AUBURN — Christy Gardner, a trainer of service and therapy dogs, is to speak at Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring St., from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11. She and the dogs and handlers with which she works, will be in the library’s Androscoggin Community Room. Gardner has been training dogs for nine years […]
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Underground Improv comedy troupe delivers night of laughs
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Auburn student earns degree from Tufts University
MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. — Yasmin Farah of Auburn has graduated from the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in child study and human development. The university held an online degree conferral ceremony commemorating the accomplishments of the class of 2021.
Author to share stories of rehabilitated donkey
AUBURN — Best-selling author Christopher McDougall is to join Auburn Public Library from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10 via Zoom to share favorite parts of his book “Running with Sherman.” When McDougall agreed to take in a donkey, Sherman, from an animal hoarder, he thought it would be no harder than the rest […]
Auburn church to host Bible school
AUBURN — Vacation Bible School is to be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 9 through Friday, Aug. 13, at Court Street Baptist Church 0n 129 Court St. This program will be presented by CEF — Child Evangelism Fellowship of Southern Maine. “Discovering Jesus!” will be the theme. Refreshments will be served. Crafts […]
Lewiston and Auburn police policies reflect reforms from 2020 protests
It’s been a year since Black Lives Matter protests filled the streets of Lewiston and Auburn, sparking calls for action and change.
U.S. CDC documents on delta variant may explain increasing case rates in central and western Maine
New information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers some explanation for increasing case rates and deeper look behind the state’s shift in masking recommendations.
14 people displaced by Auburn fire; cause being investigated
The upper floors of the three-story apartment building were heavily damaged.
Continental Shakedown playing two shows this weekend
Local blues rock trio Continental Shakedown plays a double header this weekend, appearing at 8 p.m. on Friday, July 16, at The Mill House Pub in Mechanic Falls, and at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 17, at 1800 Club in Auburn. The band, made up of Charlie Bradbury (bass/vocals), Steve Kaulback (drums/vocals), and Ken Goodman […]
The risks of COVID-19 to children under 12 remain low, even as vaccine awaits approval
All pandemic-era mask requirements and other restrictions became recommendations, including in school and child care settings, this month as Maine’s civil state of emergency came to an end.