Jim Howaniec made a very compelling argument in favor of merging the Twin Cities last week. Yes, the same Howaniec who serves as spokesman for the Coalition Opposed to Lewiston Auburn Consolidation. He says he’s opposed to the merger, but his own experience strongly supports merger. So do we. Howaniec served as Lewiston’s mayor some […]
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Concord Coach Lines service begins in Auburn
AUBURN — A Concord Coach Lines bus service connecting Lewiston and Auburn to Portland, Boston and Logan Airport officially began Monday, and customers were already taking advantage of the two Auburn connections to travel south. Officials in downtown Auburn, where one of the connections can be made at the Great Falls Transportation Center, were still […]
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Fireworks and music highlight Liberty Festival
Don’t worry, Liberty Festival 2017 is on — with entertainment and festivities on both sides of the Androscoggin River. The festival will start at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 4. The Auburn side will host a DJ dance party and some performers, along with Mr. Drew and his Animals Too at 7 p.m. On the Lewiston side, […]
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Working: Auburn chef bakes up a HUM-DINGAH!
AUBURN — Patrice Currie has rolled out gourmet brownie flavors like Did You Say Bacon? and Rocky Roads of Maine and named her new company after Maine slang for pretty darn great. The Auburn native hopes she’s got a hit on her hands with HUM-DINGAH! Brownies. Her tagline: “It’s a Maine thing …” Currie said […]
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Hazel E. Newcomb
AUBURN — Hazel Elaine Newcomb, 78, of Livermore, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 22, at the Hospice House in Auburn with her family by her side, as the morning sun rose and the cardinal chirped outside her window. Hazel was born on May 30, 1939, in Dixfield, the daughter of Vinal and Violet (MacPherson) Noyes. […]
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Carol Ann Matthews Woodard Lasko
AUBURN — Carol Ann Matthews Woodard Lasko, 82, of Lewiston passed away on Tuesday, June 20, at the Hospice House in Auburn with her family by her side. Carol was born in Lewiston on March 24, 1935, to William and Marion Matthews. She worked at Central School as a lunch lady and at Lovelette Nursing Home […]
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Opportunity for growth
Change is always difficult for people to accept, but with common sense and understanding, people can begin to accept change. Through the years, the city councilors from both Lewiston and Auburn commissioned studies to try to find ways the two cities could work together to save money, but when it came to implementing, it was […]
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Auburn restaurant Lotus closed for cleaning after cockroach complaints
AUBURN — The popular Lotus Restaurant on Center Street opted to voluntarily shut down for several days to undergo a deep cleaning and have a new pest service come in, after city and state health officials met there Thursday morning. The restaurant had five cockroach complaints since November, two of those in the past week, […]
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Carolyn R. Pratt
AUBURN — Carolyn Ruth Pratt, 71, of Sabattus passed away Sunday, June 18, at Clover Manor with her family at her side. She was born in Lewiston in 1945, the eldest daughter of LaForrest and Joyce Small. She was raised in Sabattus and Brunswick and attended local schools. She married Benjamin Pratt on Dec. 1, […]