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PORTLAND — A Lisbon man convicted of attempted murder of Auburn police argued through his lawyer Monday before the state’s highest court that he should be granted a new trial because his trial attorney had blocked him from testifying in his defense. Bartolo Ford, 57, was convicted by a jury in 2010 of aggravated attempted […]
A while ago I wrote a response to an article in the Sun Journal about the exodus of businesses from downtown Lewiston, but decided to hold it to see if it was temporary. Since then, two more businesses have left; an eatery and J. Dostie Jewelers announced they were leaving. The reasons given are weak […]
The Good Food Council of Lewiston-Auburn awarded the 2023 Youth Food Champion Award winners Jan. 15 at the Bates College MLK Day workshop Young Mainers’ Efforts for Food and Climate Justice. The event also included a talk on Food Sovereignty and Youth Activism from Scarlet Labbé-Watson from Maine Youth for Climate Justice. The awards are […]
Construction on the new 35,000 square foot Stanley White Recreation Center, located at 601 Third Ave., is currently on track to open in December.
The council will not take up the issue until March after receiving an overwhelming amount of public feedback supporting the local health inspection program and sanitation officer Louis Lachance.