More than a quarter-century after a Native Alaskan woman was brutally slain in Fairbanks, authorities say they used the latest in DNA technology to identify her killer in Auburn.
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Open Mic and Poetry Slam at Auburn UU
The Pleasant Note Coffeehouse will celebrate the 13th anniversary of its Open Mic and Poetry Slam. Since 2006, this free monthly show has drawn people of all ages who share the spirituality of music and spoken word.
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Auburn resident wins Guild of Boston Artists award
Auburn resident Janet Laird-Lagassee has been awarded the Guild of Boston Artists award for excellence in realism in the New England Watercolor Society Signature Members Show for her painting, “Utilitarian Wood.” On view through March 3 at the Guild of Boston Artists, 162 Newbury Street, Boston, the show features the work of 99 of […]
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Cold case: Suspect in 1993 Alaska slaying arrested in Auburn
Police say DNA evidence linked Steven H. Downs to a college student’s murder.
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State education funding projections hold good news for southern Maine districts
Preliminary figures based on Gov. Janet Mills’ budget, released Friday, show relief for districts where state funding decreased last year.
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APL to host community conversations based on ‘American Creed’
Auburn Public Library to host a series of community conversations on defining what it means to be “American.”
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Maine author Jesse McKinnell will speak to Rotary Club
McKinnell is releasing his first novel, “DEAD CATS,” at the A-L Rotary Club breakfast on Feb. 27.
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Hebron woman charged after hitting two school buses in Auburn
Jessica Vennell of Hebron was issued a summons for drunken driving.
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Sun Journal CEO breaks down its reach and readership at chamber breakfast
AUBURN — Eighteen months after Reade Brower bought the Sun Journal, new CEO and Publisher Lisa DeSisto said she’s been conscious of maintaining the newspaper’s local identity. She broke down the paper’s reach and readership at the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce breakfast Thursday at the Hilton Garden Inn. Brower owns six daily newspapers […]
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CLT announces cast for ‘Avenue Q’
AUBURN — Director Paul G. Caron has announced the cast for L/A Community Little Theatre’s production of the hit musical comedy “Avenue Q.” This puppet-filled comedy, with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and book by Jeff Whitty, is an “autobiographical and biographical” coming-of-age parable. It addresses the issues and anxieties associated with […]