March 28, 1927

Carl Armbruster of the Auburn Turn Verein was deluged with congratulations over the success of the senior Turntag of the Western New York District of the North American Turn Verein staged in Auburn. The Turntag held each spring is a social event.

March 28, 1962

More parking spaces are available downtown as a result of the drive on parking violations.

March 28, 1997

Families that pay the minimum rate for water and sewer service in Auburn could have seen their bills slashed by 60 percent Thursday night. But a decision to bring the minimum rate down from 15 units to six was tabled. Families that pay the minimum rate would save $33.30 on future bills if the rate dropped to six units. The city pays back around $4 million a year on the $56.7 million sewer project that started in 1994.

March 28, 2002

He vanished in a cloud of Arizona dust. Tracking dogs lost his scent. As of this morning, Bernard “Ben” Sorrentino, the only suspect in the brutal March 17 stabbing death of his wife, Angela, continued to elude the Arizona authorities who had him in their sights Tuesday but lost him after a high-speed chase.

- Linda Simmons

His sport utility vehicle crashed, and, judging by the footprint inside, he bolted out an open window into the night.

U.S. Marshals, who have joined the nationwide manhunt for the former auto salesman and failed Auburn businessman, suspect he may have friends in Mexico helping him survive.