Auburn News

The Barb Jackson Studio and Gallery will feature artist Martha Wakefield as Artist of the Month for August.

Roland "Yummy" Raubeson, right, and his son, Mitchell, wait for Scot Hardy of New Hampshire to give them his address so the two stars of the History Channel's "Down East Dickering" could pick up an old lawn mower after Hardy recognized the duo at Forage Market in Lewiston.

The hot air balloon that crashed into a power line in Massachusetts was registered to a Maine man.

Jacob Koch, 31, of Auburn, was arrested on the charge of robbery in connection with a robbery of the Lewiston Variety on Saturday night.

THE state jobs data was released yesterday and revealed that, again, the Maine economy and labor market continue to slowly improve.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland announced The Rev. Paul G. Murray will serve as residential care chaplain in the parishes of Immaculate Heart of Mary in Auburn and Prince of Peace in Lewiston starting Aug. 8. As the full-time residential care chaplain of these areas, Murray will serve the senior residential care institutions and provide ... (more)

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.