AUBURN — Fire crews battled a blaze on Broad Street on Wednesday as flames ripped through the second floor of an apartment building. The fire was reported at about 8:30 p.m. on the upper floors at 130 Broad St., with witnesses reporting smoke blowing out of the second- and third-story windows. When firefighters burst through […]
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Auburn council to review timber harvesting policies
AUBURN — City foresters will put down their axes for the next six months, giving city councilors a chance to review wood harvesting policies. The city will place a 180-day moratorium on cutting wood. “In all likelihood, it will not last that long,” City Manager Clinton Deschene said. “We’ll just get in with some new […]
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Auburn councilor to be named to School Committee
AUBURN — Mayor Jonathan LaBonte, who last month said he might nominate himself to the School Committee, will instead nominate City Councilor Mary LaFontaine. She will take the seat that is reserved for mayoral appointment. LaFontaine is manager of the Lewiston CareerCenter, which links job seekers with training and jobs. She understands the importance of […]
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Auburn clerk, treasurer offices closing for computer upgrades
AUBURN — The city clerk and tax offices will close for one day next week while staff perform computer upgrades. Renee Bogart, Auburn’s director of information and communications technology, said offices in the southern wing of Auburn Hall’s first floor would be closed to the public the entire day Thursday, Dec. 12. “We can’t even […]
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Auburn staff readies for City Council trade show
AUBURN — The Twin Cities airport and Lewiston-Auburn 911 will join city departments Thursday at an informal orientation session in Auburn Hall. “The schools are coming and all city departments, and we added in a few more,” City Manager Clinton Deschene said. “We limited it to large, standing city departments. There are other organizations we […]
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Lewiston-Auburn group among 4 applying to start charter school
AUGUSTA — Four more organizations have submitted lengthy applications to the Maine Charter School Commission to open new schools next fall, including two that are vying to be Maine’s first statewide, Internet-based “virtual schools.” The organizations that submitted full applications by the Dec. 2 deadline were the following: — Lewiston-Auburn Academy Charter School, which seeks […]
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Opportunity Enterprises holiday fair AUBURN — A holiday fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6-7, at Opportunity Enterprises, 400 Center St. The fair will have baked goods, hats and mittens, decorations, ornaments, raffle baskets and more. All crafts and baked goods are handmade by individuals with developmental […]
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Twin Cities holiday parade is tonight
See also: Plan ahead to avoid parade traffic The parade will start on Ash Street, stop in Kennedy Park for a tree lighting and the Salvation Army canteen, progress down Lisbon Street to Main Street, cross the Longley Bridge, and continue to Auburn’s Festival Plaza. There, festivities will continue with a tree and menorah lighting, photos […]
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Plan ahead to avoid parade traffic
LEWISTON — Local police are suggesting motorists use alternative routes to avoid street closings and traffic congestion during Wednesday evening’s holiday parade and tree-lighting ceremony. The annual Parade of Lights begins in Lewiston at 6 p.m. and will travel across the Longley Bridge to Auburn. There will be traffic congestion in each downtown for about […]