Auburn council member’s commentary assailed by elected leaders from Lewiston in a statement issued Friday.
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Auburn officials denounce those who questioned naming bridge for John Jenkins
City leaders have been largely silent about call by nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group for Leroy Walker to resign following racially-charged comments about Jenkins’ skin color.
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Buckfield man charged with murder in death of infant daughter in 2020
Trevor Averill, 27, becomes the fifth parent in Maine to be charged this year with murder or manslaughter in the death of a child.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Racist comments from Auburn city councilor tarnish agreement to name footbridge after John Jenkins
Leroy Walker said that alleged looting by “dark-colored people” in the South reflects badly on John Jenkins, former mayor of both Lewiston and Auburn who died last year.
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Auburn landlord finds 19 tarantulas and a python abandoned in apartment
A former tenant left 15 living tarantulas, four dead ones and a ball python behind.
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Her husband died in 2020 after contracting COVID-19 at a nursing home — now Jodi Floyd says the staff vaccine mandate is the way to go
Jodi Floyd’s husband of 39 years, Marvin Floyd, died last November from complications due to COVID. She says the mandated vaccines should be accepted as medical best practice. Not everyone agrees with her.
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Maine celebrates long-anticipated bicentennial parade
After it was rescheduled twice due to the pandemic, Maine’s bicentennial parade was just the right kind of quirky fun.
Posted inCops & Courts, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Auburn fugitive, charged with sex crimes in Michigan, captured in Harpswell
Michael J. Bernard, a lobsterman, was caught by federal officials as he departed a lobster boat Thursday afternoon.
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Auburn considers getting on board with a plan to connect rail trail to Portland
AUBURN – There is “growing momentum” in the area to create a rail trail that would extend along an unused section of track that stretches from Auburn to Portland. Auburn Mayor Jason Levesque said this week that he expects many people “will love to hike and bike and walk” along the corridor. The unused rail […]
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Mask-wearing will be optional in Auburn schools
The School Committee adopted a plan for the reopening of schools Sept. 1.