AUBURN — High Street is closed partially to traffic Monday. Railroad crews are repairing a broken rail in the south-bound lane of High Street. Drivers from Minot Avenue will be able to turn onto High Street. But drivers will not be able to reach Minot Avenue from Academy Street. Detour signs will direct traffic to […]
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Video: Krispy Kreme finally opens in Auburn
AUBURN — By the time they had unlocked the doors at the new Krispy Kreme before dawn Monday, a bundled-up Joshua Fogg of Turner had been standing outside for 15 hours in temperatures that had dipped below zero. Fogg, the first guy in line, paused for a moment when asked why he shivered through a […]
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, Jan. 15 LEWISTON-AUBURN — Martin Luther King Jr. Day: schools, government offices and libraries closed. Public MLK Jr. events at Bates College and Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services. For more information: www.meirs.org and www.bates.edu/mlk/ TUESDAY, Jan. 16 LEWISTON — LA CA$H Coalition announcement, 10:30 a.m. in the City Council Chamber at City Hall. The coalition provides free […]
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UMaine Extension Master Gardener training begins March 27
AUBURN — University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers Program training for Androscoggin and Sagadahoc counties will begin Tuesday, March 27, and run from 5 to 8 p.m. for 16 weeks at Whiting Farm, 876 Summer St. The training continues Tuesday evenings through May 15, then takes a summer break, resuming Aug. 28 to […]
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Video: Krispy Kreme fans brave the cold for Auburn opening
[UPDATE: Krispy Kreme finally opens in Auburn] AUBURN — Have you ever wanted free doughnuts enough to wait in line … overnight … during a Maine winter? Josh Fogg of Turner has. He was the first in line for Krispy Kreme’s grand opening on Center Street in Auburn, starting his wait at 3 p.m. Sunday. The […]
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Educate young people about history of this community
Last year’s proposition to formally unite the governments of Lewiston and Auburn failed spectacularly and it is no wonder. The proponents waged a purely political campaign (which is to say, one of persuasion), trotting out endorsements from all of the local elite and appealing principally to community members’ pocket books. If a community were merely […]
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Vehicle burns in Gipper's parking lot
Firefighters survey the scene of a fully involved vehicle fire Friday in the Gipper’s Sports Grill parking lot in Auburn. (Submitted photo)
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Image, workforce, Great Falls: New mayors talk Lewiston-Auburn
LEWISTON — In a freewheeling panel discussion on everything from image and workforce to just how great those Great Falls are, Twin Cities mayors agreed Thursday that Lewiston and Auburn have challenges to meet. Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque told a packed house at the monthly Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce breakfast that his city […]
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Backyard tryout
Tim Whitney launches over a snowbank behind his home on Newbury Street in Auburn on Wednesday afternoon as he and his friends take turns on the machine. “As soon as we have the other machine fixed, we’re going out to Sabattus to ride the trails,” Whitney said. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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New executive director for United Farmer Veterans of Maine
BANGOR — Donovan Todd has been named the new executive director for the United Farmer Veterans of Maine. Todd has worked in the food and agriculture sectors since graduating in 1979 from the University of Maine with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture economics. He has held key positions in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farmers […]