AUBURN — City Manager Howard Kroll said Monday that he met the City Council’s budget preference with a $39.2 million spending plan, but there will be costs. “All departments were tasked with presenting an overall city budget that shows 0.7 percent or less,” Kroll said a special council workshop Monday night. “I can honestly say […]
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Auburn officials’ goal is ‘reasonable’ budget
AUBURN — City councilors and school officials agreed Monday that they need to work together to settle on a fair budget this year — even though it doesn’t always sound like agreement. “We need to find some additions and subtractions on both sides to get to one simple budget that we can then say is a reasonable […]
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Auburn council may want narrower focus on police initiative
AUBURN — City councilors may want a police-led effort to focus on revitalizing the poorest areas of the city to have a narrower focus, they said Monday. “We can’t do it all at once,” Mayor Jonathan LaBonte said. “We have to pick one area and we need the schools to work with us and then […]
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LaBonte looks to guiding Auburn councilors during his next term as mayor
AUBURN — Mayor Jonathan LaBonte said his to-do list for the city is important, but his role as leader of the City Council will be just as key this year. “I have an agenda and there are things I want to get done,” LaBonte said. “But I also have a pretty important role to help […]
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Bangor lawyer faces phone harassment charges in call to Auburn mayor
LEWISTON — A Bangor-area lawyer is facing a telephone harassment charge for a phone message he allegedly left for Auburn Mayor Jonathan LaBonte. The racially charged message, left on the mayor’s mobile phone, makes references to lynchings and a recent change in state law that allows adults to carry concealed handguns without permits, and refers […]
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Mayor Jonathan LaBonte focuses on high school, Chinese investors
AUBURN — Mayor Jonathan LaBonte said Wednesday that he plans to focus his third term on two key elements he sees as integral to improving the city’s economy and quality of life. LaBonte, who handily won re-election over challenger Peter Letourneau Tuesday, said finding a solution for Auburn’s worn-out Edward Little High School and ushering to […]
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Jonathan LaBonte picks up easy win in mayor’s race
AUBURN — Jonathan LaBonte easily claimed his third term as mayor at the polls Tuesday, defeating challenger Peter Letourneau. LaBonte picked up 2,605 votes to Letourneau’s 1,896, earning 58 percent of the vote. LaBonte could not be reached for comment Tuesday. Letourneau said Tuesday that he hurt his chances in two ways. “I think I […]
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Auburn needs LaBonte’s leadership
For more than 22 years, I have worked in athletics at Central Maine Community College. Early in that time, I opened the doors of the gym to St. Dom’s athletes, given their lack of gym space in downtown Lewiston, and that is when I first met Auburn’s current mayor, Jonathan LaBonte. While I may joke […]
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Auburn candidates take the stage at forum
AUBURN — Peter Letourneau’s first act as mayor — should he be elected to the job — would be to step back a bit. “My order of business would be to tell our wonderful city staff that they don’t work for me; I work for them,” Letourneau said at a candidate forum Tuesday night in […]
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Route 4 safer because of LaBonte
I am writing in support of Auburn Mayor Jonathon LaBonte. During the past few years, my neighborhood had concerns about the safety of portions of Route 4. LaBonte and others were instrumental in the effort to improve the safety along Route 4. Along with other city officials, Mayor LaBonte met with Department of Transportation officials, […]