AUBURN — The VFW District 9 Convention was held April 22 at the VFW Post 1603, 588 Minot Ave., where nominations and elections for the 2018-2019 year took place. Officers elected and installed by Arthur Roy, PSC, were Craig M. Dufour, trustee, three years; Arthur Roy, judge advocate and membership chairman; Gerry Francis, trustee, two […]
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'A really good adventure': New Beginnings celebrates
Anna Chabot of the Youth Leadership Advisory Team talks Wednesday about her experiences at New Beginnings at the annual celebration dinner at Martindale Country Club in Auburn. From left: Pam LePage, parent of a former youth client; Hyann Willey, a former client; Tamiya Joseph of the Youth Leadership Advisory Team; and Chabot. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) […]
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Auburn mayor stands by school budget cut request
AUBURN — Mayor Jason Levesque sent a memo to school officials Tuesday doubling down on his request that the School Department cut its budget to eliminate a property tax rate increase next year. The memo summarizes several points made by councilors during a contentious budget workshop Monday, which led to a straw vote that may have […]
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Auburn city manager maintains riverbank is safe
AUBURN — City Manager Peter Crichton believes the area where two local boys were swept away by the Androscoggin River is safe, despite a public plea by the boys’ parents to make the river’s edge less inviting to the children who play in the park steps away. “There have been thousands, tens of thousands of […]
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Volunteers search for 5-year-old boy in Androscoggin River
AUBURN — A volunteer search was launched Wednesday along the west bank of the Androscoggin River for a 5-year-old Auburn boy who was swept into the current more than a week ago. At least 10 pairs of volunteers equipped with binoculars and life jackets were deployed by the Down East Emergency Medicine Institute, which organizes […]
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Auburn Wendy’s set to reopen on Center Street
Jeff Marshall is hoping for a reopening early next week. He is the director of operations at Restwend LLC and overseeing the massive remodeling of the Wendy’s on Center Street in Auburn. The reopened restaurant will have less seating but more booth space, two pickup windows, bigger, newer bathrooms with baby-changing stations added and a vastly […]
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Barbara G. Howe
AUBURN — Barbara G. Howe, 81, a longtime resident of Auburn, passed away peacefully Sunday, April 29, at Clover Manor Health Care Facility, with her loving family by her side. She was born in Lewiston, Dec. 28, 1936, the daughter of Edward G. and Myra Louise (Ross) Gould. She attended local schools and following her education […]
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Barbara Ann Cloutier
AUBURN — Barbara Ann Cloutier, 76, of Auburn, passed away Friday, April 20, at Clover Manor in Auburn, following a long illness. She was born Nov. 5, 1941, the daughter of the late Charles and Nora (Gibbons) Connor, in Manchester, N.H. She attended school there, graduating from Manchester Central High School. She later attended community college […]
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Kate B. Marmaras
AUBURN — Kate Albro Bowe Marmaras, of Auburn, 90, passed away peacefully with her family present, Sunday, April 29. Kate attended Syracuse schools and earned her bachelor’s degree in government from Smith College, Class of 1949. Born Oct. 10, 1927, to Bertha Tuttle Bowe and Chester Howard Bowe of Syracuse, N.Y., Kate worked as a medical […]
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Community college names All-Maine Academic Team members
AUBURN — Two Central Maine Community College (CMCC) students were among the 14 Maine community college students named to the 2018 All-Maine Academic Team for two-year colleges. The CMCC students receiving the award, which includes a $500 scholarship, are Angela Cafarelli of Greene and Mark Swiedom of Hebron. Cafarelli is a high honors student in the […]