AUBURN — City officials will host a public hearing Thursday to discuss rules for flea markets, peddlers and garage sale permits. City ordinances currently require peddlers and people hosting sales on city sidewalks to get a license from the Police Department. Residents also need to get a permit to schedule a garage sale. City staff […]
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L-A This Week: Week of August 5, 2013
Monday, Aug. 5 AUBURN — City Council workshop and regular meeting in the Council Chambers of Auburn Hall. Workshop to begin at 5:30 p.m. with discussions including the school budget, a city Public Services department and liquor licenses. Regular meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and topics include the school budget and referendum, […]
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Sights Unseen: Glimpses of the past at the Androscoggin Historical Society
Tucked away in the top floor of the Androscoggin County Building at the corner of Turner and Court streets in Auburn are bits and pieces of local history. Photos, records, statues, medals, old currency, dolls, hats, swords and hundreds of other artifacts are in storage or on display at the Androscoggin Historical Society Library and […]
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Driver injured after crashing in front of Lake Auburn
AUBURN — A single-vehicle crash on Center Street sent the driver to a hospital Friday afternoon. A man was headed north near Lake Auburn when he apparently didn’t see a vehicle stopped by a driver making a left turn into the Lake Auburn turnaround, witnesses said. They said the man swerved to miss the stopped […]
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Robert D. Turcotte Award presented to volunteers
LEWISTON — Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice presented the Robert D. Turcotte Award to three individuals at the spring Volunteer Recognition events held in Auburn, Farmington and Bridgton. The award is presented in honor of Robert Turcotte, an Auburn resident, who was treasurer of the Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice’s Board of Directors from 1978 […]
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Education key for L/A Arts going forward
LEWISTON — Future efforts for L/A Arts may center on its ongoing education efforts, according to officials. Board Chairwoman Judy Vardamis said L/A Arts would continue to promote the Friday night art walks in the downtown and the winter-themed ICEFest. But other events, including the Brad Strause and Friends Concert that was scheduled for Wednesday […]
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Lost Valley race will be good practice for the zombie apocalypse
AUBURN — On your mark, get set: Braaaaaainnns. Organizers behind the new Zombie Mountain Challenge have designed a course that will have runners zigzagging up and down the mountain at Lost Valley, dodging zombies. It will be held at night, under the lights, on Oct. 26. Registration opened Thursday. “You can’t have a zombie thing […]
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Marjorie G. Benway
1929 – 2013 LEWISTON — Marjorie G. Benway, 84, of 102 Campus Ave., died Wednesday, July 31, at d’Youville Pavilion in Lewiston. She was born in Poland on March 26, 1929, the daughter of the late James and Gladys (Stevenson) Edwards. She was a graduate of E.L.H.S. Class of 1947, and went on to St. […]
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Auburn School Committee unveils third budget
AUBURN — Third time’s a charm. The School Committee hopes so, anyway. On Wednesday, the committee unveiled its third budget of the season. The most current is a slightly leaner version that brings a zero tax increase, something some voters have demanded in response to earlier budgets. The bottom line of the new budget is […]
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P&G Cincinnati Fund donates to Camp Susan Curtis
PORTLAND — The Susan L. Curtis Charitable Foundation, which operates Camp Susan Curtis in Stoneham, received an $8,100 grant this year from the Live, Learn and Thrive program of The P&G Cincinnati Fund, affiliated with Tambrands, Inc. of Auburn, a Procter & Gamble company. The grant will sponsor seven low-income boys and girls from Auburn […]