AUBURN – The City of Auburn is pleased to announce the Storywalk for February: “The Community Lens: A Collection of works from Local Auburn Photographers.” Each display along Auburn’s beautiful Riverwalk showcases work from: Sarah Joy, Claudette Letendre, Sam Williams, Corrie Bernatchez, and Courtney Maloney. In October of 2019, the City of Auburn, in collaboration […]
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Auburn Recreation Lunch and Learn topics are announced
AUBURN — Auburn Recreation is sponsoring Lunch & Learn session for seniors age 55 and older. The cost is $5 a person. Tuesday, Nov. 7: Line dancing with Rina Cloutier instructing. Lunch, hot dogs, chips, pickles and beverage. Tuesday, Nov. 14: Senior Fitness and Healthy Eating, Michael Muise. Lunch, cheeseburger wraps/apples with peanut butter and […]
Auburn relay team breaks 26-year-old Maine record
Four boys from Auburn broke a Maine track and field record that has held for 26 years. Tallen Berry-Hart, 6, Peyton Langlois, 7, Brodyn Rodrigue, 8, and Eben Thibodeau, 7, ran the 8 and under 4 x 100 meter relay in 1:10.78 during the USA Track and Field Maine State Championships on Aug. 12. The […]
Seniors trips include Bailey Island, South Portland shops
AUBURN — The Auburn Recreation Department is hosting the following trips for seniors: Thursday, Aug. 24: Cook’s Lobster House, Bailey Island. The van will leave Pettengill Park at 10 a.m. Lunch at Cook’s Lobster & Ale House at noon (on your own), followed by shopping at Land’s End Gift Shop. Return by 5 p.m. Register […]
Auburn Rec offering summer trips for seniors
AUBURN — The Auburn Recreation Department is offering several seniors trips this summer. Thursday, July 20: Songo River Queen, departing Pettengill Park at 11 a.m. for a two-hour tour of Long Lake at noon. A lunch of Italian sandwiches, chips, dessert and bottled water will be served onboard. Register in advance. Cost of $35 includes […]
Auburn Rec Dept. sponsoring trips for seniors
AUBURN — The Auburn Recreation Department is sponsoring the following trips for seniors in June and July: Friday, June 2: Sawyer Foundation, performance by Larry Gowell, local vocalist. Van will leave Pettengill Park at 11:30 a.m. and will stop at Hurricane’s Café for lunch (on your own) prior to the performance. Cost: $5 for transportation. […]
Hanging out at April Vacation Camp in Auburn
Sisters Isabella, right, and Lily Frahm chat with Talon Amiot while creating art at the Hasty Community Center in Auburn on Friday. The Frahm siblings, and Amiot, Averie Pierce, back left, and Emma Randall, back right, were making the best of wet weather by playing inside during the Auburn Recreation Department’s five-day April Vacation Camp.
Auburn Rec organizing 7-day cruise to Bermuda
AUBURN — The Auburn Recreation Department is sponsoring a seven-day cruise to Bermuda, to depart Friday, May 5, from the Auburn Recreation Department in Pettengill Park, Auburn. Participants will leave by bus at 9 a.m. and head to Boston, arriving at about 11:30 a.m. They will then board the Norwegian Dawn, moored in Boston Harbor, for a check-in […]
Embrace winter in Auburn this weekend
AUBURN — Love being outside in winter? For more than a decade, the city’s annual Winter Festival has provided families an opportunity to play outside — skiing, sliding, snowshoeing, biking, sledding — and, of course, finishing the day with a cup of hot chocolate. The three-day festival gets underway this Friday with the opening of […]
B.Lachance: Keep ice arena available
I am aware that the city of Auburn is in a dispute as to whether the vacated Ingersoll Arena should be turned over to the Auburn Recreation Department or if it should be closed and uninhabited. I hope that Clinton Deschene, Auburn city manager, will take into consideration the need for a safe and productive […]