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Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal LEWISTON — City officials say two portable restrooms placed at downtown locations are seeing heavy use, but are meant as only a temporary measure within the city’s larger response to homelessness. Officials said the restrooms, placed in Kennedy Park and the “PUG” park on Bartlett Street, will help the city evaluate the potential use of more permanent bathroom facilities as the city considers a range of options. Offering public bathrooms, as well as other day shelter or warming shelter facilities, was included in a recent set of recommendations from Lewisto...

Read Article A vulgar political flag flies in front of a Sabattus Street home in Lewiston. The city received a number of complaints about it, but city officials declined to ask the couple renting an apartment there to take the flag down, citing free speech protections. When the building owner learned about the flag Friday, he asked the couple to take it down. This image has been altered to conceal profanity. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal Editor’s note: The story you are about to read contains offensive language. LEWISTON — Following the inauguration last month, the yard signs at 1014 Sabattu...

Read Article LEWISTON — City officials are planning an overhaul of the Recreation Department, which was hit with budget cuts and saw staff turnover due to COVID-19. Heading into budget discussions this year, city staff is developing a strategic plan for the department, which officials hope will result in better programs and better utilization of Lewiston’s athletic facilities. During a workshop discussion with the City Council on Tuesday, Public Works Director Mary Ann Brenchick, who oversees the recreation division, pitched the planning as “a new vision” for the department. She said...

Read Article LEWISTON — Get more people here working. Get more people who already work here living here. Open more second- and third-shift child care centers. Lift regional spending, perception and wages. Shanna Cox, president and CEO of the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Submitted photo The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce released its Blueprint for Economic Growth in the LA Metropolitan Region on Thursday, a slate of goals and short- and long-term ideas to get there, all pulled together by its Regional Roundtable, a membership tier with some of the are...

A Maine CDC official said a timeline for opening depends on the state's vaccine supply.