Belinda Gerry Bio Name: Belinda A. Gerry Office sought: Auburn City Councilor, at-large. Occupation: notary public Education: high school equivalency and some elective, noncredit college/educational and self-improvement courses Family: Five really good nieces and nephews, my very dear friends, and my Auburn neighbors/residents, not to mention Pep E, my mischievous and comical 3-year-old Beagle mix. Political experience: Auburn City […]
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A-L Hall of Fame: Standing in for a stand-up guy, Bert Forgues accepts for his brother, Gerry
Bert Forgues is proud whenever he hears fond recollections about his kind and caring brother, Gerry, who went out of his way to mentor and inspire young athletes in the Lewiston-Auburn area. Gerry Forgues passed away in 2001, but he made himself unforgettable and endearing to local athletes who still bandy about his good name […]
Auburn officials mull changes to garage sale permitting
AUBURN — City officials met informally with residents Tuesday evening to discuss proposed changes to the way the city deals with yard sales and agricultural barn sales. It was a scantly attended meeting, made up of only of Eric Cousens, Auburn’s deputy director of planning and development, City Councilor Belinda Gerry and the few residents […]
Bins win as Auburn looks to new recycling service; paid bags out
AUBURN — City councilors will see plans to purchase new trash and recycling bins, and return to weekly recycling collections in their spring budget discussions. Councilors heard a report at their workshop meeting Tuesday from a solid waste subcommittee on options for replacing the current twice-monthly collections. The group recommended switching to an automatic system […]
Chamber creates 145 holiday baskets for Franklin County families
FARMINGTON — The Gerry Wiles Holiday Food Basket Drive is providing 145 holiday baskets to families throughout Franklin County. Sponsored by the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce, members gathered Friday to start distributing boxes filled with items for a holiday meal. The boxes include a turkey and all the fixings with enough for a large […]
Warmer weather graces Saturday’s Ice Festival of Lewiston/Auburn
LEWISTON — The appearance of the sun was both good news and bad news on Saturday — good because roughly 1,200 people were expected at the Ice Festival of Lewiston/Auburn; bad because direct sunlight is the worst thing for the 24 ice sculptures that dotted Fountain Park between DaVinci’s Eatery and TD Bank in the […]