AUBURN — Four people were injured on Friday when three SUVs collided near the causeway on Route 4, snarling traffic for miles. According to police, Fernand Dumoulin of Rumford was headed south on Route 4 when his Chevrolet SUV collided with the back of a vehicle driven by Caitlin Knight of Auburn, who had stopped to make […]
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Project to clean Lake Auburn drinking water intake wraps up
AUBURN — Cleaning the Twin Cities’ water supply intake pipe is a pretty straightforward job, according to water officials. “It’s the planning that takes all the effort,” said John Storer, superintendent of the Auburn Water District. Workers began cleaning the intake pipe Monday and they’d all but finished by Wednesday morning. There will be one […]
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Lake Auburn intake cleaning gets Lewiston council OK
LEWISTON — Councilors had no problem Tuesday sharing the costs of cleaning algae from the Twin Cities drinking water intake line at Lake Auburn. They agreed unanimously to pay half of the $183,000 cost for a much-needed scrubbing of the Lake Auburn intake pipe that feeds water to both cities. Councilors reviewed plans at a […]
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, Dec. 1 LEWISTON — Lewiston School Department Redistricting Committee, regular meeting, 4:30 p.m., Dingley Building, 36 Oak St. Committee will hear from Harriman Associates architect Jeff Larimer on what a larger, 1,200-student elementary school looks like and how it works. For information, visit https://sites.google.com/a/lewistonpublicschools.org/lewiston-public-schools-redistricting/purpose. AUBURN — Auburn City Council workshop and regular meeting. Workshop […]
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Edward Little’s agriculture students to protect Lake Auburn water
Edward Little High School science teacher Kim Finnerty, who is in her second year of teaching chemistry through hands-on agriculture, is branching out. Her students are still growing plants in the high school greenhouse. They’re still “garden buddies” teaching gardening to elementary students. But on Monday, agriculture students embarked on a new project: shore up […]
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Boat owners asked to inspect boats every time they float
AUBURN – Earlier this summer, Tayelor Gosselin examined a boat as it was hauled out of Lake Auburn. A summer intern boat inspector, she asked the first-time boat owner if she could inspect their craft. “They’re free to say no,” she said. “I haven’t had anyone do that.” Gosselin said she was looking for plants, […]
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Lake Auburn group weighing options for fighting algae
AUBURN — Work repairing erosion problems around Lake Auburn and the tributaries that feed it might be the best long-term fix for avoiding future algae problems, say Twin Cities water officials. Members of the Lake Auburn Watershed Protection Commission on Thursday received copies of a study of the lake and the surrounding watershed that sought […]