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Emily’s Run to be held Sunday

Race two of this year’s Greater L-A Triple Crown 5K Series will be held Sunday, July 21. Emily’s Run will kick off at 8:30 a.m.; event day registration is $25. The 5K course, which begins and ends at Edward Little High School in Auburn, is considered moderately hilly. Runners will leave the high school, turn […]

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Auburn’s Remedy Center: Business is growing

AUBURN — Remedy Compassion Center has been in business just over two years, quietly selling medical marijuana out of a former furniture store next to Craft-Mania in the Auburn Plaza. Founders Tim and Jenna Smale won’t talk patient numbers beyond saying they’re on target for initial projections (655 patients by year three). But business is […]

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Museum L-A receives grant to preserve textile designs

LEWISTON —  Museum L-A has received $1,000 to preserve and provide better access to its historical collections as part of the Historical Records Collections Grant Program. With the grant, Museum L-A continues its project to inventory and preserve unique designs created by Bates Manufacturing from 1950 through 1970. The collection celebrates the handiwork of designs […]

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Nadeau named 2013 Donald Guy Scholarship winner

AUBURN — The 2013 Donald Gay Scholarship, funded by the Edward Little Class of 2013 in honor of the school’s music director from 1944-1959, was awarded to Amanda Nadeau during Class Night ceremonies. E.L. band director William E. Buzza praised Nadeau’s leadership and talent through her involvement in many of the school’s musical groups including […]

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Auburn student wins Garelick Farms design contest

AUBURN — Second-grader Sommer Russell has been named the Androscoggin County winner of the Garelick Farms”Pure Happiness” design contest. Russell is a student at the Fairview School. He will receive a $500 savings bond and $500 for the art department at Fairview School to use for art supplies, or any other education-related expenses. Earlier this […]

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Five students win Musgrave scholarships

LEWISTON — College for ME-Androscoggin, in partnership with the Maine Community Foundation, announces five winners of Thomas W. Musgrave and Beulah Long Musgrave Fund Scholarships in Androscoggin County. College for ME-Androscoggin will award $1,000 scholarships to the following students: Joseph Berry of Auburn, University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College; Carman Edwards of Auburn, University of […]

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Well done – Area students earn degrees

WORCESTER, Mass. — Caitlin Bonney received a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Massachusetts Worcester during a ceremony held June 2. She was honored with the Association of Academic Surgery Student Research Award. Bonney is the daughter of Forrest and Pamela Bonney of New Sharon. A 2001 graduate of Mount Blue High School, […]