The Comprehensive Planning Committee is looking for more feedback from residents about what they think of proposed future land use maps.
Kendra Caruso
Staff Writer
Kendra Caruso is the Auburn city reporter for the Sun Journal. After graduating from the University of Maine in 2019, she got her start in journalism at The Republican Journal in Belfast. She started working at the Sun Journal in 2023 writing about health and education. She has a passion for community reporting and keeping people informed on important happenings in their town.
Posted inCommunity, News
Lisbon councilors deny licenses as 2 cannabis shops continue fight
207 Edibles and Lisbon Cannabis Co. operate out of a building at 5 Canal St.
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Tariffs could drive up costs for Lisbon Middle School expansion
The project is also behind schedule as school officials await a state permit.
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Lisbon increases cost of town permits to reduce tax burden
In some cases the fees were more than doubled, though the new rates are similar to what other towns charge, officials said.
Posted inCommunity, News
Auburn council wants $500K cut from school budget
The Auburn School Department has put forward a budget, sacrificing some student supports above and beyond the general curriculum.
Posted inCommunity, News
Auburn proposal would be 1st affordable housing project in years
A group wants to build 32 subsidized units close to the downtown to provide permanent housing for people experiencing homelessness.
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Artemis II mission flew with parts from a Lewiston metal technology company
The company’s connection to the spacecraft links Maine to a historic space mission.
Posted inCommunity, News
Auburn weighs how to spend thousands of dollars in opioid settlement funds
The city has received $660,000 in the last several years from opioid lawsuit settlement payouts.
Posted inCommunity
Lisbon Town Council appoints Sarah Bennett new town manager
Bennett has been with the town for more than 2 years and has enjoyed working for a community with such an active citizenry.
Posted inCommunity
Auburn library declines to renew Minot contract
The move ends a roughly 2-decade-long relationship with the town and a source of revenue outside of the city.