We asked our readers, what makes you happy?

Our readers share what turns their frowns upside down.

Positive attitudes come out on top … even though balloons didn’t

“Look at everybody down here. Everybody’s having a good time. We’re going to have so much fun this weekend, it’s just awesome,” said Paul Englehart, Raspberry Ripple crew chief.

At least one seriously hurt in Lewiston crash

Fire and rescue crews worked to free a woman trapped in her vehicle Friday after a car and truck collided on Lisbon Street.

Fowl business: Lewiston chicken owners confused about ordinance

A little-known 30,000-square-foot requirement has residents in the city wasting money on coops, and having to lay off their birds.

Lewiston’s ‘Chicken Cheat Sheet’

The keeping of up to six female chickens is permitted in the rural-agricultural, low density residential, suburban residential, medium density residential and the neighborhood conservation “A” districts on lots of no less than 30,000 square feet developed with single family detached dwellings including mobile homes on individual lots. Check the zoning of your property at […]

Street Talk: The kiss heard ’round Facebook

Photographer Russ Dillingham originally didn’t intend to publish the kiss photo. I encouraged him to do so and I regret nothing. The photo, of a handcuffed lass kissing a bearded man while a pair of police officers patiently wait, is a perfect snapshot of hardscrabble life in downtown Lewiston. She’s a woman in love who […]

Maryland woman, 75, drowns after canoe tips over in Bethel

The victim got trapped under the canoe after it flipped with her husband and daughter also tossed into the Androscoggin River.

Photo: Turner motorcyclist hurt in Auburn crash

Reporter query: Need a relative to knock it off on Facebook?

We feel your pain. And we’d like your stories.

‘A jam-packed weekend’: Balloon festival days away

AUBURN — For weeks, organizers of the 2019 Great Falls Balloon Festival have been updating their Facebook page at least once a day. “Single digits!” they wrote last week when the countdown to the festival got to nine days. “Eight days!” they wrote a day later, adding a photo of a balloon hovering over the […]