Jeannine Beliveau of Lewiston talks with Salvation Army bell-ringers Jeff and Debbie Reynolds after dropping some money in the kettle outside Walmart in Auburn on Wednesday. The Reynoldses have been volunteering for the Red Kettle Campaign for the past seven years. The Salvation Army has until Dec. 24 to meet its campaign goal of raising […]
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Nomination papers for Ward 4 available in Auburn
AUBURN — Nomination papers for the Ward 4 School Committee seat are available in the City Clerk’s Office. All nomination papers must be filed with the clerk no later than 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, which is 75 days before the election, per city charter. No fewer than 25 signatures of qualified voters from Ward […]
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Ivy among the poinsettias at Auburn farm
Melissa Mercay-Collins discovers Ivy, the greenhouse cat, while moving some poinsettias in the Whiting Farms greenhouse Tuesday afternoon. Behind her, Nicole Buck helps organize the plants. The farm is owned by the nonprofit John F. Murphy Homes and provides jobs and developmental programs for Murphy clients. Many of its programs are run in partnership with Edward Little […]
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Passenger in Auburn crash in fair condition
AUBURN — A passenger involved in a collision between two pickup trucks Monday night on Minot Avenue remained in fair condition at a Lewiston hospital Tuesday, according to a hospital spokesman. David Hodgkin, 48, whose hometown was not immediately available, was being treated at Central Maine Medical Center where he was in fair condition, a […]
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Shoveling foreshadows a white Christmas
Jessica Ireland shovels snow from her driveway in Auburn on Monday. “Yesterday I was raking leaves!” she said. Her teenage children, she said, are excited about a having a white Christmas. (Sun Journal photo by Andree Kehn) Jessica Ireland shovels snow from her driveway in Auburn on Monday. “Yesterday I was raking leaves!” she said. […]
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, Dec. 17 AUBURN — City Council workshop and meeting, 5:30 p.m. in the council chamber at Auburn Hall. Workshop agenda includes joint meeting of the council and School Committee. LEWISTON — School Committee and City Council joint workshop, 7 p.m. in the conference room at the Dingley Building. TUESDAY, Dec. 18 AUBURN — Strategic […]
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Kudos: Randy Robbins has the giving spirit
LEWISTON — Staff members at the Children’s Advocacy Center of Androscoggin, Franklin & Oxford Counties often step into the office in the morning to find something has changed. Maybe the toilet has been fixed or a light bulb replaced. During the winter, perhaps the driveway has been shoveled. Sometimes, there are chocolates or encouraging notes […]
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Alternative school students oppose moving to Edward-Little
AUBURN — When Sierra Luke, 15, was at Edward Little High School earlier this year, “it was pretty overwhelming,” she said. Now a student at Franklin, the city’s alternative school, Luke is opposed to moving Franklin into Edward Little High School when the new school opens in 2023. During an interview with a group of […]
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Briefly: Encore
Auditions for “The Vagina Monologues” AUBURN — V-Day aUbUrn 2019 will hold auditions for “The Vagina Monologues” from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, and from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8. Audition material will be provided. Monologues will be read in the show, and need not be memorized. Dress rehearsal will be […]
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Mark LaFlamme: Mushroom for improvement
Shrooms A plan is in the works to lure a mushroom factory to Auburn, which city officials promise would make the area the mushroom capital of America. That sounds pretty exciting and all, but to gain that distinction, Auburn is going to have to bare knuckle fight Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, which currently holds that title. […]