Tom Platz, an Auburn developer, and artist Charlie Hewitt worked for 10 years to bring the Muhammad Ali statue to Lewiston, site of a famous Ali-Sonny Liston fight in May 1965.
As survivors try to piece their lives back together, organizations are stepping up to raise funds while some victims' family members and friends turn to crowdfunding to seek help with expenses.
Maine Medical Center in Portland and other MaineHealth hospitals have closed their campuses to non-hospital personnel and non-patients until further notice, while a number of businesses and schools are closed Thursday.
Lewiston’s slogan — “Opportunity lives here!” — signals its certification as a business-friendly city by the state. Across the river, Auburn earned a national headline proclaiming it America's "YIMBYest" city.
Lewiston is experiencing a run of commercial development from the downtown to its outskirts — everything from new or expanded retail and industrial, renovations of historic buildings, attractions, and manufacturing.
Black Diamond Detailing is leasing a two-bay garage at 409 Sabattus St. in Lewiston. It's the first Black- and Somali-owned business in the city's history.