AUBURN — Concerts for a Cause will host the 14th Annual Remembering Tom Rowe Concert: A Celebration in Song at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 12, at the First Universalist Church of Auburn. The show benefits the Jack McPhillips Memorial Fund (JMMF). This year’s concert will include Dave Rowe, Schooner Fare, Denny Breau and a list […]
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Briefly: City
Officers to be elected at society BUCKFIELD — The Buckfield Historical Society will meet Thursday, April 12, at the Buckfield Town Hall. There will be a social hour from 6 to 7 p.m. and the meeting will start at 7 when election of officers will be held. Members will discuss revisions of some by-laws. Historical society […]
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Scooting around Auburn
Jack Blais, 3, of Auburn rides his scooter Tuesday afternoon along Hampshire Street in Auburn, while on a walk with his mother. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, April 9 LEWISTON — School Committee, Dingley Building, 6:45 p.m., adopting the proposed school budget for 2018-19. LEWISTON — Planning Board, 5:30 p.m., City Council Chamber at City Hall. LEWISTON — Finance Committee, 5:30 p.m., administrator’s conference room. AUBURN — City Council retreat, Martindale Golf Course, 4:30 p.m., discuss its vision and 2018-19 work […]
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Anita J. Daley
SCARBOROUGH — Anita J. (Pontbriand) Daley, 88, of Scarborough, passed away Friday, March 30, at the Hawthorne House in Freeport following a long struggle with Alzheimer’s. Thomas (“Ted”), her devoted husband of 68 years, along with her family, provided continuous love and comfort throughout her final days. Anita was born in Auburn on Nov. 29, 1929. […]
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Farm CSAs struggle in Maine after years of popularity
LISBON FALLS — When Keena Tracy and her husband Zach Henderson opened Little Ridge Farm in 2008 and began a CSA program — offering pounds of farm-fresh carrots, green beans, tomatoes and other produce every week for a few hundred dollars for the whole growing season — people flocked to the place. As the farm’s […]
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Roland Y. Belanger
AUBURN — Roland Yvon Belanger, 77, of Lewiston, passed away Friday, March 30, at the Hospice House in Auburn, with his family by his side. He fought a long, courageous battle with pulmonary disease. Born in Lewiston on May 4, 1940, to Yvon and Adrienne (Arsenault) Belanger, he was a student at Holy Family, St. Mary’s, […]
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Auburn mayor pushing for more city, school shared services
AUBURN — Mayor Jason Levesque is continuing his recent push to consolidate city and school departments and services by drafting a joint resolution that will go before the City Council next week. On Friday, Auburn officials announced a special meeting for Tuesday, April 10, to approve putting on the June ballot the question of the Auburn […]
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Vacationland RV & Camping Show at Norway Savings Bank Arena
Employees of Call of the Wild RV Center in Oxford set up their display at the 14th Annual Vacationland RV & Camping Show at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn on Friday. It was promoted as “the largest RV and camping show ever produced under one roof in Maine.” Over 60 campgrounds will be represented during […]
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Christ Temple Church of God in Christ plans mortgage burning ceremony
AUBURN — The public is invited to attend a celebratory mortgage burning service from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at Christ Temple Church of God in Christ, the log church at 2488 Turner Road. The service is to commemorate the church paying off its 30-year mortgage. Speakers will include Bishop Steve Coleman, Jurisdictional […]