AUBURN — The City Council approved a waiver of foreclosure Monday for the empty Auburn Enterprise Center industrial park, giving the beleaguered project at least another year to secure potential tenants. The council voted 4-1, with two abstentions, to allow the waiver, two weeks after officials tabled a vote on the issue. The land off […]
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Auburn waives foreclosure for industrial park land
AUBURN — The City Council approved a waiver of foreclosure Monday for the empty Auburn Enterprise Center industrial park, giving the beleaguered project at least another year to secure potential tenants. The council voted 4-1, with two abstentions, to allow the waiver, two weeks after officials tabled a vote on the issue. The land off […]
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Auburn Legion announces December events
AUBURN — The American Legion, William J. Rogers Post 153, 71 South Main St., has announced its December events. Members and guests are welcome. Music, Dance & Karaoke — Every Friday and Saturday in December, from 7 to 11 p.m. Music will be provided by DJ Jean Louis. From 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Dec. […]
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36-unit apartment project underway on Minot Avenue in Auburn
A panoramic view shows the nearly $5 million construction project on Minot Avenue in Auburn, next to Fairview Elementary School. The project will have 36 apartment units across three buildings, according to city permits. Project contractor Benchmark Construction describes the project as a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, with some being townhouse units. The […]
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The Buzz: 275-seat buffet coming to Lewiston Mall, Portland Pie Co. still coming to Lincoln St.
This week’s Buzz is ready to dish on three things food and three things construction. First up: Dave’s American Buffet. Dave Paine of Lewiston is opening his new 275-seat restaurant in the Lewiston Mall next month after 40 years in the food industry, the last 10 running food and beverage at the Ramada Inn. “It’s […]
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Maine Turnpike Exit 75 closures scheduled for Wednesday night
AUBURN — The Maine Department of Transportation announces intermittent closures scheduled Wednesday evening at the on and off ramps to the Maine Turnpike. From 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, crews will be installing equipment over the southbound on and off ramps at Exit 75. Each lane closure is expected to last about 20 […]
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, Dec. 3 AUBURN — City Council workshop and meeting, 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber at Auburn Hall. Workshop agenda includes presentation on tax-increment financing. Meeting agenda includes approving a waiver of foreclosure on the Auburn Enterprise Center industrial park. TUESDAY, Dec. 4 AUBURN — Strategic Planning Committee, 8 a.m. in the Council Chamber […]
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St. Dom’s classmates turn out for struggling Auburn family
AUBURN — D’Arcy Ames and Gary Couture had each been single for years when they were set up by their mutual longtime hairdresser. She’d had a dream one night of them walking through the door together. She was right. They clicked. The couple got engaged in 2010 and Ames moved into Couture’s Auburn house that year, […]
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Auburn boy raises money with ornaments
After buying several ornaments, Heather Dion of Auburn replaces them with more on a tree at Gritty McDuff’s in Auburn on Thursday night. “I buy them every year and wanted to come again this year to support my former neighbor,” she said. Brayden Bashaw, 13, a seventh-grader from Auburn, is hoping to raise more than […]
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Auburn pupils serve up Friendship Feast
Celeste Hotham gives her 4-year-old son, Ari, a kiss after he and his prekindergarten class sang for their families at Sherwood Heights Elementary School in Auburn on Thursday. Ari Hotham and his classmates invited family members to their Friendship Feast, where students served homemade soup, bread and butter. Jen Libby has made the Friendship Feast […]