BOSTON — Nine local students have made the 2022 fall semester dean’s list at Wentworth Institute of Technology. They are Paige Morgan of Auburn, Mikaela Estes of Auburn, Molly Sherr of Auburn, Tobias Roy of Durham, Brodi Farinas of Lewiston, Thomas Worden of Minot, Raymond Dulac of Raymond, Wei Chi of Topsham and Andrew Pulsifer […]
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Auburn church picks chair of 100th anniversary event
Sacred Heart Church in Auburn has selected Roland Bergeron to be the chairman of its 100th anniversary celebration. Founded in 1923, the first masses were celebrated in a barn on the property where the existing church was eventually built. Bergeron has a long history with the parish, according to a news release from the church. […]
Housing crisis drives rise in youth homelessness
Educators and homeless advocates are growing increasingly alarmed by a surge in the number of homeless youth.
Homeless in Maine: Rising number of homeless teens face grim future
Many of them lack a stable, supportive family, and end up creating their own ‘family’ on the street with other homeless youths.
Lewiston club to host writer, photographer in Auburn March 6
The Stanton Bird Club of Lewiston plans to host the fourth in its 2022-23 lecture series, featuring writer and photographer Michael Perry of Freeport, from 4-6 p.m. Monday, March 6, at the Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring St., Auburn. Perry will present a slideshow of his recent trip to Greenland and Copenhagen, which combined cross-country […]
Local Catholic school students give back to communities
Local schools included those in Augusta, Auburn, Lewiston and Waterville.
Pair of comedy shows on tap in Twin Cities
Host Ian MacDonald brings three comedians – Ann-Marie Keen, Nick Hahn, and Casey McNeal – to the stage at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17, at The Colisee Club in Lewiston. Host Leonard Kimble sets the stage for three more comics: Nic Dufault, Trevor Dion, and Will Hogan at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18, […]
‘Reprehensible comment’ to Black tenant lands Auburn Housing Authority in hot water
Maine Human Rights Commission rules that the authority and one of its workers discriminated against a Black tenant amid a dispute over her water-damaged, mold-filled apartment last summer.
Auburn to finalize new zoning rules for public safety buildings
Mayor Jason Levesque said the new zoning rules are not directed specifically at the proposed new headquarters for the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department.
An Auburn forum tackles a big question: ‘What if we go on this way?’
Three community leaders oversee a community discussion on the future of education, incarceration and housing.