MONDAY, Feb. 12

LEWISTON — School Committee, regular meeting, 6:45 p.m., Dingley Building second floor. On agenda: consider support of proposed state legislation L.D. 1492, An Act to Attract, Educate and Retain New Mainers to Strengthen the Workforce; vote on nomination of Martel Elementary School assistant principal; review preliminary state education funding and implications for Lewiston. Subcommittees meet at 5:30 p.m. 

LEWISTON — Finance Committee, 5:30 p.m. in the administrator’s conference room at City Hall. 

LEWISTON — Planning Board, 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall. 

TUESDAY, Feb. 13

LEWISTON — Community forum to hear update on proposed performing arts building at Lewiston High School, 6:30 p.m., Multipurpose Room.

LEWISTON — City Council workshop, 6 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall. Agenda includes discussion on opioid addiction and the Bates Mill No. 5 redevelopment. 

AUBURN — School Committee, regular meeting, 7 p.m., Auburn Hall. Agenda: instructional coaches share the work they do with teachers and students; ratification of contract with administrators. Meeting preceded by workshop on committee goals, set budget priorities. 

AUBURN — Citylink bus public meeting, 2 p.m. in the Council Chamber at Auburn Hall. Citylink is looking for feedback on a proposal to add the standard $1.50 rate to the downtown shuttle route. 

AUBURN — Planning Board meeting, 6 p.m. in the community conference room at Auburn Hall. 

AUBURN — “Fake or Factual” challenge on how well you can tell fake news from news, Auburn Public Library, noon to 1 p.m. Headlines will be provided and guests will see if they can tell the difference between real and phony. Staff will lead a discussion on how to be a more critical news consumer. Sponsored by Auburn Public Library, American Library Association and the Center for News Literacy at Stony Brook University.

LEWISTON — Great Falls Forum, noon to 1 p.m., at Lewiston Public Library, featuring Lisa DeSisto, CEO of Sun Media Group and MaineToday Media, with a talk: “A Bright Future for Newspapers.” DeSisto will share her vision of why the future for newspapers, particularly in Maine, appears bright but challenging.

LEWISTON — Citylink bus public meeting, 6 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall. Citylink is looking for feedback on a proposal to add the standard $1.50 rate to the downtown shuttle route. 

AUBURN — Committee on Auburn’s agricultural and natural resource economy, 6 p.m. in the Council Chamber at Auburn Hall. The committee has identified a number of challenges to agriculture in Auburn, and a consultant will present potential solutions.

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