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 […]
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State Street Jazz is February's UU Concert for a Cause
AUBURN — Concerts for a Cause will host the State Street Traditional Jazz Band at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 2, at the First Universalist Church. This show benefits the church as well as the Center for Wisdom’s Women. The State Street Traditional Jazz Band pays homage to music birthed at the turn of the 20th […]
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Council backs shift to LED streetlights
AUBURN — The city has begun the process of buying all 1,250 of its public streetlights from Central Maine Power and converting them to LED, a move officials say will cut electricity costs by 85 percent. The City Council voted unanimously Monday to enter into an agreement with RealTerm Energy for the project, and spend […]
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Winter roost
Dozens of crows roost in trees between Pettingill and Russell streets in Lewiston on Thursday. The large communal sleeping groups are called “winter roosts,” a phenomenon that peaks in winter and decreases near the beginning of the breeding season, usually in March. It is unknown exactly why the birds create seasonal roosts, but the most popular […]
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Officials say Auburn stabbing was an ambush
AUBURN — Prosecutors said Thursday that a Massachusetts man charged with stabbing a man three times ambushed him. Corey Hayden, 30, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, who recently lived at 12 Brann Ave. in Lewiston, appeared in Androscoggin County Superior Court where a judge set bail at $100,000 cash. Hayden was charged with elevated aggravated assault, […]
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VFW hosts annual Clover party for children
Auburn VFW Post 1603 and Auxiliary held the annual Christmas party for Clover Preschool and Childcare Center children at Clover Manor in Auburn on Dec. 22. Volunteers from Auburn VFW Post 1603 and Auxiliary prepare for the children’s party the post held recently for children at Clover Preschool and Childcare Center at Clover Manor in […]
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High school information night set AUBURN — St. Dominic Academy will hold a high school information night at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24, at the school, 121 Gracelawn Road. Those attending will learn how a student can have a well-rounded experience – academically, socially and spiritually – and how parents can support their children. Other topics […]
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CMCC now a passport facility
AUBURN — Central Maine Community College is taking on a more-global feeling with the announcement Tuesday that the college is now a place where citizens can get passports. Becoming a passport facility approved by the U.S. State Department is in response to the college’s growing number of students from different countries or from immigrant families, […]
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Lewiston teen gets time-served in Auburn store robbery
AUBURN — A Lewiston teen charged with robbing a Big Apple store at knifepoint last summer pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanors and was sentenced to time-served. Ali Mohamed, 19, of 135 Bartlett St. had been charged with Class A robbery, punishable by up to 30 years in prison. A prosecutor dismissed that charge and, in […]