Lisbon catcher Hunter Davis puts the tag on Mt. Abram’s Bryce Werzanski during an MVC baseball game in Lisbon last week. (Tony Blasi/Sun Journal) The four Mt. Abram players suddenly experienced a senior moment before they could recall and agree on the last time the baseball team won a game. Winning five games and playing […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Auburn council on board with borrowing plan to treat Lake Auburn water
AUBURN — Water officials got the authorization to borrow $1 million to pay for algicide in Lake Auburn but they hope they won’t need to use it. Water District Superintendent John Storer said he hopes that water quality in the Twin Cities water supply improves enough on its own that further treatments won’t be needed. […]
RSU 9 hires new staff
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 directors approved hiring several people on Aug. 27 that Superintendent Tom Ward recommended for positions in the 10-town school district. Lynda Szenes was hired as a special education teacher at W.G. Mallett School in Farmington. Diane Pinkham was hired as a half-time third-grade teacher at Mallett. Teacher Keith Martin, who is […]