Starting June 30, Auburn residents will have to pay per pound to drop bulky waste items at Maine Waste to Energy on Goldthwaite Road.
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Tribal online gaming bill clears hurdle in Maine House
The bill still faces additional votes, and the Mills administration opposed it during a public hearing in March.
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Posted inFranklin, News
North Jay boil water order still in effect as flow is restored
Ben Wright, superintendent of North Jay Water District, was driving down to an Auburn laboratory with samples of water to be tested on Thursday afternoon.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Maine, News, Oxford Hills
Police budget to draw much debate at Paris town meeting
The town meeting will be held Monday at the fire station beginning at 6 p.m.
Posted inFranklin, News, The Franklin Journal
Wilton residents to decide who controls ATV access in town
A citizen initiative asks residents if they want to rescind a 2023 vote that reaffirmed Select Board authority of ATV access routes, and give control to voters at town meetings.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine Democrats support high cigarette tax as state budget takes shape
Democrats on the budget committee voted to increase Mills’ proposed cigarette tax increase from $1 a pack to $1.50 a pack — a move Republicans slammed as hurting low-income Mainers.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Lewiston panel speaks on ‘Building Hope’ around homelessness
Local advocates and service providers held a discussion Wednesday night at the Franco Center following the showing of a documentary on homelessness in Maine.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine’s craft breweries bracing as aluminum tariffs hit can costs
Already operating on tight margins and facing growing competition, brewers are loath to raise prices even as the cost of materials ratchets up.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Garland woman arrested in connection with April killing in Hartland
Bonnie Coombs, 69, of Garland, was arrested Wednesday in connection with the shooting death of her sister two months ago in Hartland.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Maine MILL construction underway in Lewiston
Construction is on schedule for the new Maine MILL location in Lewiston.