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OP [is a] jackass. Lewiston is a beautiful city, that has the same flaws as any other city, but far nicer people.

The city has some gorgeous old mills that have been renovated into lofts, a museum, and business suites, and a few that are waiting for the need to bulldoze them. The mills themselves were used to produce uniforms and soft supplies for the Union army, and then by Falcon shoes and other producers. I'm curious what the inspiration was for having Lewiston in the game. I hear that there was a serious rough period in the 90s, they had an influx of Somalian refugees (Black Hawk Down's shows the part of the relevant conflict), the rivers still smelled from the upriver mills, and Lewiston suffered the same ills of other early 90s cities. Ergo the reputation as the "Dirty Lew".

SK grew up across the river in Durham, and went to Lisbon High down 196, down by Lisbon Falls is where the hole back to 1958 was.

Hey folks, posting here and more broadly on /r/Maine

I have a distressed property that belonged to my MiL that I would greatly like to sell to somebody to make into a home of their own, but don't have the money to get it up to snuff. As time is an issue with the home's current state, I feel the best option on my end is to sell to such places as mentioned in the title.

Does anyone have experiences with such businesses? Out of the (surely) many of them, which treated you or someone you know best?

All help is appreciated. I am a real person (even if shamefully a transplant from NY over 10 years ago). As payment, here is a different cat.

Not original content. But did anyone see the balloons?

Moving to a first floor apartment, do I need to worry about leaving my windows open?

Hello!

I am nearly 4 years sober and just moved here from Portland and it’s been difficult to keep up with meetings there while I live in Auburn. In Portland, I went to Codependents Anonymous mostly and I like bigger AA meetings. I like to attend new comer meetings too, no matter how small.

I have the meeting app but was wondering if anyone knows of any CODA meetings around here? And if not, any other AA meetings that draw in large crowds in the area? Or really… typing this out now, I think I’d just like to hear about any that people might just particularly enjoy? I’m just feeling a bit isolated from my community & overwhelmed with the travel and felt the need to reach out.

Also, I was in an LGBTQIA choir in Portland called the Lavender Choir that I’m not able to make anymore. I miss being involved in my community and making music with other like-minded people. Anyone know of any choirs like that around here? Or even just a group that gets together to create art or music in general? Creating and connecting with people is such a huge part of my recovery too.

People told me there’s community in the L/A area, you just have to look for it. This is one of my attempts to find it because I truly believe people when they say it’s there!

small portion of 202 W. blocked off “ emergency scene” signage out. I tried to get a look, saw something laying in the road. Concerned it’s solo motorcycle accident? does anyone have any information?

Hey all, my mom needs a hearing aid and I'm wondering if anyone has recommendations for places to go or avoid in the L/A area. Thanks!

Hey folks,

I manage a restaurant in Auburn and am looking for recs for local companies that clean grease traps. We were using Zoom previously, who I think it out of Windham, but my bosses wanted to see if there was a company closer to home we could use.

Google’s AI slop machine kept telling me local septic cleaners had “grease trap cleaning services” listed on their website. When I called them, that was mot the case.

Thanks!

Lmk

Where is the best grooming services within 15 minutes or so of the Longley Bridge/ Court St area?

Can someone please tell me why this hasn’t happened yet?

Where can I go that has a really good selection of craft beers? Looking to buy a six or four pack, so not the Craft Brew Underground.

Underwhelmed by Roopers and Lighthouse Discount.

Edit: I want to respond to everyone, but there are a lot of messages here. Thank you to everyone who responded. We look forward to visiting Lewiston in the coming months.

Hey! I started a free community project , it's an app that shows all the local roadside stands! You can find all the egg, bakery, produce and firewood stands in the area! It gives you GPS directions to each, and shows you what's currently in stock.

It's called EggMap Mobile!

www.eggmapmobile.com

Just moved to the area. Where do you guys recommend eating at and place NOT to eat at?

Looking to link up w ceramicists, glassblowers, other artists that might be interested in shared studio space

Just moved to the area and I’m so excited about Lewiston… except what is up with the plane, jeep, etc parked on the otherwise very dignified service memorial? What’s the back story here? Am I the odd one out and it’s locally beloved? Government or non-profit installation? Any and all details appreciated!

Anyone know of bars (or other places) in L/A or surrounding towns that will have World Cup games playing? I know El Pochos is doing it for the most part but hoping to get a little handful of places to visit.

Just saw a petition at my polling place about getting Flock cameras off our streets. When you vote today (not if) please sign this petition while you're at it. Surveillance aside, Flock cameras are notoriously unsecure pieces of technology (easily accessible ports, exploitable backdoors, the works).

Even if you don't agree that police surveillance is a bad thing, you should at least agree that the infrastructure supporting that surveillance should not be easily accessible and should not come with serious security vulnerabilities.

Here is the formal White Paper detailing all of the security flaws as well as a couple of short videos summarizing them for those short on time:

White Paper: https://github.com/GainSec/anti-crime-ecosystem-research/blob/main/statement/GainSec_Statement_AntiCrimeEcosystem.pdf

Linus Tech Tips WAN Show summary (more detailed than the Benn Jordan video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru9P4Q-XCuc

Benn Jordan summary (much more recent than the other information showing that the problems are still not entirely solved after all this time): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUbkQ7xiXus

Please help contribute to getting these damn things out of our city, especially if it's by doing something so simple as signing a petition.

EDIT: It gets worse! Apparently Flock queries are being picked up by search engines! Seriously, these things are ridiculously unsecure!

https://youtu.be/-AHRb9TYZaU?si=PJDNyinF8y6R0L10&t=341

Where do you go if you want to get a good facial in Lewiston-Auburn? Any recommendations? Any places to avoid? Thanks!

Whats going on this month? Where are the hot spots? Whats not getting talked about enough?

Just checking in to see how folks are feeling about things at CMMC since the change over on May 1st.