AUBURN a ' A little rain Friday couldn't deter well-wishers from celebrating the opening of a walking path connecting Auburn's Riverwalk to West Pitch Park.

Police say a car registered in Massachusetts was reported to be driving erratically on the turnpike about 7:30. The car went by State Trooper Tony Keim in the northbound lane near Auburn.

AUBURN a ' A Leeds man is expected to spend four years in prison in connection with the kidnapping and robbery of a Livermore Falls man.

Donald White, left, and his lawyer, Allan Lobozzo, listen to Assistant District Attorney Deborah Cashman make her opening statements to the jury in Androscoggin County Superior Court on Tuesday morning at the start of White's kidnapping trial.

The large evergreen tree across from Rolly's Diner in Auburn is slated to be cut down Thursday and moved to Festival Plaza as the city's Christmas tree this year.

AUBURN a ' Lisa White, 36, was remembered Monday as someone who loved being a wife and mother, and who was caring with residents at the Clover Manor Residential Center, where she worked.

On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that,A to date, 4,000 Americans have died of H1N1, the so-called swine flu.

AUBURN a ' With the swine flu raging across Maine, two local elementary schools reported Wednesday that at least one-fifth of their students were out sick.

AUBURN a ' Attorneys on Monday picked a jury for the upcoming trial of two men accused of kidnapping, assaulting and robbing a Livermore Falls man earlier this year.

AUBURN, Maine a ' Police in Auburn are investigating a traffic accident that killed a 36-year-old woman and her 4-year-old daughter.

Police said a two car crash on Minot Avenue in Auburn has left a woman and a child dead and three others in critical condition.

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AUBURN a ' An Androscoggin County Jail supervisor was fired Wednesday for his involvement in on-the-job pranks that included duct-taping a worker to a chair and putting another worker in a choke hold.

Maine voters have rejected a referendum that would have placed limits on increases in state and municipal government spending and taxes.

Auburn police arrested an unarmed man after a brief standoff on Turner Street Monday afternoon after witnesses heard the man talk about a weapon.