Retiring Bates President Clayton Spencer watched Sunday for the last time in her 11-year tenure as the college’s 439 seniors flipped their tassels and became graduates.
Lewiston-Auburn
News and information from Lewiston and Auburn from the Sun Journal.
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Raccoon euthanized after woman brings it to Auburn pet store and other customers kiss it
Wildlife authorities say the juvenile raccoon was euthanized and tested negative for rabies after a woman brought it into a pet store for a nail trim and some customers kissed it.
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Lt. Ellsworth K. Flewelling: Auburn soldier died at German POW camp
Flewelling had opportunity to evade capture by the Germans at the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, but refused to abandon his platoon, his cousin said in 2021.
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Officials hushed up sinking of WWII ship with Lewiston serviceman aboard
Ronaldo Anctil and more than 1,000 other Americans died when the HMT Rohna was struck by Germany’s new radio-guided missile, and the attack was classified to protect morale.
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A Lewiston Evening Journal editorial for Memorial Day, 1870
If there ought to be one day in the year so sacred, so uncontaminated by every current interest and influence as to be peculiar while we cherish and observe it, it is that on which the relatives and friends and a grateful community of people go out to lay offerings of flowers upon the graves […]
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Talk of the town: Mother Nature. You scary.
The fear is real. But which fear? There are so many to choose from. Let me think a minute.
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Photo Album: Lewiston Memorial Day ceremonies
Area veterans and their families celebrated Memorial Day early with a Saturday ceremony held by the L&A Veterans Council at the Veterans Memorial Park.
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First Memorial Day in Lewiston and Auburn filled with flowers and flags
The community turned out in big numbers in 1870 to honor the heroic dead who fought for the Union in the Civil War
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Death almost took Lewiston cyclist John Grenier for a ride on the Golden Gate Bridge
The well-known owner of Rainbow Bicycle in Lewiston survived a heart attack at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, an event that deepened his appreciation for life.
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Thanks and a tank highlight Memorial Day weekend in Lewiston
A Memorial Day weekend ceremony in Lewiston’s Veterans Memorial Park brought many patriots out Saturday to honor the memories of the fallen and of those lost since. The ceremony also served as the dedication of the park’s newest addition: a 1960s-era M60A3 tank.