Scientists have now found that students in their middle or late teen years have a greater need for sleep, especially in the morning hours, than younger teens. However, most teens sleep less because high school classes across the country usually start around 7:30 a.m. Researchers have found that the 20 percent of high school students […]

I drank my coffee out of a bowl. Yes, that’s right.. .out of a bowl…a big bowl. I had a refill, too. It is true that everyone I worked with drank coffee out of a bowl, but I must say the second serving of caffeine helped me make it up the “big hill” each morning […]

Editors note: This review was written at the end of the school year by Chris DeBlois who, at the time, was an 8th grader at Tripp Middle School. He is now a freshman at Leavitt Area High School.Darker, darker it gets as you walk further and further into the theater with only a faint wisp […]

By Jake SassevilleEdward Little High School Editor’s Note: Jake Sasseville was a regular contributor to the Academic Advocate last year via his “Magic of France” column, chronicling his experience as an exchange student. He was called home early because of his brother’s ill health.

1952-2002 1953-1956 Joseph A. Poliquin1957-1958 Maurice Goulet1958-1959 Jere Clifford1960-1961 Ray Witherell1962-1964 Thomas Mennealy1965-1966 Roland Carbonneau1967-1968 Robert Pugsley1969-1970 Thomas Crowley1970-1971 Ronald Beauchesne1972-1974 Lucien B. Gosselin1975-1976 Roland Amnott Jr.1976-1977 Stanley A. Bixby1977-1979 Alfred Plourde1979-1980 Richard Tardiff1980-1981 Bruce Turmenne1981-1983 Dominique Tardif1983-1984 Joseph Bousquet1985-1987 Peter Vincent1987-1989 Philip St. Pierre1989-1991 Roger Couturier1991-1992 Gary Adams1993-1994 Martin Morgan Jr.1995-1996 Guy Gagnon1996-1997 Raymond […]

The Lewiston Development Corporation is a private, non-profit corporation established in 1952 through a collaboration with the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Taxpayers’ Association, the City of Lewiston, and Les Vigilants.It is perhaps best known for developing the Lewiston Industrial Park.According to the group’s bylaws, “The primary purpose of the Corporation is to promote increased employment […]

By Paul BadeauLewiston Auburn Economic Growth CouncilLike the insurance and real estate business, economic development is built on relationships and, sometimes, a little luck.Take Geiger Brothers. The way Jere Clifford remembers it, Geiger was one of LDC’s first big breaks. Clifford, an LDC founder who did the legal work for the corporation’s early transactions, recalls […]

Editor’s Note: LDC has helped numerous local companies in various capacities over the years.In no way comprehensive, the highlights on this page are based on newspaper clippings, meeting records and the collective memories of various LDC officials.Geiger Brothers u Land purchased and building constructed in 1955 through local bank financing. Lewiston Industrial Park u Plans […]

Over its 50-plus years of business, LDC has played a significant part in the city’s economic development. Sometimes, LDC has played a major role (buying and developing land in the Lewiston Industrial Park and Turnpike Industrial Park), sometimes serving as a shell corporation allowing companies in the 1960s and ’70s to borrow money for business […]

Editor’s Note: LDC has helped numerous local companies in various capacities over the years.In no way comprehensive, the highlights on this page are based on newspaper clippings, meeting records and the collective memories of various LDC officials.Geiger Brothers u Land purchased and building constructed in 1955 through local bank financing. Lewiston Industrial Park u Plans […]