MONDAY, Nov. 11 Veterans Day, local government, schools, closed TUESDAY, Nov. 12 AUBURN and LEWISTON — Special joint meeting of Auburn and Lewiston city councils, 6 p.m., Lewiston City Hall, 27 Pine St., first floor in City Council Chambers. LEWISTON — Information session on Affordable Care Act, by Jake Grindle from Western Maine Community Action, […]
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Correction: Wallace apartment on second floor
AUBURN — A story about a drug arrest published Friday on Page A1 should have said Gary Wallace lives in a second-floor apartment at 41 Newbury St. The information was incorrectly reported.
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Smelly Lake Auburn algae puts city water in a pickle
AUBURN — Drinking water in the Twin Cities is safe despite a peculiar cucumber smell caused by a golden-brown algae bloom, according to water quality officials. John Storer, superintendent of the Auburn Water District, said the smell is caused an algae bloom in Lake Auburn, a cold water strain of the algae synura. The drinking […]
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Woman’s Literary Union to host talk about Holocaust and ‘Seed of Sarah’ on Nov. 14
AUBURN — The Woman’s Literary Union of Androscoggin County will host a program at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, led by Suzanne Sullivan of the Auburn Public Library. Sullivan will discuss the book “Seed of Sarah” and the life of its author, Judith Isaacson, during the Holocaust. This program will take place at the historic […]
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American Legion to host supper in honor of veterans
AUBURN — The American Legion, William J. Rogers Post 153, will hold a public spaghetti supper at the Post from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, to celebrate Veterans Week. The cost is $6 for adults; $4 for children The secret spaghetti sauce recipe is known only to its creator, Tibby Dupuis, […]
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Hayes plans to close 150-year-old hardware and supply store on Minot Ave.
AUBURN — Robert Hayes figures his family business is behind the walls of most of Lewiston-Auburn’s historic buildings. “The old horsehair plasters, the cements and mortars, they were all coming through J.L Hayes for the big churches and the mills at some point,” Hayes said. “That’s how we really started.” J.L Hayes and Company has […]
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Auburn police investigate burglaries
AUBURN — Police are investigating a string of daytime burglaries in South Auburn in the past week. Seven homes have been broken into, police said, with jewelry and electronics as the main targets for the thieves. Police said the burglaries have taken place when people are not home, with suspects forcing their way through locked […]
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Newbury Street shooting leads to drug charges
AUBURN — A local man was behind bars on drug charges Thursday night after his apartment on Newbury Street was hit by at least a dozen bullets Wednesday night. Police arrested 26-year-old Gary Wallace, who police say had been living in the first-floor apartment at 14 Newbury St. that was struck by gunfire at about […]
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Man who rammed police cruiser to remain in prison
AUBURN — A Lisbon man who rammed a police cruiser with a dump truck in 2008 will remain in prison. Maine’s highest court upheld his conviction for attempted murder. Prosecutors said that on Sept. 15 of that year, Bartolo Ford fled from Auburn police when they tried to stop his vehicle to question him about […]