Lakeside Chapter, OES, to meet WALES — Lakeside Chapter No. 60, Order of the Eastern Star, will hold its Stated Meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 10, at the Grange-Masonic Hall, 322 Centre Road. The Chapter will honor the station of “Ruth.” Grand Ruth Debora Caldwell has been invited. Grace will be said, and light refreshments […]
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'Fake News' forum at Auburn Public Library
Rick Whiting of Auburn, center, makes a point during a discussion about “fake news” at the Auburn Public Library on Wednesday afternoon. Barbara Trafton of Auburn and Don Robitaille of Lewiston listen. Following a series of challenges to the audience to determine the difference between fake and factual news clips, there was a discussion on […]
Spooktacular science
Annabelle Longley, 5, of Auburn, center, and other children react to an experiment Taryn Friedman, aka “Lightning Lucy,” performs Thursday night at the Auburn Public Library. Mad Science of Maine presented its Spooktacular Science Show for a capacity crowd during one of the library’s ongoing presentations. Visit sunjournal.com to see a variety of expressions and […]
Auburn library holds Fun with Physics
Jamin Collins, 11, left, and Larson Stone, 8, work on making a marshmallow catapult at the Auburn Public Library on Tuesday. They were taking part in a Fun with Physics program with staff from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service who were teaching children about force, motion, inertia and energy. For more information on […]
Auburn library holds Fun with Physics
Jamin Collins, 11, left, and Larson Stone, 8, work on making a marshmallow catapult at the Auburn Public Library on Tuesday. They were taking part in a Fun with Physics program with staff from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service who were teaching children about force, motion, inertia and energy. For more information on […]
Teens to learn about healthy relationships, recipes at APL
AUBURN — The Auburn Public Library has announced activities for teens that will take place in February. Tweens in the Teen Space: Noon to 2 p.m. Wednesdays, Feb. 1, 8 and 15, in the Teen Space. Tweens who are in sixth grade are invited to the Teen Space on the second floor on half-day Wednesdays. […]
Keynote speaker announced for 14th Amendment forum
AUBURN — Charlie Plummer will serve as keynote speaker in “The Fourteenth Amendment in American Life” public forum series in the Androscoggin Community Room at the Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring St. Plummer is an instructor at the University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn Senior College. On Tuesday, June 7, he will present the “Philosophy of […]
Lewiston-Auburn this week
TUESDAY, Aug. 11 AUBURN — SMART Baby Workshop for parents, sponsored by Advocates for Children, 1 to 3 p.m., Auburn Public Library, for new and expectant parents. SMART stands for sensory, motor, attachment, reading and temperament. Free admission, registration not needed. AUBURN — Planning Board meeting, 6 p.m. in the City Council chambers on the […]
Starting the July 4 party early with a fun civics lesson for youngsters
AUBURN — There was a lot of noise in Auburn Public Library on Thursday as children sang, marched and ate cake during an early “Happy Birthday, America” party. The annual celebration is put on by the Wallace family of Auburn, headed by matriarch and retired teacher Pat Masonheimer. As children sat around her for a […]
Auburn library auctioning Red Sox tickets, beer-brewing experience
AUBURN — Red Sox fans, golfers and would-be beer brewers are among the targets for the Auburn Public Library’s newest fundraising effort. The library is hosting an online auction, available via a link on the library’s website, www.auburnpubliclibrary.org or directly at www.32auctions.com/apl. Library Director Mamie Ney said she hopes to raise $4,000. As of noon […]