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YMCA holding swimming registration
AUBURN — The Auburn-Lewiston YMCA has announced open registration for participants in the fall session one. The YMCA offers the following 30-minute swim lesson classes for children 6 months to age 5: Parent & Baby, 6 months to 2 years; and Tiny Tot Classes, 2-5 years, where beginner and advanced classes are offered. Youth swim […]
Nominations close Thursday for Auburn council, school races
AUBURN — City candidates are down to their last day to confirm a spot on November’s municipal ballots. Nominations for candidates seeking seats on the City Council and School Committee, and for the mayor’s job close at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 22. Of the 29 people who have taken out nomination papers, 21 have returned them […]
Kathleen Metayer reminisces about her involvement in the Great Falls Balloon Festival
As the early morning sun started to rise above the multistory brick mills, Kathleen Metayer from Auburn methodically straightened the envelope of the hot air balloon Amazing Grace. Her deft moves hinted at the years of experience with the fragile fabric. Pilot Honi Glover needed to give only short directions, and soon the white dove on […]
Share Center, not schools, behind Craigslist giveway
AUBURN — Director Diane Doe said that simply putting the Share Center’s name on a Craigslist advertisement offering desks and office furniture free for the taking would have cleared up a lot of confusion. “I’m sorry that didn’t say ‘Share Center,’” Doe said Tuesday. “It certainly should have, but it was sent out by a […]
Auburn passes $37M school budget
AUBURN — It took three votes, but voters passed a school budget Tuesday by a 2-1 ratio. Early, unofficial returns showed the vote was 1,049 to 545, City Clerk Susan Clements-Dallaire said. The $37.12 million spending plan is $1.2 million more than last year, but because Auburn is receiving more state money for education, it […]
Electricity Maine makes Inc. Magazine fastest-growing list
AUBURN — With growth of more than 7,000 percent in the past three years, Provider Power, the parent company of Electricity Maine, was named no. 33 on the list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in America by Inc. Magazine on Tuesday. “I’ve been reading that magazine for over a decade; I always thought it would […]
For the third time, Auburn to vote on school budget
AUBURN — Retiree Priscilla Miller voted against the Auburn school budget last month and in June. When she goes to the polls Tuesday — the third time this year — Miller said she’ll vote yes. “I don’t think they have it where it should be,” Miller said. “The deal is, it shouldn’t be more than […]