RUMFORD — About a dozen people from the Andover-Bethel area learned how to grow shiitake mushrooms Saturday at Toshio Hashimoto’s Shiitake Farm greenhouse. Hashimoto, 65, has been growing shiitakes for more than 40 years, mostly after moving his family to Rumford from Boston in 1985. He also conducts shiitake growing workshops worldwide. He elicited laughter […]
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Auburn officials mull changes to garage sale permitting
AUBURN — City officials met informally with residents Tuesday evening to discuss proposed changes to the way the city deals with yard sales and agricultural barn sales. It was a scantly attended meeting, made up of only of Eric Cousens, Auburn’s deputy director of planning and development, City Councilor Belinda Gerry and the few residents […]
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Lewiston-Auburn This Week
MONDAY, March 30 LEWISTON — Joint meeting of the School Committee and City Council on the proposed school budget, 6:45 p.m., City Hall. Public comment will be welcomed. The meeting will be televised on the local cable channel. LEWISTON — Finance Committee, 5:15 p.m. in City Hall. LEWISTON — Planning Board, 5:30 p.m. in the third-floor conference […]
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Auburn budget work kicks off with Monday workshop
AUBURN — Councilors could be faced with either budget cuts or a tax increase for the next year fiscal year, according to acting City Manager Howard Kroll. “We’ve done the best we can, and the next steps will really be up to them,” Kroll said. City councilors will get their first look at Kroll’s proposed […]
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Stream-crossing workshop offered
LEWISTON — A Stream-Smart Road Crossing workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26, at the Ramada Conference Center, 490 Pleasant St., Lewiston. Registration/check-in begins at 8 a.m. The workshop will cover road-stream crossing projects from site assessment to permitting and installation. The emphasis will be on maintaining and […]
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Wilton CareerCenter lists February programs
WILTON — The Wilton CareerCenter will offer programs for job seekers in February. Gateway to Employment: 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, Feb. 4 and 18. Vocational Rehabilitation Orientation: 9 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 5. Registration is not required. Essentials of College Planning for Adults: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12. To register, […]
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Bates College offering MLK events Sunday, Monday
LEWISTON — Peniel Joseph, author, historian and founder of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at Boston’s Tufts University, will be the keynote speaker at Bates College on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday. Joseph’s talk is titled “Reimagining Martin Luther King Jr. in the Age of Obama and the Age […]
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Dixfield Planning Board, selectmen to hold Jan. 15 workshop on wind ordinance
DIXFIELD — The Planning Board will host a workshop with the Board of Selectmen at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, to continue discussion on an amended Wind Energy Facility Ordinance. It will be held at the Ludden Memorial Library. Dixfield residents originally approved an ordinance in November 2012 to regulate wind development. At the beginning […]
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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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Mount Desert Island workshop destroyed by fire
MOUNT DESERT — A building used as a workshop and for storage by a local tree service company was destroyed by fire Thursday night, according to town officials. The building, located on Village Park Road off Route 102 in Somesville, was owned by Mount Desert Island Tree Service, local fire department officials indicated in a […]