AUBURN — Members of the Auburn Democratic City Committee, their guests and other Auburn Democrats are invited to gather at Margarita’s Mexican Restaurant, 180 Center St., on Tuesday, Dec. 17 at 6 p.m., for the annual holiday celebration. Each attendee is asked to bring at least one item of nonperishable food for donation to the […]
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Auburn enacts weekend parking ban
AUBURN — In anticipation of a weekend snowstorm, the city of Auburn has initiated a parking ban from midnight on Saturday, Dec. 14, and continuing through 7 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 16. This is the first year of the new Business District Zone, which is exempt from the parking ban between 7 a.m. and 11 […]
Basketball roundup
Auburn Parks and Recreation Department Basketball League A League Lewiston Pawn Shop 68, GIF Masonry 44 Jon Cademan scored 20 points for Pawn Shop and Chuck Faletra had 14 for GIF Masonry. Crew 63, KC Auto 57 Rory Dupuis scored 21 points for Crew and Corey Therriault had 15 for KC. Chapter 11 Furniture 68, […]
Bolduc’s email: Frustration plus really bad spelling
Police are familiar with all manner of nuisance complaints: The music is too loud. The car is “all over the road.” The kids are cutting through my lawn. And, yes, the perennial: My neighbor’s cat is doing his business in my flower beds. So we have no problem with Auburn resident Brian Bolduc asking police […]
Christmas Pageant at West Auburn church
AUBURN — The West Auburn Congregational Church will hold its annual Christmas Pageant at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 22, at the church, 811 West Auburn Road. It will be a multi-generational performance with a real baby playing the part of Jesus. Whitney and Chuck Buker will be Mary and Joseph and their son, Ford, […]
Charities in need this Christmas
AUBURN — Envoy Holly Johnson wanted to add more names to the Angel tree in the Auburn Mall, each a boy or girl with wishes like Legos and Barbies, and couldn’t. It was too full of lingering wishes. With 12 days before Christmas, the Lewiston chapter of the Salvation Army is 1,000 gifts short. “We […]
Albert A. Dionne
1917 – 2013 AUBURN — Albert A. Dionne, 96, formerly of 96 Pond Road, Lewiston, passed away peacefully at Bolster Heights in Auburn on Tuesday, Dec. 10. He was born in Lewiston on Nov. 19, 1917, son of the late Ludger and Irene Turcotte Dionne. He served in the Army during World War II from […]
Donatien H. Dutil
1922 – 2013 AUBURN — Donatien H. Dutil, 91, formerly of Lewiston, died early Wednesday morning, Dec. 11, at Clover Manor Health Care Facility with his loving family by his side following a brief illness. He was born in Lewiston on Jan. 21, 1922, the son of the late Lucien and Adrienne (Pare) Dutil and […]
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Free yoga at Dempsey LEWISTON — The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing will offer a free yoga workshop for cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. “Restorative Yoga: Relax and Renew” will take place from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the Dempsey Center, 29 Lowell St. Yoga instructor Tish Caldwell will […]