Experts say China’s ban forced Maine and the country to confront ‘flaws’ in its waste system, and advocates hope greater awareness and pending state and federal legislation will kick-start more recycling.
Andrew Rice
Staff Writer
Andrew Rice is a staff writer at the Sun Journal covering municipal government in Lewiston and Auburn. He's been working in journalism since 2012, joining the Sun Journal in 2017. He lives in Portland with his wife, daughter and dog named Indiana. In his spare time, he plays music in a Portland-based rock band, shares the teachings of John, Paul, George and Ringo with his daughter, and listens to hockey podcasts. Andrew is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine in Media Studies.
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Lewiston, Auburn set to receive millions from federal relief bill
The Twin Cities account for $37 million of the estimated $118 million that will go directly to Maine’s five largest cities.
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From yard signs to bumper stickers, Maine politics turns vulgar
Free speech laws largely permit obscene language to be used on vehicles and private property, but local leaders wonder what it says about how we communicate.
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Lewiston hospitals say they’ve followed changing state guidelines in vaccinating employees
Central Maine Medical Center and St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center say that their vaccination rollouts were within state and federal guidelines.
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Phil Nadeau to release book detailing first Lewiston refugee resettlements
The former longtime Lewiston official worked with the city’s first Somali refugees in 2001. The book arrives on the 20th anniversary.
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Historically mild January leaves Maine lakes with dangerously thin ice
While temperatures have dipped this week, a warm January led to thin ice for much of the state’s lakes. The slow freeze, experts say, could also stem from a hot summer.
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Lewiston-Auburn among 6 sites in the nation selected for women’s suffrage mural
The piece will be one of only six in the country commemorating the centennial of the 19th Amendment. A site for the installation has not been chosen.
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Proposed bill would upgrade Androscoggin River’s water classification
River advocate Peter Rubins said if approved, the reclassification would become law in time for the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, which marked the beginning of the river restoration effort.
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Border patrol agents arrest 3 in Eustis
Eustis is in northwestern Maine, within range of the Canadian border.
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‘Prayer works’: Oxford woman withstands brain tumor
Fran White says the power of prayer and community got her through brain surgery this year.