LEWISTON — At 6:19 p.m., standing in his sleigh, counting down from 10 on a bullhorn, Santa Claus lit the tree in Kennedy Park on Saturday, then zipped across the river to do the same in Auburn’s jampacked Festival Plaza. Christmas was on. In Festival Plaza, Gayle Johnson of Auburn held aloft a handmade sign […]
Parade of Lights
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Woodstock Fire Department to host fifth annual Parade of Lights
WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Fire Department will host its fifth annual Parade of Lights at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, Town Manager Vern Maxfield said. The parade coincides with Woodstock Fire Department’s 75th anniversary. The Parade of Lights started in 2011, after a Woodstock firefighter who previously worked with a fire department in New Hampshire mentioned the […]
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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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Twin Cities gearing up for annual holiday parade and tree lighting
LEWISTON — The Twin Cities’ signature holiday celebration and parade kicks off on Wednesday, Dec 3. This is the eighth year Lewiston and Auburn have combined efforts. The annual Parade of Lights will start at Main and Academy streets, with the parade staging there. There are 25 floats and participants. The procession will step off […]
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Woodstock, Greenwood Fire Departments to hold Parade of Lights
WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock and Greenwood Fire Departments are celebrating Fire Safety and Awareness Week by hosting their fourth annual Parade of Lights at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11. Missy Wakefield, a firefighter and EMS first responder with the Woodstock Fire Department, said the parade of firetrucks and other vehicles will begin at the Woodstock […]
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Lewiston, Auburn welcome Christmas season with parade, festivities
LEWISTON — At the corner of Ash and Bates streets stands a 5-year-old girl with wide eyes. “What’s that?” she asks of nobody in particular. It’s an acorn, her mother tells her, albeit a very large one. “What’s that?” the girl demands a few seconds later, pointing at the street. This time it’s a gigantic […]
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Twin Cities holiday parade is tonight
See also: Plan ahead to avoid parade traffic The parade will start on Ash Street, stop in Kennedy Park for a tree lighting and the Salvation Army canteen, progress down Lisbon Street to Main Street, cross the Longley Bridge, and continue to Auburn’s Festival Plaza. There, festivities will continue with a tree and menorah lighting, photos […]
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Plan ahead to avoid parade traffic
LEWISTON — Local police are suggesting motorists use alternative routes to avoid street closings and traffic congestion during Wednesday evening’s holiday parade and tree-lighting ceremony. The annual Parade of Lights begins in Lewiston at 6 p.m. and will travel across the Longley Bridge to Auburn. There will be traffic congestion in each downtown for about […]