Lewiston News

As more and more swine flu vaccine slowly makes its way into Maine, schools and hospitals are seeing a sharp increase in the number of people suspected to have the H1N1 virus.

Maine's latest dance band, DRIVE, will play at Irish Twin's Pub in Lewiston at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov.

A 41-year-old prison social worker is facing charges she tried to smuggle illegal drugs into a prison.

City Manager Ed Barrett has been named a finalist for the vacant city administrator position in Lewiston, just one week after city councilors in Bangor encouraged him to retire.

LEWISTON a ' By about a 2,000-vote margin, voters rejected the state law allowing same-sex marriage, based on unofficial results from the city clerk's office.

Lewiston Mayor Larry Gilbert greets voters at the Lewiston Armory on Tuesday afternoon.

Maine voters have rejected a referendum that would have placed limits on increases in state and municipal government spending and taxes.

LEWISTONA a ' Former Falmouth Town Manager John D. "Doug" Harris, Gardiner City Manager Jeffrey Kobrock and interim City Administrator Phil Nadeau are the top three contenders for the city administrator's job in Maine's second largest city.

Lewiston, ME -- Pamella Starbird Beliveau is a devout member of Prince of Peace Parish in Lewiston .

LEWISTON a ' Residents may register to vote and pick up or drop off absentee ballots from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Lewiston City Hall.

LEWISTON a ' A local Catholic woman has lost her position as a lay minister at the Prince of Peace Parish churches this week after penning a newspaper column in support of legalizing same-sex marriages.

MEXICO a ' A woman was flown to a Lewiston hospital Friday night after being struck in the head with a metal pipe, and police were investigating and unavailable to give details.

A logger was brought out of the woods off Route 4 in Farmington in the back of a neighbor's pickup truck Thursday after a tree he cut fell on his leg.

Michael Carl Oct 17, 2009 Reports of jihad recruiters allegedly making the rounds in America's Somali communities are forcing Somali community leaders to try to stop further successful recruiting.

Montello Elementary School first-grader Paige Dymkoski, 6, shows a bit of apprehension as Central Maine Medical Center College of Nursing student Christine Gerry prepares to give the child a nasal spray of the H1N1 vaccine on Wednesday.

LEWISTON a 'A Both mayoral candidates will go into the final weekend before Tuesday's vote with some public appearances.

Anyone interested in becoming a write-in candidate for the Lewiston School Committee Ward 3 seat should call City Clerk Kathleen Montejo at 513-3124. Qualifications: must be a citizen, a registered voter and 18 or older.

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The Department of Recreation will host its free annual Halloween celebration from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.

MONMOUTH a ' A Connecticut man was killed and an Auburn man was injured late Friday when the driver of the truck they were riding in lost control on a sharp curve on Route 135 and rolled over on the Jug Stream Bridge at the intersection of Sanborn Road.