AUBURN — A mistrial was declared in the Raikuez Melchoirre stabbing trial after three days of deadlocked jury deliberation. A jury of six men and six women began deliberations on Thursday afternoon in the 2011 case, and, by Monday afternoon, they reported to the judge in Androscoggin County Superior Court that they were deadlocked. Justice […]
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Edward Little students get iPads
AUBURN — Monday was iPad rollout day at Edward Little High School. For the first time, every student — 956 of them — was given an Apple iPad tablet computer to replace their laptops. About half of Maine’s high schools provide computers to students. This year, more Maine schools bought iPads than laptops. Statewide, schools […]
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AdvancePierre associates offered time, company donated food
AUBURN — AdvancePierre Foods and hundreds of its associates celebrated the company’s third annual Volunteer Day on Aug. 22 by donating time and food products to support local nonprofit food distribution and youth organizations. The volunteer activities, which included packaging items for child feeding programs, assisting with mobile food pantry distribution, organizing items at food […]
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Rev. Dan Warren comes to St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
AUBURN — St. Michael’s Episcopal Church has called The Rev. Dan Warren. Warren grew up in Windsor, Conn., along the Connecticut River north of Hartford. He attended the Windsor Public Schools, graduated from Yale University and taught at the East Harlem Block Schools in New York City before attending the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, […]
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Auburn Democrats meet Tuesday
AUBURN — The monthly meeting of the Auburn Democratic City Committee will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at the Auburn City Building from 7 to 9 p.m. Candidates for Auburn city council and mayor have been invited to address the committee to introduce themselves and state their goals regarding the office. Parking is available […]
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University of Maine dean’s list
ORONO — The University of Maine recognized 2,032 students for achieving dean’s list honors in the spring 2013 semester. The following area students were on the list. Androscoggin County Auburn: Lauren Bennett, Felicia Binette, Taylor Brackett, Adam Chamberland, Marlee Collins, Alyssa Coyne, Marie Dufresne-Dixon, Charlotte Gaylord, Ashten Hackett, Alendra Harris, Mikael Heikkinen, Douglas Kester, Travis […]
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Well done – Student achievements
BALTIMORE — Joshua Charest, who is attending Johns Hopkins University, made the dean’s list for the recent winter semester. Joshua is the son of John and Louise Charest who live in Lewiston. He is a 2010 graduate of St. Dominic Academy, Auburn. Joshua was also recently accepted into the Johns Hopkins engineering master’s program and […]