Did you attend St. Louis Catholic Church in Auburn? Its final Mass is scheduled for Aug. 29. If you would like to share your memories of church life there or your thoughts on current plans to tear it down, contact reporter Daniel Hartill at 689-2881 or [email protected]. Recent coverage: St. Louis Church to hold final […]
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A. Ferne Beal Cyr
1932 – 2013 AUBURN — A. Ferne Beal Cyr, 81, of Lewiston, died peacefully in her sleep at the Hospice House in Auburn, Monday August 5, after a year long battle with pancreatic cancer. Ferne was born in Augusta on May 13, 1932, to Cedric E. Beal and Ella Rae Richardson Beal. She grew up […]
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Esther A. Field
1933 – 2013 AUBURN — Esther A. Field, 80, of Greene, passed away on Monday, Aug. 5, at the Hospice House in Auburn. Esther was born in Lewiston, on April 9, 1933, to parents Prentice and Dorothy (Bragdon) Turner. She was a supervisor with the U.S. Census Bureau for 20 years and for many years, […]
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Auburn Trail Riders to meet AUBURN — Auburn Trail Riders ATV club will hold its first open meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, at the West Auburn Congregational Church, 811 West Auburn Road. Danville Grange annual picnic AUBURN — Members of Danville Junction Grange will meet for their annual picnic on Thursday, Aug. 8, […]
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No place like this home: Greene entrepreneur says he’s designed new, improved home concept
GREENE — Details are sparse, and almost sound like a riddle — it’s not underground, it does have a roof, there are no load-bearing walls, foam is somehow involved — but out of that mishmash of clues, Thom Labrie hopes he’s designed a house of the future. He said his invention has been driven by […]
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Judge rules Bryan Wood isn’t able to stand trial in Lewiston arson
AUBURN — No date has yet been set to release Bryan Wood from the Androscoggin County Jail, a release ordered by a Superior Court justice Friday who found Wood is incompetent to stand trial on multiple arson charges in connection with a rash of downtown fires last May. Justice MaryGay Kennedy found Wood, 23, of […]
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Walking tour looks at ‘de-peopled’ downtown
AUBURN — Walking through downtown Auburn is a lonely experience, according to Economic Development Assistant Al Manoian, and it’s pretty much that way by design. “The mindset of so many people is, ‘I have to go downtown because I have an appointment or I have to get something,’” he said. “‘I’m going to take my […]
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Auburn to vote on eliminating bus driver positions
AUBURN — The Auburn School Committee will take up the elimination of bus driver positions when it meets Wednesday. The transportation jobs are being eliminated as part of the school department’s privitatizing of school bus drivers and other transportation staff to Northeast Charter. Auburn Superintendent Kate Grondin said positions eliminated include 23 bus drivers, 3 […]
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New Auburn Seniors meet Aug. 7 AUBURN — The New Auburn Seniors continue to meet at St. Louis Church. The regular monthly meeting will be held at noon Wednesday, Aug. 7, followed by light lunch and bingo. Open bingo will be held at 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Aug. 14 and 28. All seniors are welcome. The […]