This week, the Buzz is unconventional, recyclable and definitely not speeding. Fair warning: Mermaids ahead. First up, big lease news. eWaste Maine, an electronics recycling company, is consolidating operations and growing, moving from two buildings in Auburn and one in Gardiner to 75 Westminster St. in Lewiston, the former home of L.L.Bean. The lease for the […]
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Hello, Walgreens: Chain buys five Lewiston-Auburn Rite Aids
The Rite Aid on Main Street in Lewiston is one of five local stores that will be taken over by Walgreens. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Walgreens has taken over five local Rite Aid stores as part of its deal to purchase 1,932 stores for $4.3 billion by spring, according to a spokesman. The deal […]
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James P. Herbert
AUBURN — James Patrick Herbert, 61, passed away Friday, Feb. 9, at his home in Auburn, surrounded by family. Jim was born on June 2, 1956, in Auburn, N.Y., the son of John “Jack” and Dorothy (Jahn) Herbert. He was a graduate of Auburn High School in Auburn, N.Y., and Saint Bonaventure University in Olean, N.Y. […]
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Rotarians donate to Alzheimer's Association
Lewiston-Auburn Lunch Club Rotarian President Monica Millhime, second from left, along with Belinda Vallee, left, and Rotarians Cheryl McKeone, second from right, and Tom MacDonald, right presented a $2,000 check to Peter Baker, center, Alzheimer’s Association Maine Chapter. The donation was made possible through the sales of the Rotary Community Cookbook, which Rotarian Lorraine Bard […]
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Gloria K. Gowell
AUBURN — Gloria K. Gowell, 96, of Mechanic Falls, died early Thursday evening, Feb. 8, at Clover Healthcare in Auburn. She was born on Nov. 26, 1921, daughter of Peter and Margaret (Hennessey) Allain. She was educated in local schools, graduating from Edward Little High School in 1940. On April 11, 1942, she married Carl M. […]
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Briefly: City
‘World’s Greatest Sleigh Rides’ Sunday LISBON FALLS — The Farmer’s Draft Horse, Mule and Pony Club and the Pejepscot SnoChiefs Snowmobile Club are teaming up for the 25th annual “World’s Greatest Sleigh Rides” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, at 400 Main St. Many teams of horses and sleighs will give rides through […]
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Math test homework help
Ladainian Greenwood, 9, gets help with his math homework from Bates College junior Cris Thompson at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine Auburn/Lewiston Clubhouse in Auburn on Monday. The third-grader at Montello Elementary School in Lewiston was studying for a test that he has on Tuesday. Thompson is a volunteer at the clubhouse […]
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Lewiston man readies Craft Brew Underground for Auburn opening
AUBURN — After three years of planning, dreaming and taste-testing more than 1,500 different beers, Mike Williams Jr. is nearly ready to launch Craft Brew Underground. He has filled the CBU menu with 130 different bottles and cans from all over the world, plus another nine on tap. “A big selection is definitely going to be […]
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, Feb. 12 LEWISTON — School Committee, regular meeting, 6:45 p.m., Dingley Building second floor. On agenda: consider support of proposed state legislation L.D. 1492, An Act to Attract, Educate and Retain New Mainers to Strengthen the Workforce; vote on nomination of Martel Elementary School assistant principal; review preliminary state education funding and implications for Lewiston. […]
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Cooperation in the Twin Cities
COLAC (the Coalition Opposed to Lewiston-Auburn Consolidation), the organization which led a successful grass-roots campaign against November’s referendum to merge the cities of Lewiston and Auburn, and Auburn’s new mayor, Jason Levesque, who vowed during his candidacy not to serve if the referendum passed, are now hoping to use social media and public relations to […]