Auburn News

University of Southern Maine President Theo Kalikow talks to people in the Shepard Lee Community Hall before Friday afternoon's meeting of the school's Faculty Senate.

The latest grants from the U.S. Department of Education's School Improvement Grants program ranged from $46.7 million for Texas to $1.1 million for North Dakota.

An Auburn man and a Lewiston woman were arrested Wednesday shortly after a Raymond woman called 911 to report a burglary in progress, Cumberland County sheriff's Capt.

For its first 100 years, Lamey-Wellehan was run by a Wellehan, first Dan, then Jim, a rare, long father-son streak.

Regional School Unit 4 once again is debating privatized busing, and the school board could vote on it as soon as Wednesday.

Nathan Brown of Lewiston was caught in a sting operation by federal agents after a blue dye pack in a planted package exploded, splattering his face and hands.

State police detectives investigating the killing of a woman found dead in the Auburn Mall parking lot allegedly found Lysol wipes in the suspect's car and believe he tried to clean the car up after the slaying, search warrant affidavits on file in court said.

"They lied to me once, I don't want to hear from them again," said Ande Smith about the Lewiston-Auburn Academy Charter School board of directors.

Detectives found hundreds of images of very young children on his computer, although McCausland said none are believed to be from Maine.

When hundreds of lake trout were found dead and dying, floating on the surface of Lake Auburn in the fall of 2012, officials in the cities of Lewiston and Auburn knew there was a serious problem with their water supply.

An Auburn man who pleaded guilty to participating in five robberies in the area last April has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Thirty-seven-year-old Nghia Huynh initially was charged with felony drunken driving after the crash on the Everett Turnpike Friday night.

Police say a Maine middle school student was killed in a three-car crash on New Hampshire's Everett Turnpike Friday night.

The 12-year-old Orono girl, with tufts of dark red hair and just a smattering of freckles, already has one professional motion picture under her belt.

A 27-year-old city man has been charged with murder in the death of a woman whose body was discovered Tuesday in the Auburn Mall parking garage.

U.S. Cellular upgraded the wireless experience for its Maine customers in 2013 by investing $3.3 million in 4G LTE network enhancements across the state.

Independent candidate for Governor Eliot Cutler released his second podcast today highlighting his trip to Lewiston/Auburn last week and talking about this week's campaign swing through eastern Maine.

AND CLEANING UP THE MESS IS NO EASY TASK. WMTW NEWS 8'S TASK. WMTW NEWS 8'S JIM KEITHLEY TRAVELED TO THE HARDEST HIT AREAS - OXFORD AND ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTIES HE JOINS US FROM ALONG ROUTE FOUR IN AUBURN.

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