‘This is our own little Olympics’: Regatta kicks off first-ever L/A Riverfest

The cities of Lewiston and Auburn partnered with several community organizations to bring two-and-a-half days of riverside festivities to the Twin Cities this weekend, including boat races and music.

Western wildfire smoke hanging over central Maine

The air quality was deemed unhealthy for sensitive groups.

Lewiston’s Rancourt & Co. hand-sews 2021 Olympic sneakers for opening, closing ceremonies

"We're making sneakers for people who are going to be on the world stage." — President Mike Rancourt.

‘A new lens’: Bates Dance Festival returns to the L-A community

Performers from around the world will attend July 14 to 31.

Lisbon man gets 4-year split sentence for gun charge

Jeremiah Munsey also was sentenced on vehicle burglary and theft charges in Lewiston and Lisbon

The risks of COVID-19 to children under 12 remain low, even as vaccine awaits approval

All pandemic-era mask requirements and other restrictions became recommendations, including in school and child care settings, this month as Maine's civil state of emergency came to an end.

State indefinitely extends license suspension of Lewiston cremation business

The license suspensions are in place until a future public hearing when all complaints related to Affordable Cremation Solution and its owner, Kenneth Kincer, can be heard at the same time.

Lewiston Planning Board approves hockey academy housing in cargo containers at The Colisée

The vote was 6-1, with two members objecting to work being done beforehand.

Bedside Table: Many perspectives on Maine in these books

How browntail moths became such a big problem here in Maine

Efforts to defeat the moth started within days of its discovery in 1897 but, so far, the Old World invader has managed to hang on in New England.