HALLOWELL — The board of the Maine Justice Foundation announces that Grady Burns has been elected as the next law student member. The foundation, formerly the Maine Bar Foundation, is the state’s leading funder of civil legal aid for poor and vulnerable Mainers. Burns is a 2013 summa cum laude graduate of the University of […]
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Support for Adam Lee
We may fall on different sides of the merger question, but we, the undersigned, current and future councilors of this great city, are united in giving Adam Lee our enthusiastic endorsement to be Auburn’s next mayor. We know first-hand that service in local government is not simple or easy. It requires knowledge, persistence and the […]
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Auburn council restores some funding to budget
AUBURN — Efforts to add back budget cuts for the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council and the Citylink bus system failed Monday night as the Auburn City Council approved a $39.8 million spending plan. But councilors did add back $345,724 initially cut from City Manager Howard Kroll’s budget, created two new city positions and agreed to […]
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Auburn urged to give rail study a chance
AUBURN — Councilors were told Monday to give a passenger rail study a chance to get started. “We are asking the kind of questions now that will help us form the scope of work and feasibility for future passenger rail,” Rep. Jared Golden, D-Lewiston, told councilors during a Monday night workshop meeting. “I will say […]
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Newly elected Auburn councilors are signs of change
AUBURN — City Council newcomer Grady Burns said he thinks residents’ desire for change helped sweep him into office. “People seem to understand that Auburn’s at a crossroads,” Burns said. “We are facing a shrinking tax base and we need help creating long-term solutions to turn back that trend.” But a distinctive campaign sign didn’t […]