Vickie Gaylord, principal of Park Avenue Elementary School, poses with students on one of her last days before she retires. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — For retiring Park Avenue Elementary School Principal Vickie Gaylord, breaking up is hard to do. She wants to see more of her grandchildren in Madawaska and Portland, she said, but […]
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McAnuff to speak at LA Chamber breakfast
AUBURN — Christina McAnuff, executive director of the Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute, will be the guest speaker at the LA Metro Chamber’s breakfast at 7 a.m. Thursday, July 12, at the Hilton Garden Inn Auburn Riverwatch. The Olympia Snow Women’s Leadership Institute is a nonprofit organization operating a three-year, evidence-based program which elevates the confidence […]
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, June 25 LEWISTON — Lewiston School Committee, workshop on superintendent search with Steve Bailey, executive director of Maine School Management Association, 6 p.m., Dingley Building, followed by regular meeting. On agenda: nominations of interim principal for Martel and Longley elementary schools and interim assistant principal at Lewiston High School; collective bargaining agreement; discussion of tragic […]
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Church wing dedicated in Auburn
The Rev. Roger Cousineau leads a prayer dedication for the new wing of the East Auburn Baptist Church on Sunday morning. In the middle playing the electric organ is Marc Casavant and on the right is creative director Randy Corey. The new wing houses classrooms, administrative offices, a small chapel and an outdoor pavilion. (Andree […]
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Suspect in heroin deal released on bail
AUBURN — The man accused of selling deadly heroin to a woman last week was released from jail Sunday on $25,000 cash bail. Cornell Collins, 49, of 46 High St., was charged with aggravated trafficking, aggravated possession of heroin and aggravated furnishing of a drug that resulted in death. Collins was arrested Wednesday. After making an […]
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Interest in aquatic safety, swim lessons high in Lewiston-Auburn
LEWISTON — In the wake of two child drownings in Lewiston and Auburn in the past two months, local interest in water safety training and swimming lessons is rising, according to officials at the YWCA of Central Maine. The YWCA, on East Avenue in Lewiston, is home to the only public indoor pool in Lewiston-Auburn […]
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Marie A. Picard
AUBURN — Marie A. Picard, 81, of Auburn passed away Friday, June 1, in Auburn. She was born Aug. 4, 1936, in Fishdale, Mass., to parents William Heroux and Agnes (Dubois) Heroux. Marie entered the gates of heaven suddenly June 1. Marie enjoyed her cat, Precious, and loved helping others, loved to cook and was a […]
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Danville Junction Grange gives Community Citizen Award
AUBURN — At a recent meeting of Danville Junction Grange, the Community Citizen Award was presented to Donna Searles of Poland. Searles is very active in her community. She regularly collects coupons for the troops and soda can tabs for the Ronald MacDonald House and contributes them to Danville Junction Grange for their projects. She […]
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Sampson taking over for retiring Benson as Edward Little athletic director
Jeff Benson drives around Gouin Complex in Paris near the end of his tenure as the athletic director at Oxford Hills in May 2017. Benson is retiring from Edward Little High School one year after returning to the school. (Sun Journal file photo) Edward Little High School will be welcoming in its third athletic director […]
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Teen Summer Reading Program kickoff to feature Chicks with Sticks
AUBURN — Within this summer’s theme, “Libraries Rock,” teens at Auburn Public Library will focus their attention on music — whether it be reading books about music in the Pizza & Pages Book Club, watching (and singing along to) musicals, or attending programs involving singing and dancing. The kickoff event this year takes place at […]