AUBURN — A plan that would increase monthly parking permits from $35 to $45 and change the uses of some downtown lots will a topic for the City Council on Tuesday night. Councilors will discuss changes proposed to the city’s parking management plan during their special workshop. Monday’s normal workshop and business meeting was rescheduled […]
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Sabattus Legion shifts meetings SABATTUS — The regular monthly meetings of the American Legion Harry J. Conway Post 135 have moved from the first Monday of the month to the first Wednesday of the month. This change starts with the meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Meetings are not normally scheduled for the months of July […]
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New Auburn Seniors to hold lobster dinner for members
AUBURN — The New Auburn Senior Citizens will host a lobster shore dinner at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, at St. Louis Church basement hall. Other choices are fried haddock, fried shrimp, chicken fingers and lobster rolls. The meal is for members only. Tickets may be purchased at the monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 4. […]
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First Auburn Seniors to meet Sept. 4
AUBURN — The next meeting of the First Auburn Seniors will be held Wednesday, Sept. 4, at the American Legion Hall on Washington Street. The board of directors will meet at 10 a.m. and Sue Patneaude, president, will conduct the 11 a.m. meeting. There will be a basket raffle and, time permitting, bingo will be […]
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Old Town probation officer with Auburn roots never carried gun, focused on making a difference during 39 years on the job
BANGOR — In his nearly 39 years as a probation officer, Ron Sagner never carried a gun. “It wasn’t required when I started in 1975,” Sagner, 66, of Old Town said shortly before he retired in mid-August. “The attitude then was, if you need to carry one, you weren’t the right person for the job.” […]
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Animal Tales: Backyard chickens become like part of the family
AUBURN — Emma and Sophie Wood know each chicken. Daisy, after all, is scrappy. Stella likes to wander. Louise is the sweet one. Well, usually. “She also knows when to take control,” said Sophie, 13. Most people probably wouldn’t consider chickens as pets. But the Auburn sisters love their birds. All eight of them. “They’re […]
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Brian Erickson: an engineer open to new adventures
Brian Erickson University of Maine, mechanical engineering major, graduated May 2009 Current hometown: Auburn Age: 26 Live at home/rent/buy your own home? I moved back in with my parents this spring after living in Charlottesville, Va., for two years, followed by a year in South Portland. Current job? I just started Aug. 5 as a […]
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Elizabeth Mitchell: taking life and career to the West Coast
Elizabeth Mitchell Bates College, art and visual culture major, May 2009 Current hometown: Seattle, Wash. Age: 26 Live at home/rent/buy your own home? Rent Current job? Very currently, as in, for two more weeks, I am coaching sailing at Sail Sand Point on Lake Washington. I had been working in the creative department at L.L.Bean […]