AUBURN — A special election will be held June 13 to replace the Ward 4 City Council seat recently vacated by Ernestine “Tina” Gilbert. The Auburn City Council on Monday unanimously approved the election date, which will coincide with the city’s annual school budget validation referendum. Gilbert announced her resignation Dec. 19, saying that she […]
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Pedestrian hit on Hotel Road
AUBURN — A local man was struck by an SUV at about 10 a.m. Sunday while crossing Hotel Road to get his newspaper, according to his family. Robert Burns Sr., 81, was taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston and is in an induced coma in the Intensive Care Unit. He suffered a fractured […]
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‘Finding Dory’ shown at the ‘drive-in’
AUBURN — The United Methodist Church on Park Avenue hosted its first “drive-in” movie night Saturday, complete with boxcars, snacks and beanbag chairs. Megan Skilling, a volunteer at the church who helped organize the event, said she picked the movie with the aid of Facebook. “I took a survey of the Sunday school kids, what […]
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Auburn doc takes on ‘Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge’
Forty-one-year-old Ryan Metivier is an Auburn chiropractor by day, aspiring reality TV show muscle-endurance obstacle course ninja by night. This Sunday, Metivier and his Wolverine-inspired mutton chops are competing on season four of “Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge” on CMT, Country Music Television. On the show, eight new contestants face off each week, hoping to […]
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Christner, Roy elected to lead Androscoggin commissioners
AUBURN — The Androscoggin County Commission elected Sally Christner of Turner as chairwoman for the 2017 session during a short meeting Wednesday that included swearing in three new members. Christner served as vice chairwoman last year before assuming taking over for Chairman Ronald Chicoine, who resigned last November. Commissioners elected Matthew Roy of Lewiston as […]
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Lewiston and Auburn not picking up Christmas trees
If you’re looking to get rid of your Christmas tree, don’t leave it by the curb in Lewiston or Auburn. Public Works officials from both cities are reminding residents this week that Christmas trees will not be picked up during weekly trash collections. Rob Stalford, superintendent of Lewiston’s Solid Waste Division, said Wednesday that the […]
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The Buzz: LAEGC gets a new leader, Don’t Panic gets new digs
This week, the Buzz is good. Don’t Panic Consulting is kicking off 2017 with a move from a fourth-floor office at the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council’s Lisbon Street headquarters to inking a lease for half of LAEGC’s second floor. Kevin Fletcher at Malone Commercial Brokers helped broker the deal on 2,956 square feet at 415 […]
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A busy 2016 for Lewiston-Auburn area business
It’s been a year of big moves, big hopes and doughnuts of the Local and Coming Soon varieties. My candidates for the top 10 business stories of the year in and around greater Lewiston-Auburn are in no particular order. They’re stories that intrigued, celebrated the area or simply made big, newsy headlines. Red, white and […]