AUBURN — City public works crews are warning drivers they’ll be moving the city’s Christmas tree into place at Festival Plaza on Thursday. This year’s tree was donated by Brenda Farrar. Crews will cut it down at its Fletcher Road location and begin moving it to Merrow Road, to Hotel Road and up through Poland […]
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New federal grant will ‘transform’ IT learning at community colleges
AUBURN — As he was shown Monday how Central Maine Community College students use technology to learn law enforcement, auto mechanics and precision machine tools, U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud said he liked what he saw. He was impressed with how students are learning and the college’s 95 percent job placement. Michaud was at CMCC to […]
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Auburn student wins third place in national essay contest
AUBURN — Seven score and 10 years ago today, President Abraham Lincoln stood on a raised wooden platform in the newly established Soldiers’ National Cemetery just outside Gettysburg and delivered a 272-word address on human equality. In that address, the president asked that, in honor of “the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here,”the […]
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Local schools honored for prevention programs
LEWISTON — Let’s Go! 5-2-1-0, a nationally recognized childhood obesity prevention program of the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center, has recognized 210 school, after-school and childcare programs across Maine for supporting children and families in healthy eating and active living. The recognition was given to those organizations and programs that follow five […]
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, Nov. 18 LEWISTON — School Committee, regular meeting, 6:45 p.m., downtown Dingley Building, Lewiston School Department. AUBURN — City Council workshop and regular meeting in Auburn Hall. Workshop is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m., and topics include the future of Ingersoll Arena and amendments to TIF districts. Regular meeting is scheduled to big […]
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State favors incinerators in post-MERC waste disposal decision
AUGUSTA — Trash once meant for Biddeford’s incinerator should still be burned, according to a draft decision issued by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection on Thursday. The draft decision upholds a long-standing policy that determines how household solid waste should be handled, favoring burning trash over putting it in landfills. It does not mandate […]
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Eagle Scout completes labyrinth for church
AUBURN — Eagle Scout candidate Patrick Buzza constructed a labyrinth in a wooded area at the rear of the Auburn United Methodist Church as part of his Eagle Scout quest. In order to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout, the candidate must plan, develop and lead a service project for a community, school or religious […]