Maine people need to realize that the same Legislature that passed a bill to clean up the offensive motor vehicle license plates will be asking the Secretary of State’s Office of Motor Vehicles to clean up the mess it created initially. One has to remember that this is the same government bureaucracy that has allowed […]

My sincere congratulations and thanks to Edward Little football coach Dave Sterling for his exceptional devotion, and on a job well done. With players that he coached wishing him well and talking about the impact he had on their lives and what they learned about the game of life as well as the game of football, […]

Almost two years ago, the Auburn City Council understood its need for an updated understanding of how to protect Lake Auburn water. The report was very specific, recognizing the fragility of the water supply for Lewiston, Auburn and parts of Poland. It specifically said no changes should be made to the zoning around the lake. […]

Big zoning changes are being recommended that would change more than 1,687 acres of residential neighborhoods in Auburn.The Planning Board is recommending to the Auburn City Council major zoning changes in residential neighborhoods in the center of Auburn. Included are neighborhoods in the area of Lake Street, Poland Road, Fairview Avenue, Nottingham Road, near the […]

For Auburn residents, it is time to understand and to appropriately apply form-based codes. Auburn’s FBCs speak to “Downtown City” (T-5.2), “Downtown Center” (T-5.1), “Downtown Neighborhood” (T-4.2), and “Mainstreet ” (T-4.1.). The FBC concept was developed and utilized in consideration of compact urban interests to recognize unifying neighborhood characteristics and to encourage maintenance and stabilization. […]

I am writing to call attention to the proposed zoning changes in Auburn. I am particularly concerned about the one that includes the Court Street and Western Avenue areas. Proposed changes would allow up to 16 units in each building as opposed to the current rule that allows three per building. Changes would also allow […]

Auburn’s Planning Board has met twice to consider rezoning 1,687 acres of Auburn’s Urban Residential zone to one called Traditional Neighborhood Development District (T-4.2). The proposal increases the allowable housing density in the area by a factor of eight, allows a much wider range of commercial development, relaxes parking restrictions, and changes the character of […]

At the March 15 Lewiston City Council meeting, the recent School Committee vote around the Pledge of Allegiance was brought up. To be clear, the School Committee vote was about whether students needed a parent’s note to abstain from the pledge, nothing more. It is already part of Maine statutes that students do not have […]

Those of us who are retired and on fixed incomes face exceptional hardship when prices skyrocket, particularly with gas and food, as is happening now. When income is fixed, it’s difficult to absorb these rising prices. Retirees are facing prices like we’ve never seen in our lives. I don’t remember it being this bad in […]

I have known Peggy Rotundo for 20 years and have always admired and respected her. She is a mover and a shaker, and she gets things done. The Franco Center is a perfect example of that. In 2000, when the center was founded, she played a major role in getting $1 million from the state […]