RUMFORD — Members of local Elks Lodge No. 862 held a brainstorming meeting Tuesday night to find ways to keep the lodge operating, but leaders are waiting to release the results. Ann White, chairwoman of the fraternal organization’s Board of Trustees, said Wednesday afternoon that a group of members plan to get together within the […]
2011
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn
Auburn waste company fined
AUBURN — The Department of Environmental Protection has fined a waste company for taking apart computers and televisions in violation of state regulations. EWaste Recycling Solutions was fined $27,500 last month and agreed to rectify problems the DEP found at the Bark Mulch Drive plant. According to an eWaste official, the problems found at the […]
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Baldacci pardons non-U.S. citizens
In one of his last official acts as Maine’s governor Wednesday, John Baldacci signed the pardon of a Portland man convicted of manslaughter in his sister’s death. It was an effort to prevent him from being deported to a country he doesn’t remember and where he doesn’t speak the language. A week earlier, Baldacci signed […]
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Sex offender notification
Sex offender notification The following people meet Auburn Police Department’s policy on community notification. Offender’s name: John Garshva Age: 54 Street address: 257 Turner St., Auburn Conviction: Open and gross lewd and lascivious behavior Date of conviction: June 14, 1995 Conviction: Open and gross lewd and lascivious behavior Date of conviction: May 4, 1994 Conviction: […]
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Wanted: Creativity for Auburn Art Wall
AUBURN — L/A Arts and the City of Auburn invite local artists to submit work for the public art project designed to enhance the Main Street Auburn Wall. Two-dimensional work in any medium will be considered. Work submitted should fit the broad theme: “Androscoggin: Our Living River.” Selected works will be reproduced on panels attached […]
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LePage ready to work, fight
AUGUSTA — Paul LePage walked slowly, solemnly into the State Reception Room of the Blaine House on Wednesday morning. A Senate committee was waiting to notify the Lewiston native that the election results were official. LePage was to be sworn in as Maine’s next governor. It was a quiet moment, interrupted only by clicking camera […]
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Klebba has fun with slightly shady character in ‘The Cape’
DETROIT — Troy, Mich., native Martin Klebba thinks his new NBC series, “The Cape,” might be the answer for TV lovers critical of the mundane options that usually fill network s’ broadcast schedules. “There’s nothing on TV like it right now,” Klebba says about the new comic book-style crime caper starring David Lyons (“ER”) as […]
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Progress Center to open community kitchen to feed needy
NORWAY — A new community kitchen at the Progress Center is expected feed hundreds of needy residents. “We’re just so thrilled. This has been a lot of work,” Progress Center Administrative Assistant Priscilla Burnette said Wednesday. “We have been so blessed but I think we have a great need. This is something we are doing […]
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Bates Mill housing project gets financing
LEWISTON — The developer behind an ambitious plan to convert Bates Mill No. 2 into 48 mixed-income apartments said the proposal moved from hope to reality Wednesday. With word that MaineHousing had awarded The Lofts at Bates Mill $5.2 million in low-income housing tax credits, “the project is definitely a go,” said Nathan Szanton, president of […]