Auburn News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Date: February 10, 2012 Contact: Allen T. Sterling President and Chief Executive Officer 782-0400 On January 17, 2012 - Auburn Bancorp, Inc.

Officials are warning that work on the railroad crossing at Court Street in Auburn may cause a traffic delay on Main Street in Lewiston on Friday afternoon.

Predictably, the governor's call to use public education money to fund private and religious schools prompted the biggest concerns.

Jacqueline Proulx of Lewiston is escorted away from her car after being extricated by Lewiston firefighters Thursday afternoon on Ash Street in Lewiston.

Schools in the Twin Cities will get more money from the state this year, as will most schools in the tri-county area.

City officials put the finishing touches on a help-wanted ad Thursday night and will begin advertising for a new city manager Monday.

In a bid to end more than a decade of talk and deliberation, Lisbon leaders pitched a plan Wednesday to take over dispatching for Androscoggin County, saying it could save money for every town in the county.

Kids came to Auburn for the ice fishing derby Saturday. All benefits went to Health Smiles for ME, a nonprofit that helps Maine children get dental treatment.

A new open-road tolling plaza on Interstate 95 between Portland and Auburn is a step toward all-electronic tolling, according to Maine Turnpike Authority Executive Director Peter Mills.

Firefighter Mark Tripp helps Lt. Chip Keene out of Taylor Brook on Court Street in Auburn on Monday afternoon as crews from Tower 1, Engine 3 and Engine 2 assist in the training exercise.

Wayne Werts, Auburn's former fire chief, has announced his candidacy for the Maine House of Representatives for District 70, which includes parts of Auburn and Lewiston.

A two-vehicle head-on accident on Minot Avenue in Auburn Sunday morning resulted in one fatality, according to an Auburn police officer at the scene.

AUBURN, Maine - Police say a driver suffered a medical emergency while driving Sunday morning, causing a deadly accident.

Maine Research Associates in Auburn conducts clinical trials and studies on various diseases and disorders, including FH.

A local jewelry appraiser is offering to take free photographs of personal jewelry to help burglary victims identify their stolen items for police and insurance companies.

Community Little Theater preps for their upcoming production of "Almost, Maine" staring, from left to right, Van Beckman, Victoria Machado, Christine Doucette, Roger Philippon, Jason Pelletier, and Eileen Messina.

Encompass Marketing has announced they will be working with the New York based PRASAD Project, an international organization doing philanthropic work in several countries.

Patrick Austin, 18, cuts red peppers for the Super Bowl chili he was making at The Green Ladle in Lewiston on Friday.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic on Challenger Drive in Lewiston will begin seeing a limited number of patients on Monday.