UPDATE: One person killed when car and tractor-trailer collide in Auburn Auburn firefighters stand by at the scene of a collision between a car and a tractor-trailer on Washington Street in Auburn on Tuesday afternoon. The northbound lane was closed to traffic. An Auburn Police officer examines the back of the tractor-trailer that was involved in […]
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Auburn seeks 'perfect' holiday tree
AUBURN — Are you willing to part with your “perfect” tree? The city of Auburn is seeking a local tree to be featured this holiday season in Festival Plaza. A city news release late last week described such a scenario: “Picture this: YOUR tree, glowing and decorated in gorgeous holiday lights, surrounded by hundreds of […]
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'Hundreds and hundreds' attend Lewiston gun show
Dana Hodgdon and his son, Tyler, 12, of Norway, came to the Ramada Inn in Lewiston on Saturday to look for deals at J.T. Reid’s Gun Show, which will continue Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. LEWISTON — When talk began about banning bump stocks, used by a shooter who killed 58 people and […]
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Auburn rededicates corrected gravestone of Medal of Honor recipient
AUBURN — Company F of the 19th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was on the left flank of the Union lines during the Battle of Bristoe Station in Virginia on Oct. 14, 1863, during the Civil War. With the Confederate lines faltering in front of him, Cpl. Moses C. Hanscom from the Danville neighborhood of Auburn […]
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Vehicle hauling trailer collides with motorcycle near Auburn golf course
Serious injuries were reported after a vehicle hauling a trailer collided with a motorcycle on South Main Street near Prospect Hill Golf Course in Auburn on Saturday. AUBURN — Two people were injured in a crash Saturday afternoon on South Main Street on the edge of Prospect Hill Golf Course, according to Police Sgt. Nate […]
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Mayoral debates scheduled in Auburn, Lewiston
The Sun Journal, the public libraries in the Twin Cities and Central Maine Community College will host mayoral debates this month, starting in Auburn on Wednesday, Oct. 18. The public is encouraged to attend. Auburn candidates Adam Lee and Jason Levesque will face off at Kirk Hall at CMCC at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Lee is […]
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L-A Metro Chamber hosts free trick or treating in downtown Lewiston and Auburn
LEWISTON — Mark your calendars for Friday, Oct. 27, when the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce will host a Downtown Trick or Treat event with trolley rides between the two downtowns from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. The chamber will hand out maps of participating businesses at Dufresne Plaza on Lisbon Street in Lewiston and […]
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Procter & Gamble invests another $4.6 million in Tambrands
AUBURN — Procter & Gamble just keeps investing. Tambrands, the factory behind the company’s popular Pearl tampons, is wrapping up two construction projects that bring P&G’s total local investment to more than $10 million in the past 2½ years. Rick Malinowski, the plant’s supply network operations manager, said a building expansion earlier this year triggered […]
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'Armed and dangerous': Police search for suspects in Auburn home robbery
Michael Koch, center, explains to Auburn Police Officer Thomas Ellis how he met a woman at her Park Avenue home in Auburn on Thursday just after she’d freed herself following an afternoon robbery inside the house. A Ford Explorer taken during an afternoon burglary and robbery on Park Avenue in Auburn. Anyone with information is […]
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Robert G. Burnham
AUBURN — Robert G. Burnham, 61, a longtime resident of Auburn, died Tuesday, Oct. 10, at the Auburn Hospice House. He was born in Lewiston on Feb. 13, 1956, a son of the late Harold R. & Jean A. (Beckman) Burnham. He grew up in Auburn, attending local schools and graduated from Edward Little High School […]