Lewiston, Auburn and Portland are among the public school systems getting more state funding this year, according to state education funding figures released Tuesday. The annual allocations, posted online by the Department of Education, show how much state money is sent to districts for the upcoming year, based on the state budget. District officials need […]
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Principals: Local schools not yet hit hard by flu outbreak
Farwell Elementary School second-grader Myles Arneault points to his experiment partner, Parker Crafts, and says, “You are going to wipe the toilet seat, not me.” With influenza cases widespread, second-graders in Abby Dix’s class were learning how germs spread and what they can do to avoid getting sick. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Principals are […]
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Beverly Gilbert Lashua
AUBURN — Beverly Gilbert Lashua, 89, passed away peacefully with her family by her side at Clover Manor on Friday, Jan. 26. Beverly was born in her parents’ house in Danville on May 15, 1928, and lived most of her life in Danville where she and her husband of 52 years, Martin Lawrence Lashua Jr., raised […]
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Auburn girl donates gifts for shelter animals
Caroline Murphy of Auburn, pictured with Oreo, presented the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society with the donations from her fifth birthday on Jan. 22. Caroline a prekindergarten student at the Fairview Elementary School, asked for donations for the pets in lieu of gifts. Party guests donated pet food, treats, toys, blankets and cleaning supplies. The shelter […]
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Meet a 10-day-old Katahdin hair lamb
Hadley Moreau gives attention to a 10-day-old female lamb at Valley View Farm in Auburn on Tuesday. The Katahdin hair lamb has a twin brother, farm owner Kathy Shaw said. “We will have quite a few babies in the next couple of weeks,” Shaw said, adding that she has a few pregnant ewes. Moreau, a […]
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'No hard and fast rule' for educators caught drinking and driving
AUBURN — School districts differ on how they handle educators who are convicted of serious cases of drunken driving. There are no statewide regulations or even best practices, superintendents in Lewiston and Auburn said. One Edward Little High School teacher and coach, who the Sun Journal is not naming, has three drunken-driving convictions, according to […]
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Auburn's Winter Fest a hit
AUBURN — The 2018 annual Winter Fest was chock full of ice, snow and mini goats. “Today was huge,” Auburn Recreation Department Director Sabrina Best said Saturday. “So many kids showed up.” The festival kicked off Friday night at Lost Valley with discounted lift tickets, snow tubing and a torch light parade. Kids took over […]
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Auburn Winterfest kicks off with Play Day
Easton McCarthy, Hayden Corleto and Isaac Parker get a little push from Kristi McCarthy at the Park Avenue Elementary School Winter Play Day, part of the Auburn Winterfest. Activities will continue all weekend, with a snow playground in the City Hall parking lot, specials at Lost Valley and snowshoe hikes. For more information, check out […]
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Community meals
AUBURN — The Auburn United Methodist Church will serve its monthly bean supper at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, at 439 Park Ave. Cost is $8 for adults, $4 for children age 6 to 12 and free for children younger than 5. Entertainment will be provided by the Park Avenue Pickers beginning at 4:30 p.m. For additional […]
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Sacred Heart Church to reprise popular 'Cabaret Night'
The Cabaret 2018 Committee includes, from left, Bonnie Stone, Diane Dennis, Roland Bergeron, Carol DeRoy, Gladys Galarneau AUBURN — Sacred Heart Church in Auburn is bringing back “Cabaret Night” in celebration of its on-going parish-wide pipe organ fundraising campaign, which is nearing its first milestone goal. The second annual musical variety show for all ages […]