AUBURN — Great Falls TV has scheduled broadcasts of mayoral debates held in Auburn and in Lewiston for Saturday and Sunday on Channel 11, or 1302 for Spectrum customers. The Auburn debate, hosted by the Sun Journal, the Auburn Public Library and Central Maine Community College, will be broadcast at 7 p.m. The Lewiston debate, […]
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Move will put Great Falls TV off-air on Thursday
AUBURN — The Lewiston-Auburn local community access channels will go dark on Thursday, Oct. 29. According to Great Falls TV station manager Phil Larlee, the station will be off the air for a day while the studio and equipment is moved from Central Maine Community College to Auburn Hall. The outage could continue into Friday, […]
Auburn expects new cable access agreement in July
AUBURN — City officials said Monday they are not trying to take over Lewiston-Auburn’s cable access channel, just trying to make it operate more efficiently. Denis D’Auteuil, Auburn’s acting assistant city manager, said he is working with his Lewiston counterpart, Deputy City Administrator Phil Nadeau, on a new interlocal agreement governing how Lewiston-Auburn’s cable access […]
Lewiston, Auburn to negotiate new cable access interlocal deal
AUBURN — The city’s plan to take over daily management of Lewiston-Auburn’s cable access station, Great Falls TV, will wait while Twin Cities staff work out a new interlocal agreement. “Things are in motion now to give this a more formal structure,” Phil Nadeau, Lewiston’s deputy city administrator, said. “We’ll all have to see what […]
Video: BuildMaine presentations go up on Great Falls TV
AUBURN — People who missed last month’s BuildMaine conference at the Bates Mill complex can catch at least 3½ hours worth of talks online now, and on cable TV next week. Phil Larlee, station manager at Twin Cities’ cable station Great Falls TV, said the station recorded all of the talks and keynote presentation at […]
Auburn considers larger role at Great Falls TV, taking over studio
AUBURN — Great Falls TV, the Twin Cities’ cable access channel, would move its studio into Auburn Hall and would focus more attention on Auburn events, according to City Manager Howard Kroll’s plan. Kroll outlined a set of cost-saving changes designed to make better use of the city’s cable station and focus less on Lewiston. […]
Cayer asks for more agreeable shared agency budget discussions
LEWISTON — The Twin Cities could agree more when it comes to funding cross-city agencies, City Councilor Mark Cayer said Tuesday. Lewiston councilors were reviewing budgets for shared agencies — Lewiston-Auburn 911 Communications Center, the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport, Great Falls TV and Lewiston-Auburn Transit Committee — at their budget workshop discussion. All told, those three […]
Auburn councilors sticking to 1.8 percent budget increase
AUBURN — Councilors said Monday they were sticking to an across-the-board 1.8 percent budget increase Monday night, urging cuts to agencies they share with the City of Lewiston. Councilors on Monday reviewed budgets for the Lewiston-Auburn 911 Communications Center, the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport, Great Falls TV, Lewiston-Auburn Transit Committee and Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council. Combined, […]
Budget cuts cost Lewiston-Auburn iPad video streams
AUBURN — Twin Cities residents eager to keep up live with their City Councils via their iPhones or iPads are learning they are out of luck because of budget concerns. Phil Larlee, station manager of Great Falls TV, said residents can still view streaming video of live Lewiston, Auburn and Lisbon government meetings on their […]
Report of Auburn students iPad use Wednesday
AUBURN — Reports on how iPads are being used in Auburn schools and how iPad tablet computers have impacted student learning will be given to the School Committee on Wednesday night. The committee will also hear how a more student-centered approach to teaching, called “mass customized learning,” is going in classrooms, Superintendent Katy Grondin said. […]