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Police said a two car crash on Minot Avenue in Auburn has left a woman and a child dead and three others in critical condition.

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AUBURN a ' An Androscoggin County Jail supervisor was fired Wednesday for his involvement in on-the-job pranks that included duct-taping a worker to a chair and putting another worker in a choke hold.

Maine voters have rejected a referendum that would have placed limits on increases in state and municipal government spending and taxes.

Auburn police arrested an unarmed man after a brief standoff on Turner Street Monday afternoon after witnesses heard the man talk about a weapon.

AUBURN a ' A standoff on Turner Street ended peacefully Monday when police arrested a man who had barricaded himself in his house.

I've always been the one out of my group of friends to say, "Pay your taxes and stop complaining," but in late August of this year I found myself wondering if I was giving good advice.

AUBURN a ' An Oxford woman who worked at a prominent Lewiston law firm pleaded not guilty Thursday to a felony theft charge in connection with her alleged embezzlement of more than $100,000. Amy L. Christiansen, 29, made a brief appearance in Androscoggin County Superior Court, where a judge read the grand jury indictment handed up earlier this ...

Today is Thursday, Oct. 29, the 302nd day of 2009. There are 63 days left in the year.

On this date: In 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, the English courtier, military adventurer and poet, was executed in London.

When the power gets shut off to an apartment, the city of Lewiston says that's a public safety hazard that needs to be addressed, and it is working to do just that.

AUBURN a ' A longtime Auburn resident and retired day care provider is challenging Auburn School Committee incumbent Lawrence Pelletier.

An Auburn firefighter sprays a stream of water in preperation for a crew from Unitil, formerly Northern Utilities, to use the orange backhoe, center, to dig around a gas pipe to clamp is shut.

AUBURN a ' A city woman was transported to an area hospital after being hit by a car over the weekend.

Share + Oct 25, 2009 11:44 am US/Eastern AUBURN, Maine The estate of a 38-year-old pregnant woman who was murdered by a co-worker in 2007 is seeking damages from the call center where they worked, claiming the company should have known her assailant posed a threat to women.

AUBURN a ' External problems will drive Auburn political decisions over the next two years, say both mayoral candidates.

MONMOUTH a ' A Connecticut man was killed and an Auburn man was injured late Friday when the driver of the truck they were riding in lost control on a sharp curve on Route 135 and rolled over on the Jug Stream Bridge at the intersection of Sanborn Road.

AUBURN a ' More than a dozen retired Androscoggin County workers, including two surviving spouses, are suing the county over health care benefits.

Auna O'Leary, a sixth-grader at the Fairview Elementary School, has won the 2009 Auburn Book Project for her original book, "Art Paws," inspired by her love of cats.

AUBURN a ' A local man is suing the company that fired him because he refused to engage in illegal and dangerous acts, he says.