As organizers of the Great Falls Balloon Festival consider a proposal from the city to partner on this year’s event, board members and officials discussed the costs and obstacles associated with putting on the annual festival.
Andrew Rice
Staff Writer
Andrew Rice is a staff writer at the Press Herald covering the city of Portland. He's been working in journalism since 2012, joining the Sun Journal in 2017, then the Press Herald in 2026. He lives in Portland with his wife, two daughters and two dogs. In his spare time, he plays guitar in a Portland-based rock band and listens to hockey podcasts. Andrew is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine in Media Studies.
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Lewiston community food market project moving forward in 2024
The pursuit of a space at 104 Park St. fell through earlier this year, requiring the organization to restart its work to find a location for its plan for an affordable grocer in the downtown.
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Lewiston to use grant funding to set up long-term ‘community resilience center’ in wake of shooting
The community resilience center at the Peck building will replace the temporary armory site and Ramada location as the primary resource location for community members seeking counseling following last week’s shooting.
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State police waited hours to track Lewiston shooter after finding vehicle, had ‘radio silence’ with local officers
An Androscoggin County Sheriff’s deputy has harshly criticized the Maine State Police’s handling of communication in the manhunt for Robert Card, while another official says it took 12 hours before police began tracking Card from his abandoned vehicle.
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Lewiston shooter was involved in ‘altercation’ at New Hampshire bakery outlet days before shooting
A manager of the bakery outlet, who declined to be identified Monday, said they didn’t know much about the incident but confirmed a verbal altercation had taken place.
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Police identify 2 AR-style rifles, handgun as weapons linked to Lewiston mass shooting
A spokesperson for Maine State Police confirmed Monday that the gun found in Robert Card’s car on Wednesday night was an AR-10 style Ruger SFAR rifle, while officials confirmed a gun shop had declined in August to sell Card a firearm suppressor.
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‘Viewer beware:’ Auburn native Conor Welch is an executive producer of new ‘Goosebumps’ TV series
Welch was an avid reader of the tween book series as a kid, and 30 years later, he helped craft a fresh take on the popular franchise.
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Maine congressional delegation asks feds to halt consideration of a High Peaks National Wildlife Refuge
Maine’s delegation said the federal government should “terminate its evaluation” of a 200,000-acre portion of the state’s High Peaks region and “instead, work with the established local conservation entities and the state to address any wildlife-related issues.”
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Our live updates from Biden’s visit to Maine
5:54 p.m. BRUNSWICK — Air Force One has taken off from the Brunswick Executive Airport to take President Biden to Delaware. He is set to land in Dover and then head to Rehoboth Beach. As the plane prepared for takeoff, a group of protesters on motorcycles drove down Orion Street chanting “(expletive) Joe Biden.” — […]
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A vacancy rate of zero is pushing up rents and has Lewiston and Auburn embracing any and all new housing
A vacancy rate of essentially zero means there is no room for mobility for renters facing rent increases or evictions, leaving people priced out. Officials say rent control isn’t the answer, more housing is.