Lewiston News

The Winter Farmers Market and Winter Market Cafe, organized by the Great Falls Farmers' & Artisans' Market Association and sponsored by St.

Republican presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas speaks to a crowded gymnasium at Geiger Elementary School in Lewiston on Saturday during Androscoggin County's Republican caucus.

Near midnight on the final day of January. One month is about to fade into history and another will be born.

Bishop Richard Malone alerted parishioners in a letter over the weekend that the church is investigating a two-decades-old sexual abuse complaint against Father Antonin Caron, a Lewiston native.

Eighteen Democratic women recently graduated from Emerge Maine's sixth campaign training program.

Mark Hancock listens as his attorney, Allan Lobozzo, answers to the judge during Hancock's arraignment at 8th District Court in Lewiston on Friday.

Marty Paige, 34, of 195 Main St., was indicted this week by a grand jury that also charged him with reckless conduct, possession of a firearm by a felon and assault.

Four people were taken to hospitals in Farmington and Lewiston on Friday afternoon after a car and a pickup truck collided on Route 133.

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul will visit the state again today, a heavy caucus day, hoping to lock up his first win when statewide results are announced tonight.

LEWISTON, Maine -- Several classrooms in central Maine welcomed some new additions this week, hundreds of Atlantic Salmon eggs they will raise and release.

Officials are warning that work on the railroad crossing at Court Street in Auburn may cause a traffic delay on Main Street in Lewiston on Friday afternoon.

There's a sign on Route 27 in Kingfield informing northbound drivers that this particular roadway has been designated a scenic highway by some powerful government authority with excess time on its hands.

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Applications are now being accepted for 2012 Mainely Character Scholarships to be awarded this spring.

Jacqueline Proulx of Lewiston is escorted away from her car after being extricated by Lewiston firefighters Thursday afternoon on Ash Street in Lewiston.

The 2011-2012 Lewiston Youth Advisory Council will debut its 24-minute video titled, "Cool Happenings on Lisbon Street" at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb.

Schools in the Twin Cities will get more money from the state this year, as will most schools in the tri-county area.

City officials put the finishing touches on a help-wanted ad Thursday night and will begin advertising for a new city manager Monday.

In a bid to end more than a decade of talk and deliberation, Lisbon leaders pitched a plan Wednesday to take over dispatching for Androscoggin County, saying it could save money for every town in the county.

Lawmakers may have reached a bipartisan deal to close a budget gap at the Department of Health and Human Services, but health care providers are still bracing for deep cuts.