Auburn News

The Tin Man, a lawn decoration made from welded propane tanks, holds a hose on Peggy Riley's lawn in Canaan, Maine.

For the second year in a row, thousands of people throughout the state of Maine have voted The Public Theatre in Lewiston to be the "Best Theatre in Maine" in the Down East Magazine readers' poll.

State and local police are looking for a Dover, N.H., man who allegedly has connections to the double homicide which took place at 19 Western Ave. Sunday night.

Friday, Aug. 15, 2014 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Great Falls Balloon Festival is hosting its 22nd annual celebration August 15-17, 2014, in Lewiston/Auburn, Maine, with a pirate-themed weekend called "Swashbucklin' in the Sky".

The 18th annual Liberty Festival, including a scheduled fireworks display above Lewiston and Auburn, has been postponed until Sunday night.

Friends and family cool off from Wednesday's heat by jumping into the Androscoggin River at the Cherry Pond day use area in Greene on Wednesday.

Ardis Cameron, an American and New England Studies professor, spoke at the rally aimed at saving her program from elimination on Wednesday, claiming that ANES was a unique program in the country.

A Lewiston-Auburn-based charter school is a possible proposal to fill one of the last four available charter school slots in Maine.

The family of a chronically ill Auburn man who was unscrupulously persuaded into cashing in his life insurance policy will be repaid more than $160,000, the state insurance bureau announced Thursday.

Robert Starratt passed away suddenly at CMMC in Lewiston Maine on June 23rd. Bob was born in Boston, Mass.

Students for #USMFuture organizers Jules Purnell , Meaghan LaSala and Caroline O'Connor after leading a march throughout the streets of Portland to protest USM budget cuts in April.

There were no injuries but there was extensive damage to equipment and the garage bays from flames that erupted in the engine compartment of a van, officials said.

A Lewiston man is behind bars after he tried to rob a Walmart last Saturday night, according to Auburn police.

As Destroyer Escort Day approaches a group of U.S. Navy veterans are on a mission to increase membership in the Northeast Chapter of the Destroyer Escort Sailors Association.

More than 700 people are attending events at Startup and Create Week from Monday to Friday to do just what organizer Jess Knox and others envisioned: network and talk about Maine's early-stage businesses.

University of Southern Maine President Theodora Kalikow announced Friday the final phase of cuts needed to pass a balanced fiscal year 2015 budget, though more cuts are expected in the coming years.