LEWISTON — After debate and some angst, the School Committee voted Monday night to pass a first reading of a policy change that would allow immediate creation of a boys lacrosse team.

The Lewiston Town Board could soon approve the purchase of some new highway equipment with the help of a state grant.

LEWISTON — Whatever gets built on the site of the Bates Mill Building No. 5 — whether it's a park, an office building or a retail development — should echo the building's history and the iconic sawtooth roof.

LEWISTON — A 911 call for help in Greene soon could be answered by a dispatcher in Skowhegan, Wiscasset or even Bangor. In a bid to save money, Androscoggin County commissioners are contemplating closing the county's dispatch center in Auburn, which answers emergency calls from 12 towns.

* Mathew Adam Dunlop, 23, of 119 Pine St. No. 2, Lewiston, warrant, 10:07 p.m. Saturday on Pearl Street. * Trevor Allen Eustis, 19, of 54 Fourth St., reckless conduct, carrying a concealed weapon and hindering apprehension or prosecution, 4:50 p.m. Sunday on Mount Auburn Avenue.

Police in Lewiston need your help in finding the driver who struck and killed 59-year-old Loren Jacobs late Wednesday night on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation.

TUSCARORA RESERVATION — Lewiston Police are looking for help in locating a white or silver sedan with side or front-end damage that may have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run Wednesday night.

LEWISTON A 10-week civic refresher course will attempt to dispel some of the mystique associated with approaching the City Council, applying for city permits or drafting a good letter to the editor.

The Associated Press The Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine A genetic disorder that causes extremely high cholesterol levels at a young age strikes at 10 times the national rate in Maine's Lewiston-Auburn area. The Sun Journal of Lewiston says Sunday ( http://bit.ly/zSWLsF ) that familial hypercholesterolemia, or FH, is found most often in people of Native American or French Canadian descent ...

LEWISTON—A community group involved with input toward the remediation of the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works site will hold a public meeting Wednesday to prepare for an upcoming radon workshop to be conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.