Shallow water at Crescent Beach is the perfect spot for young families to learn to swim, especially on a hot Wednesday morning.
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Christmas morning skate Auburn
Brandon Raymond bats a puck around with his sister, Amanda (not shown), on Taylor Pond in Auburn after spending some time with their grandparents on Christmas morning. Parents Chris and Christopher watch from behind Brandon. (Sun Journal photo by Andree Kehn)
Labor Day Regatta on Taylor Pond
Ben Condit, center, Leslie Shields, left, Kora Martel, second from right, and Natalie Garcia sail toward the mark Sunday during the annual Labor Day Regatta on Taylor Pond in Auburn. Eleven sailors in eight boats from Taylor Pond Yacht Club sailed in the event. Condit, 13, is an eighth-grader at Auburn Middle School. (Daryn Slover/Sun […]
Video: Sunny day warms Taylor Pond
Crescent Beach, bottom right, on Taylor Pond in Auburn was the place to be Wednesday afternoon as temperatures hit the high 70s. It is expected to cool down and be rainy Thursday, but bounce up into the 80s on Friday and over the weekend. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
Ice fisherman performs CPR on friend
AUBURN — With no formal training, an ice fisherman breathed life back into a friend who had collapsed on Taylor Pond on Saturday afternoon. Gary Croteau, 59, of Auburn was drilling his eighth hole through the ice with his friend, Larry, whose grandchildren were expected to join them later. Croteau, who has a small shack […]
Ruth Higgins Horsman
1923 – 2015 FALMOUTH — Ruth Richardson Higgins Horsman died Tuesday, April 7, at Falmouth by the Sea Hospice Care. She was born in Bar Harbor Nov. 28, 1923, the daughter of late Thomas Carol and Armida Richardson Higgins. Ruth graduated from Bar Harbor High School and University of Maine at Orono in 1945 with […]
Auburn crews rescue dog from hole in ice on Taylor Pond
AUBURN — A dog rescued from a hole in the ice on Taylor Pond early Tuesday morning was resuscitated by firefighters, one of whom also fell through the ice. The large dog that resembled a Rottweiler had wandered onto the pond shortly after 2 a.m., fire Chief Frank Roma said. The dog fell through a […]
Early-morning fire damages Auburn home
AUBURN — An early-morning fire damaged a home at 17 Pond Crest Lane on Thursday. Firefighters arrived at the home around 5:30 a.m. and spotted fire coming from the bedroom window on the second floor, Auburn Fire Department Battalion Chief Dean Milligan said. The fire was extinguished in about 20 minutes. “Fire damage was limited […]