“There’s no way to fix this without causing some misery down the line,” council Chairman Fern Larochelle said.
Steve Sherlock
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Lisbon residents decry 11% town budget hike: ‘We can’t afford this’
Townspeople spoke for nearly an hour last week about their dissatisfaction with the proposal, which is made worse by an error by town officials last year.
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Three Lewiston soldiers died in France on the same day in World War I
The German advance at the Battle of Belleau Woods, near Paris, took the lives of two local infantrymen and one engineer on June 6, 1918.
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Meet the Mechanic Falls native who led the last bayonet charge in U.S. Army history
Lewis Millett was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on Feb. 7, 1951, in the Korean War.
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Mt. Abram ski area says Greenwood noise ordinance would harm them
The ordinance, which goes to voters Saturday, arose from one resident’s complaint against a neighbor and their 24-hour-a-day generator.
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State-of-the-art performing arts center in Auburn to host inaugural fall concert series
The Maine State Music Theatre will launch its first fall satellite series with three different tribute shows featuring the music of Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly.
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Lifelong resident leaves property for Buckfield … or the Hells Angels
If residents turn down an offer of nearly 16 acres of land and money for scholarships, it’ll go to the infamous motorcycle club.
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Neighbors clash over Airbnb on Crooked River in Norway
John Morrison claims the rental property owned by Jon Shilalis puts the river’s health at risk. Shilalis says that nothing was done without a permit.
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Androscoggin jail provides prayer mats, special food for Muslim holy days, sheriff says
An individual this week contacted the district attorney and Lewiston mayor to complain about the lack of accommodations for Muslims in the jail.
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Dixfield bust yields 23 pounds of cannabis, 1,600 plants, police say
No one was home at the time of the raid Saturday on Porter Road.