spotted riding around on the back of a motorcycle. This week, I heard from a local woman who says, what’s the big deal? Her schnoodle — which I gather is a cross between a snickerdoodle and a dog — straps on sunglasses and rides on the back of her bike aaaaall the time. Muffins, the dog’s name is, and isn’t it good to see local dogs taking eye safety so seriously? Not too shabby tabby And while we’re talking about pets who yelled “shotgun!” before going for rides, on Walnut Street in Lewiston the other day I saw...

increase font size A quasi-governmental takeover of Maine's electric grid risks means higher local taxes. Read Article Over the past month, there has been much debate in Augusta over whether Maine should forcibly seize the assets of Central Maine Power and Versant Power and establish a new governmental entity dubbed “Pine Tree Power” to take ownership of Maine’s electric grid. As local mayors, we believe this proposal would hurt local government and our constituents, and we urge Maine lawmakers to reject LD 1708 when they return to the State House later this month. This is an extremel...