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Boy, 17, charged with displaying gun in Auburn

AUBURN — Police charged a 17-year-old boy Thursday afternoon after he reportedly displayed a gun near Cumberland Farms on Center Street. Police initially responded to a reported disturbance at the store shortly before noon. Witnesses told the officers that as he drove away from the store, the teen displayed a weapon. Within 30 minutes, police […]

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Aroma Joe’s coming to Center Street, Auburn, this fall

AUBURN — Northern New England coffee sellers Aroma Joe’s will bring their brews to Center Street sometime this fall. Allison Goodridge, construction manager for the company, said a project to build a 3,000-square-foot retail shop with two storefronts at 166 Center St. is out to bid right now. Aroma Joe’s will be the largest of […]

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Auburn man charged after high-speed chase

AUBURN — A local man was arrested and charged in connection with a high-speed chase on Center Street early Sunday morning. Maine State Police Trooper Ricci Cote spotted Jarryd King, 23, of 109 Harvard St., suspecting he was driving drunk and tried to make a traffic stop, according to a Maine State Police Facebook posting. […]

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New retail, coffee shop development for Center Street

AUBURN — A gas station vacant for nearly five years on busy Center Street will come down to make way for a New Hampshire coffee chain and new retail space, if the Planning Board approves next week. Developer Pinstripes LLC will go before the board Aug. 12 for site plan approval and a special exception […]

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Driver injured after crashing in front of Lake Auburn

AUBURN — A single-vehicle crash on Center Street sent the driver to a hospital Friday afternoon. A man was headed north near Lake Auburn when he apparently didn’t see a vehicle stopped by a driver making a left turn into the Lake Auburn turnaround, witnesses said. They said the man swerved to miss the stopped […]