AUBURN — City councilors will start early Saturday morning with a refresher course on their roles and the budgets before taking a tour of the city’s assets and challenges. Councilors are scheduled to meet at 7 a.m. in Auburn Hall for an orientation session. They’ll discuss their responsibilities as councilors and get an update on […]
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Auburn considers smaller debt to plan for future high school
AUBURN — It makes sense for the city to go on a debt diet this year, leaving some room to build a new high school in the coming years, according to interim City Manager Howard Kroll. Kroll presented his capital improvements budget to councilors Monday, calling for spending roughly one-third of the amount for projects […]
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Cayer asks for more agreeable shared agency budget discussions
LEWISTON — The Twin Cities could agree more when it comes to funding cross-city agencies, City Councilor Mark Cayer said Tuesday. Lewiston councilors were reviewing budgets for shared agencies — Lewiston-Auburn 911 Communications Center, the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport, Great Falls TV and Lewiston-Auburn Transit Committee — at their budget workshop discussion. All told, those three […]
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Air taxi service could bring passengers to Auburn airport
AUBURN — The Twin Cities could be home to an air taxi service, according to a plan being considered by the Lewiston and Auburn city councils this spring. Rick Lanman, director the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport, said the service could be a more expensive, but more convenient, travel option for local business owners. It would allow […]
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Judge rules former Auburn airplane mechanic can expand lawsuit to other mechanics
AUBURN — A federal judge has given a Texas mechanic who sued the company that hired him to work on restoring a vintage airplane here the OK to invite other mechanics to join his lawsuit. Christopher Venegas, 45, of Wichita Falls, came to Maine two years ago to work as an air frame mechanic at […]
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Review continues on Lewiston $63 million wish list
LEWISTON — Councilors should vote on their $63 million wish list of projects for the next five years at their next regular meeting. The plan calls for an estimated $12 million in spending for the 2015-16 fiscal year, from city, school, water and sewer district bonds as well as general budgets. “What is being proposed […]
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N. Roy: A cafe would be nice
This is in response to the story (Sun Journal, Friday, Jan. 16) about the new restaurant, Cavu Cafe, due to open next month at the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport. I was happy to see that a new restaurant is opening at the airport, but a little upset that it sounds like it will be a more […]
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Airport hangar deal fails to win Auburn Council support
AUBURN — A plan to buy out the 14 years remaining on a hangar lease at the Twin Cities’ airport narrowly failed Monday night. With City Councilors Tizz Crowley and David Young absent from Monday’s meeting, councilors needed a four-vote majority to approve Auburn’s loan up to $1.1 million to the Auburn Lewiston Municipal Airport. […]
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Auburn mulls taking over Lufthansa hangar
AUBURN — Operations at the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport could save about $49,000 per year by taking over the lease for the hangar housing Lufthansa Technion’s Constellation project, councilors were told Monday. City Councilors were briefed on a plan to purchase the hangar from Nobility, LLC, which would pay off the contract, which has 14 years […]