Auburn News

The Lewiston Farmers' market opened for business Tuesday. You can find fresh fruits and vegetables, naturally raised meats and seafood, local cheeses, bread and dairy products every Tuesday through October at Kennedy Park at the Corner of Pine and Bates streets.

Government at a glance Board: Auburn City Council Met: Monday night Growth rules Issue: Councilors are considering changes to the city's zoning code, letting them avoid some pieces of the Informed Growth Act.

As good as it gets: Tax collectors say theya re surprised to find tax bills paid at the same pace as last year.

LEWISTON a ' State Rep. Bruce Bickford was being treated for pneumonia Thursday in Central Maine Medical Center's intensive care unit after being admitted Monday.

Four bus systems in Maine, including BAT in the Bangor area, will share more than $5 million in federal stimulus funding released by the U.S. Department of Transportationa s Federal Transit Administration.

The North River Road is the first place in Auburn to flood when the Androscoggin River swells.

The tough times aren't over yet. The latest job losses: Perham's gem store in West Paris announced it would close and the Ethan Allen sawmill in Andover is laying off 60 workers.

A Missouri man accused of a home invasion in Auburn earlier this week may be linked to a group of people selling magazine subscriptions door-to-door, police said Friday.

AUBURN a ' A Lewiston man was seriously injured Thursday when he became pinned beneath a van after striking it with his motorcycle on Route 4. Steven Elwell, 48, was taken to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston after crashing at about 5:15 p.m. in front of Roy's All Steak Hamburger stand.

An Auburn man was arrested Thursday and charged in connection with a weekend robbery in which a 74-year-old was attacked in her Lincoln Terrace home.

A Missouri man remains at the Androscoggin County jail following a Tuesday night incident in which he allegedly broke into a Cook Street home, beat the elderly woman who lived there and fled with a small amount of money.

The Maine Association of Retirees members, at their Regional Meeting held on April 27, 2009 in Lewiston, ME, voted to re-elect Amy Ashton of Lewiston, ME to serve as one of three Regional Directors and re-elect Preston Chapman of Auburn, ME to serve as one of three Alternate Directors for Androscoggin, Franklin & Oxford Counties.

The following recipe comes from my culinary colleague Kellie R. Morris, who found it in The New Hood Cook Book: A Modern Cook Book of Practical Recipes from 1939, and dang if this doesn't sound like some tasty vittles for today's table.

Trinity Catholic School parents, students and alumni are outraged at the firing of several teachers and have started a letter-writing campaign in hopes of getting the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland to reverse the decision.

Friends and family members gathered in Fairfield Saturday to bid farewell to a Maine-based Army Reserve unit that is headed for a second tour in Iraq.

The state of Maine has long sought contact centers to alleviate high unemployment in older mill and resource communities.

Auburn and State police are investigating the death of an infant in a home on Webster Street.

AUBURN – Governor John E. Baldacci today joined TD Banknorth / TD Bank officials as plans were announced for the bank to open a new facility to expand its call center operations in Auburn in 2010.

The Auburn City Council voted unanimously Monday to keep all polling places in the city open.

How to get a bank to spend $16 million on a new call center in the middle of a recession: Have a mall owner willing to deal; extend a Pine Tree zone just a bit; have the bank anxious for space and in the rare position of expanding.