AUBURN — The Lake Auburn Neighborhood Watch group will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the West Auburn Congregational Church. Mayor Jason Levesque will be the guest speaker, providing city updates and talking about the city’s sesquicentennial celebration planned in the coming year.
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Cigarette butt sparks barn fire at Wallingford's Fruit House
AUBURN — Firefighters quickly extinguished a smouldering fire Tuesday morning in a barn at Wallingford’s Fruit House on Perkins Ridge Road. Fire Inspector David O’Connell said a worker admitted to having put out a cigarette on the floor of the barn and walking away at about 10 a.m. The fire caused “very minor damage,” O’Connell […]
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DOT to close Bernard Lown Peace Bridge for paving Thursday night
The Bernard Lown Peace Bridge between Lewiston and Auburn is scheduled to be closed Thursday evening for paving by the Maine Department of Transportation. The bridge will be closed to traffic from 8 p.m. Thursday until 6 a.m. Friday. The Auburn Police Department asks motorists to seek an alternate route. The Bernard Lown Peace Bridge, […]
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Auburn police arrest suspect after brief foot chase
Auburn police look under a vehicle Tuesday morning while looking for a suspect near the Auburn Public Library. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — A 22-year-old man led police on a brief foot chase near the local library Tuesday morning. Police arrested Isaiah Dunham on a warrant for probation revocation. The chase ensued after Dunham was […]
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Auburn Community Band announces holiday season recitals
AUBURN — The Auburn Community Concert Band has announced that rehearsals for their upcoming holiday concert season will begin Wednesday, Sept. 12. This is an ideal opportunity for former high school and college band members to experience the enjoyment of performing regularly in front of large audiences. The Auburn band has a particular need for […]
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Auburn author recounts life in Vietnam's harrowing tunnels
Few people understand fear of the unknown better than Jack Flowers and his fellow tunnel rats of Vietnam. A combat engineer platoon leader in the 1st Infantry Division, Flowers, equipped just a knife, pistol, hand grenades and a flashlight, would lower himself into one of the dark, narrow crevices He and his men had no […]
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Kyron Hobdy to headline comedy show at Fitts’ Bar & Grill
AUBURN — Comedian Kyron Hobdy will headline “The Second Saturday Showcase” at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at the new Fitts’ Bar & Grill, 150 Center St. The show will be hosted by Lewiston’s own Dawn Hartill and will also feature Rob Nesbitt, Nick Gordon and Boston comic Jai Demeule. Hobdy has spent the last […]
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Planned Auburn brewery also will sell naming rights to the bathroom
Matt Johannes, left, and Ben Low, owners of the new Side By Each Brewing Co. opening later this year in Auburn, have started a Founders Community program that’s trading things like equipment naming rights and beer discounts for early start-up funds for the company. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal file photo)Side By Each Brewing Co., which announced […]
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Auburn Public Library forms new group, Leaning Shed Crafters
AUBURN — The Auburn Public Libraryhas created a new weekly program designed to tap into creativity. Leaning Shed Crafters will meet the second Friday of each month for an hour of crafting and inventiveness. The first meeting of the group will be at noon on Friday, Sept. 14, at the library, 49 Spring St. With fall […]
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Live music for this week's Art Walk LA
L/A Arts welcomes the public to the Art Walk Friday in downtown Lewiston and Auburn, which will feature live music in select venues along the walk. This is a wonderful opportunity to experience a wide range of musical genres and performers at no charge. As a complement to the rich array of visual art exhibits […]