AUBURN — The city will continue paying General Assistance benefits to a small group of asylum-seeking immigrant families, even though there are questions about whether or not that money will be repaid by the state. “We have a moral obligation, and then we have a financial obligation, and sometimes those don’t match,” Councilor Tizz Crowley […]
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Auburn may make better use of library’s electronic sign
AUBURN — The city should make better use of the electronic sign in front of the Auburn Public Library rather than spend money on putting a new one closer to Auburn Hall, councilors said Monday. School Committee member Chris Langis said the idea came from residents he talked to last summer as he went door […]
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Auburn has no interest in expanding Hartt tax incentive
AUBURN — Councilors had no interest Monday in expanding a tax incentive program for a southern Auburn industrial park. Councilors will vote Dec. 15 on plans to create a Tax Increment Finance District for Hartt Transportation System’s $5.3 million facility with office space, a maintenance facility and an automated commercial truck wash and the surrounding […]
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Auburn schools will ask parental permission before teaching about sex abuse
AUBURN — Before any kindergarten, second- or fourth-grader receives safety lessons that teach vocabulary words of “breasts,” “buttocks,” “vagina” and “penis,” the Auburn School Department will ask parents to say yes or no on whether their child can be in the class, Superintendent Katy Grondin said. That’s a change. Before now, it was up to […]
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Auburn’s irregular pickup means fewer are recycling
AUBURN — Before Auburn residents put out their recyclables, many check the calendar to see if it’s the right week. After discovering it’s not, some haul their bottles, cardboard, plastics and paper back inside. Others skip recycling and throw it all out. The irregular recycling pickup is attributed as one reason why Auburn’s recycling rate […]
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Reporters notebook: Reader to reporter, ‘Stick to newspapers’
LEWISTON — Recently, I interviewed Rosaire “Rosie” LaFontaine, who graduated from Edward Little High School 75 years ago with the Class of 1939. The story is scheduled to run early this week. At age 93, LaFontaine is sharp and has a good sense of humor — and he’s blunt. He told me he was happy […]