AUBURN — After a dozen years as the city’s police chief, Phillip Crowell Jr. got a new job Tuesday after City Manager Peter Crichton tapped him to serve as the assistant city manager. Citing Crowell’s “outstanding leadership qualities,” Crichton said in a prepared statement, “The opportunity we all have to accomplish great things as a […]
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Auburn revokes massage license, citing illegal sexual contact
AUBURN — City councilors shut down a Washington Street massage parlor Monday night, saying masseuses there had engaged in illegal sexual contact with clients. Councilors voted 6-0 to revoke the business license for Chinese Massage and Body Work Inc. of 459 Washington St. Police Chief Phil Crowell said the action was the culmination of a […]
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Police evaluation, ordinances on Dixfield board agenda
DIXFIELD — Selectmen will meet with the president of the Maine Chiefs of Police Association at 5:30 p.m. Monday to ask questions about the association’s evaluation of the Police Department. In November 2013, selectmen voted to pay the association $6,000 to evaluate the department. The association is made up of active and retired police chiefs, […]
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Auburn photo tours focus on historic, architectural features
AUBURN — A downtown photographer hopes to help local shutterbugs turn their lenses on Auburn’s historic architecture and other views Thursday. Kaitlin Crowell, owner of Kait Lavin Photography at Court Street Studios, joins Auburn Economic Development Specialist Alan Manoian on a guided tour of downtown Court Street and Main Street that offers information about architecture […]
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Auburn council considers formal firearms committee
AUBURN — A group tasked with monitoring the city’s firearms discharge zone could become a formal city committee, according to police Chief Phil Crowell. Crowell briefed councilors on proposed changes to the city’s firearms discharge committee Monday. “Basically, they are just called upon when needed, currently,” Crowell said. “The mayor asked, through the council, that […]
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Police plan would shuffle parking lots
AUBURN — According to a plan presented to City Council Monday, the city would begin labeling downtown lots to better manage parking. Police Chief Phil Crowell said his department is now in charge of managing parking downtown, and he unveiled a plan that would shift some permit parking from one lot to another and increase […]
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Dog joins Auburn police force; named for late officer
AUBURN — The city’s newest police force member is a 2-year-old German shepherd named in honor of a local officer who was killed in the line of duty 32 years ago. Rocky appeared Monday at a City Council meeting, where he took the Law Enforcement Oath of Honor along with his handler, Patrol Officer Tyler […]