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AUBURN — Dan Bilodeau stands on Whitman Spring Road, about 100 yards above Lake Auburn, and counts the things the lake represents for him. It’s a recreation magnet, drawing summer boaters to its waters, and hikers, bikers, cross-country skiers and snowmobilers to its shores. It’s a real estate engine, too, he said, bringing people to […]

Maine's water quality is particularly good, largely due to its cold climate. But data indicates that as the state's winters grow warmer, the periods of ice cover which protects the state's lakes are shrinking.

Based on the findings, the Lake Auburn Watershed Protection Commission may conduct a treatment this year to help prevent algae blooms.

Climate change has been contributing to worsening water quality in Lake Auburn, as winter ice cover diminishes, and water temperatures are rising, giving algae more time to grow. And more extreme storm events can dump sediment and runoff which further degrade water quality.

Lake Auburn is one of the few water systems in the country that don't need to be filtered because it has high water quality. But that's at risk.

100 Years Ago: 1922 An enterprising group of youngsters with case knives and dishpans were camped on a certain lawn in Lewiston Saturday morning busily digging dandelion greens. After filing their pans to overflowing they approached the lady of the house and asked her to buy them at the rate of fifty cents a half […]

Looking Back on April 2 Share 100 Years Ago: 1921 One Lewiston man who is in a position to meet a great many people stated yesterday that he feels very strongly in favor of daylight saving and that it would be an easy matter for him to get hundreds of signers for a petition making for an adoption this year. 50 Years Ago: 1971 By walking to the North Pole, Robert Edwin Peary became one of the world’s most honored men. Born on May 6. 1886, in Cresson, Penn., Peary arrived in Maine three years ...