LEWISTON — Nathan Michael Desjardins, 20, of Albion died on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston as a result of injuries sustained in a search and rescue operation while working for the Fryeburg Police Department who were assisting the Maine Warden Service. Nate was born on June 12, 1996, in […]
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Eats: Loaves of Love Bakery — Grandma’s in a box
A cinnamon roll from Loaves of Love Bakery Once upon a time, beloved Maine cook, food writer and cookbook author Marjorie Standish wrote about bread. It was one of her earliest columns, published on Jan. 2, 1949, about the tradition of good, homemade bread. She wrote: “Truly, you’ve never realized one of the real joys […]
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Photos: First LGBTQ Pride event held in Lewiston and Auburn on Saturday
Pride L-A parade and festival was held Saturday in Lewiston and Auburn. The parade, started and ended in Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston, is the first LGBTQ Pride event in Lewiston.Pride L-A parade and festival was held Saturday in Lewiston and Auburn. The parade, started and ended in Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston, is the […]
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Auburn native and Olympic skier John Bower dead at 76
PARK CITY, Utah — John Bower, a state champion skier for Edward Little High School who went on to success at the national and international levels, died Tuesday at age 76. Bower grew up in Auburn and claimed four state titles at Edward Little in 1959. He later became the first American to win the […]
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YMCA Fit Fest set for Sunday
AUBURN — The YMCA Fit Fest, the first of this year’s Greater L-A Triple Crown 5K series, will begin at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, June 11, at Court and Main streets. The flat, fast race course, which is USA Track & Field certified, will take runners across Longley Bridge into Lewiston, turn right onto Canal Street, […]
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It’s in a name: Commission chooses Lewiston-Auburn for merged city
AUBURN — After a lengthy decision-making process, the proposed name for a consolidated Lewiston and Auburn is a familiar one: Lewiston-Auburn. The Lewiston-Auburn Joint Charter Commission voted unanimously on the name Thursday, capping a two-month process that sought public opinion on what to call the potential merged city if voters ultimately approve a merger later […]
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Hearing aids available, and help with yard sale leftovers
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I am the city electrician for Auburn. The Auburn Electrical Division is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the traffic signals in Auburn. Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments assists both Auburn and Lewiston with timing issues, but they do not make repairs at the intersections. When citizens have traffic signal issues […]
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Kristi Dunham: ‘Keep smiling’
Kristi Dunham Chamber President Beckie Conrad announced at the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce breakfast on Thursday that the Hilton Garden Inn’s Kristi Dunham was one of five people chosen for a monthly hospitality award out of the Hilton’s 220,000 worldwide employees. Dunham, who lives in Lisbon and is the hotel’s event coordinating manager, […]
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Auburn forum takes up pedestrian safety
AUBURN — In a room on the second floor at City Hall on Wednesday, two groups of people leaned over tables, studying maps like war generals. But it wasn’t warfare they were mulling. The men and women were examining maps of Auburn and charting the areas most dangerous to pedestrians and cyclists. As they assembled […]