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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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. […]