MONDAY, Jan. 15 LEWISTON-AUBURN — Martin Luther King Jr. Day: schools, government offices and libraries closed. Public MLK Jr. events at Bates College and Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services. For more information: www.meirs.org and www.bates.edu/mlk/ TUESDAY, Jan. 16 LEWISTON — LA CA$H Coalition announcement, 10:30 a.m. in the City Council Chamber at City Hall. The coalition provides free […]
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Auburn Public Works Department receives state's first official accreditation
AUBURN — Auburn Public Works was awarded the first official accreditation in the state by the American Public Works Association at Monday night’s City Council meeting. Gary Losier, American Public Works Association’s Region I director, drove to Auburn from New Brunswick, Canada to present the award. Losier said he hopes the city can “recognize that […]
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Junior hockey team to call Auburn home
AUBURN — The Lewiston-Auburn area is getting a second junior hockey team. Monday night, the Auburn City Council gave its unanimous approval to Maine Hockey Management Group LLC to finalize a lease agreement with a yet-to-be-named league to operate a team out of the Norway Savings Bank Arena beginning next season, in August 2018. “We’re […]
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Holly Lasagna, Auburn, Ward 1
Name: Holly Lasagna Office sought: Auburn City Council, Ward 1. Occupation: health promotion manager at Healthy Androscoggin. Education: Bachelor of Arts at Brown University, and a master’s degree in leadership studies at the University of Southern Maine and Lewiston-Auburn College. Family: my husband, Peter, is the Bates College men’s lacrosse coach, and my children are […]
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Lewiston firefighters get new contract after three years
LEWISTON — After more than three years of negotiations, the city and the union representing its firefighters have finally agreed on the terms of a new collective-bargaining agreement. It had been so long since the previous contract expired June 30, 2014, that the Lewiston City Council voted to approve two agreements Tuesday night — one […]
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Lajoie seeks Ward 4 City Council seat
LEWISTON — Former Fire Chief Michel “Mike” A. Lajoie is making a bid for the Ward 4 City Council seat. In addition to his extensive background in public safety, the lifelong Lewiston resident would bring to the post his management skills and deep understanding of how state policies affect local communities. Lajoie retired from the […]
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Auburn council opposes amending goats ordinance
AUBURN — City councilors on Monday were not in favor of amending Auburn’s zoning rules regarding farm animals, despite a recent city mistake that could lead to a family on Merrow Road losing its two pet goats. The Tripp family has attended a number of City Council meetings since April, when after receiving initial permission […]
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Council to make final budget decisions
LEWISTON — The City Council will have a few last-minute decisions to make Tuesday when councilors make final adjustments to next year’s municipal budget. The council will vote on a number of budget adjustments that have been discussed during its previous budget workshop meetings. According to City Administrator Ed Barrett’s memo to the council, the […]
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Lewiston council to act on school budget
LEWISTON — Budget season is nearing its end in Lewiston. The City Council is poised to adopt the fiscal 2017-18 school budget Tuesday, while at the same time hosting its final public hearing on the proposed municipal budget. The vote on the school budget comes just a week before the school budget validation referendum in […]
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Lewiston school, city budgets move ahead
LEWISTON — The school department’s fiscal 2017-18 budget is moving along despite a number of question marks. During City Council budget discussions Tuesday, councilors received an official look at the proposed $73.6 million school budget. In his presentation, Superintendent of Schools Bill Webster reminded officials of the difficulty in crafting this year’s budget because of […]