After dip in popularity, auto shop in Auburn reopens under previous owner

After dip in popularity, auto shop in Auburn reopens under previous owner

After a rocky year under new ownership, an Auburn auto repair shop is reopening with its longtime previous owner at the wheel.

Auto Repair Business Owner Retires, Celebrates 38 Years in Operation

Dorri Partain Managing Editor While the sign marking the building as “Craig’s Auto Service” came down, new signs celebrating the owner’s upcoming retirement secretly popped up along the gate — bearing slogans such as “fare well,” “best wishes” and “don’t go, we need you.” Owner and mechanic Craig DeLong purchased the repair shop at 4250 St.John Ave. in 1987 and built a customer base that stretched generations as parents would recommend Craig’s s…