CHARGES LEWISTON * Crystal Lynn Rousseau, 26, of 869 Sabattus St., probation hold, 10 p.m. Friday, Sabattus Street. * Ali Hussain Almurshidy, 45, of 2 Granite St., Lewiston, assault, Saturday, 300 Main St. * Amanda Mae Benoit, 25, 55 Tall Pines, disorderly conduct and fighting, assault, 12:40 a.m. Saturday, Acme Social Club, 255 Park St. […]
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Council gives developer two-year option for old police station
AUBURN — Councilors gave developer Joe Casalinova two more years to come up with a development plan for the city’s old police station at 1 Minot Ave. “By the time you take it from concept through permitting through planning, our goal is to not have to take 24 months,” Casalinova said Monday. “But it does […]
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One Minot Avenue developer gets more time from city
AUBURN — Councilors will give Joe Casalinova of Building Solutions Inc. more time to plot his proposed renovations to the city’s old police station at One Minot Avenue. Councilors voted this past spring to give Casalinova until Friday to come up with a plan for the building, but he said Monday he’s close to working […]
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Ghosts are running wild among the books at the Auburn library, says local ghost hunter
AUBURN — If Howard Labbe’s observations are correct, our community is crawling with ghosts. They teem in vacant houses. They run rampant in downtown apartments and pretty much rule attics everywhere. Ghosts are all over the place, according to Labbe’s research, and the Auburn Public Library is no exception. The operator of Restless Spirits Investigations […]
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Auburn freezes plan for ice arena
“We have looked at this again and again and again, and this is the end of this chapter,” Councilor Joshua Shea said. “Perhaps its the end of the movie, but the numbers don’t work. I really really wish they did. I really do. But the sad fact is, since we are representing the taxpayers of […]
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2012 Investigation: Seeking a safer way: Route 4 drivers say deaths, injuries prove changes needed
More than a dozen years after a Maine Department of Transportation study found Route 4 to be a high-speed, high-volume road with crashes more severe than similar rural highways, residents, city officials, lawmakers and transportation experts are pushing to make the Auburn section safer.
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Developer eyes widening scope beyond old Auburn police station
AUBURN — A plan for renovations to the city’s old police station at 1 Minot Ave. should consider the future of the entire Minot Avenue-Court Street corridor, according to developer Joe Casalinova. “There’s a grander vision here, and it’s not about what I want,” he said. “It’s about what the community wants for that area. […]
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Auburn extends deadline for potential police building developer
AUBURN — Councilors on Monday gave a developer interested in taking over the old Auburn police station at 1 Minot Ave. another 30 days to get his business plan together. Auburn Economic Development Assistant Keith McBride said Building Solutions Inc. of Oxford needed more time to settle some questions about how they would use the […]
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Kittyhawk hotel sign of big things for southern Auburn
AUBURN — An 85-room hotel in the southern part of the city that could break ground this summer could just be the first step toward bigger things. Developer Joe Casalinova, president of Oxford-based Building Solutions, said the Best Western Plus planned for Auburn’s Kittyhawk Business Park is part of larger negotiations that have been going […]
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Developer eyes old Auburn PD building
AUBURN — Developer Building Solutions Inc. is looking at the old Police Station at 1 Minot Ave. as a new headquarters and possible office building. The Auburn City Council signed an option agreement with Building Solutions Tuesday night giving the developer 60 days to investigate the site and determine if the plans are feasible. The […]