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Starting Monday, the Alter L/A Emergency Warming Center in Lewiston will operate around the clock. The emergency shelter, run by the team behind Kaydenz Kitchen, will offer expanded hours at its 70 Horton Street location. The new shelter opened at the beginning of November, offering about 100 spaces from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
A new 24/7 warming center opened its doors this week just in time for the first winter storm of the season. Located at 70 Horton St. in Lewiston, the Alter L/A Emergency Warming Center can shelter up to 100 people.
Some city leaders in Lewiston are calling on a school board member, and newly elected city councilor, to resign, saying he's become a distraction.
HAMPDEN ACADEMY 51, OXFORD HILLS 38: Miles Shain scored 13 points, Jacob Kalley added 12 and Sawyer Worcester had 11 to lift the Broncos over the Vikings in Paris. Cam Pulkkinen paced Oxford Hills with 19 points.
LEWISTON, Maine — Kaydenz Kitchen Food Pantry in Lewiston has found a new location following a recent fire that left its building condemned and all of its supplies destroyed. The non-profit will be moving to the YWCA Central Maine facility at 130 East Ave. in Lewiston, according to a social media post Wednesday.
Councilor-elect Iman Osman, 36, is currently a member of the Lewiston School Committee, but his residency has recently been the subject of public scrutiny.
Somali Americans in Maine say the president's rhetoric places an unfair target on an already vulnerable group.
In emotional testimony Thursday morning, family members of Robert Card, the man responsible for two shootings that left 18 people dead in Lewiston, Maine, testified before the independent commission formed to investigate the October 25, 2023, mass shootings.
Current Lewiston school committee member and city councilor-elect Iman Osman was indicted on gun theft charges and is facing questions over his legal residence.
More than 5 inches had accumulated in much of southern, central and western Maine by Tuesday evening, when the heaviest snow was expected to fall.
Emily Pike is in Tracker 8 showing the snow coming down as we are expecting a chance for snow squalls later this afternoon and evening.