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Auburn curbside recycling returns Monday
AUBURN — Curbside recycling will return Monday, according to city officials. The city’s twice monthly collections resume July 8. Residents who normally have their recycling collected on the first and the third weeks of the month had no collections last week, the first week of July and the first week of Auburn’s 2013-14 fiscal year. […]
Police to open Goff Hill for fireworks viewing
AUBURN — Goff Hill will be available for viewing Thursday night’s fireworks, even though police will have fewer officers on duty for the Twin Cities July 4 Liberty Festival. Police Chief Phil Crowell said police will have one officer closing down Court Street between Lake and Fern streets to traffic at dusk Thursday. That part […]
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Turner library two days of sales TURNER — The Turner Public Library will hold its annual book sale from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, July 4, and from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, July 6. There will be thousands of books, an especially inviting children’s area and videos, CDs and DVDs. Hardcovers will […]
Leonard Victor Young
AUBURN — Leonard Victor Young, 66, of Auburn, passed away on Sunday, June 30, at the Auburn Hospice House. He was the husband of Sandra L. (Gagnon) Young. He was born Dec. 22, 1946, in Gouldsboro, a son of the late Maynard and Adelia (Moore) Young. At age 4, he was diagnosed with Polio. After […]
Petition seekers set sights on June for Lewiston-Auburn consolidation vote
LEWISTON — Twin Cities voters will not see a consolidation question on November’s ballot this year, according to organizers. Chamber of Commerce Chair Chip Morrison said he and volunteers have collected about 650 signatures from Auburn voters and about 600 for Lewiston on petitions to put a Lewiston-Auburn charter commission on the ballot. The group […]
LePage school construction veto won’t affect Auburn
AUGUSTA — A school construction bill vetoed Tuesday by Gov. Paul LePage will not mean future state funding for Auburn’s Edward Little High School will be further delayed, Maine Department of Education Deputy Commissioner Jim Rier said. In LePage’s veto letter to state lawmakers Tuesday, LePage wrote that L.D. 1235, “An Act Regarding School Construction” […]
Auburn’s outlet beach park opens but no swimming
City Manager Clinton Deschene said the water in the outlet has failed quality tests eight out of the last 13 times it was tested. According to a City Council decision in May, swimming won’t be allowed at the beach until it passes those tests consistently. “But the park will be open,” Deschene said. “It’s open […]
Councilors undo cuts: Fire station, recycling, special events back in budget
AUBURN — City councilors found $165,000 for the fiscal year 2013-14 budget Monday and undid the three most unpopular cuts they made last week. Councilors will fund $120,000 in overtime for Fire Department, ending a plan to close New Auburn Fire Station 2 for 190 days each year. Councilors also agreed to put $25,000 toward […]
Auburn council approves school budget for second vote
AUBURN — A proposed 4.93 percent spending increase for Auburn schools now goes to voters. City councilors approved the School Department’s second attempt at a school budget Monday night, setting the special budget referendum vote for July 23. According to state law, voters have final say on education spending. Absentee ballots should be available Tuesday […]