LEWISTON — In preparation for its newest gallery exhibit about shoes, “Footwear: From Function to Fashion,” Museum L-A’s guest curators are searching for more information about the shoe industry in Auburn. Museum L-A has heard through sources over the years that Auburn was once known as the “White Shoe City of the World.” After many research […]
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Woman in fatal Turner crash ID’d
TURNER — The pedestrian who was struck and killed late Thursday by a vehicle on Route 4 was identified Friday as a 36-year-old local woman. Catherine Gauthier was struck at about 9 p.m. by a 2012 Dodge Ram pickup driven by Roger S. Keene Jr., 48, of Turner. The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said in […]
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RSU 73 to form search committee for interim superintendent
JAY — A search committee will be formed to find an interim superintendent for Regional School Unit 73, school board acting chairman Michael Morrell announced Thursday night. The announcement followed an hourlong closed-door session by the board. On Jan. 10 the board accepted the resignation, effective that day, of Superintendent Todd LeRoy. His resignation followed weeks of turmoil after […]
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Looking Back on Feb. 1
100 years ago: 1919 The men’s League of Service at the High Street M E church in Auburn held an important and largely attended meeting Wednesday evening. Speakers for the evening were Charles E. Westervelt of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce and Corp. H.R. Dean, 76th Division, recently released from service. George H. Bower presided. […]
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Closing weekend for The Public Theatre's 'Human Error'
LEWISTON — The Public Theatre’s production of Eric Pfeffinger’s comedy “Human Error” closes this weekend. Remaining performances are 7:30 p.m. Friday; 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; and 2 p.m. Sunday. House opens 30 minutes before curtain. Concessions are on sale prior to the show. The Public Theatre is at 31 Maple St. For tickets or more […]
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New Year’s Auburn, White Shoes
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Regarding the Jan. 29 Sun Spots about the manufacture of “white shoes,” according to the history, “Auburn: 100 Years a City,” page 115, the white shoe companies were Cushman-Hollis Company and Dingley-Foss Shoe Company. They made white canvas shoes for warm weather. The book has a photo in the Cushman-Hollis factory about […]
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Live at The Cage this weekend
LEWISTON — The Cage, 97 Ash St., will have two live shows this weekend. Black Cat Road will begin performing at 8 p.m. Friday. Cover is $2. The band Revision will start playing at 8 p.m. Saturday. Cover is $5.
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President can win on border security
WASHINGTON — Having lost the government shutdown standoff, President Trump has also lost his leverage. But there is one way he can get it back. Democrats are standing firm in opposition to a border wall, but they have also been at pains to argue that they are not weak on border security. House Speaker Nancy […]
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America's Venezuelan policy options outlined
During a Jan. 27 White House press briefing addressing U.S. economic sanctions imposed on Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro’s regime, reporters noticed national security adviser John Bolton idly clasping at his side a notepad containing the handwritten phrase: “5,000 troops to Colombia.” Reuters reported it was “not clear if disclosure of the notes was intentional, and […]
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Government officials need to feel the pain, too
Next time, they should redistribute the pain. That’s an expression Martin Luther King used — he credited Jesse Jackson — in the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike as he urged boycotts and other forms of economic coercion in support of the strikers. Those men had been suffering alone, he said. Now, let the whole town […]