Women’s Soccer Bates 2, Southern Maine 0 GORHAM – Julia Rafferty and rookie Maggie Coco scored goals in the second half to give Bates a 2-0 victory over the University of Southern Maine in non-conference women’s soccer action Tuesday. Rafferty broke a scoreless deadlock in the 55th minute when her shot from the top of […]
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15 Lewiston High School seniors suspended for prank
LEWISTON — Fifteen Lewiston High School seniors were suspended for two days earlier this month for an incident that school officials say created an unsafe situation on a stairwell during the school day and put other students in jeopardy. Lewiston Superintendent Bill Webster said Monday that students participated in a “senior block,” an annual prank […]
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Benjamin Breger: Committing to ‘stewardship for the wider world’
My liberal arts education at Bates College has taught me a lot about the urgent issues facing our environment and our communal well-being: The Earth’s climate is warming; species are going extinct at an unprecedented rate; and known toxins pollute the environment. Those problems are caused by a human society that values obscene profits and […]
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Charity accepts used cards, sells new
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Your help is needed again. There was a place that took used birthday and Christmas cards. Could you tell me if it is still in business? — No Name, Hebron ANSWER: The charity St. Jude’s Ranch for Children is indeed still accepting those cards as well as selling the resulting product. You […]
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Science journalist will give ‘night sky’ lecture at Bates
LEWISTON — Science journalist Babak Tafreshi will give a talk about exploring the importance of the night sky on Monday, Oct. 22, at Bates College. Tafreshi is founder of The World At Night (TWANight.org), promoting world peace and environmental stewardship through an exhibition of photographs of the night sky over prominent Earth-bound landmarks. His “The World At […]
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TED talk at Bates College slates speakers
LEWISTON — Coke and Mentos performers EepyBird and a local architect promoting a server farm at Bates Mill No. 5 will be among the speakers featured at the TEDxDirigo:Villages. The daylong event is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 20, at Bates College. People interested in attending should apply for an invitation on the Internet at http://tedxdirigo.com/request-an-invitation. […]
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Canoeists ‘saved by Batman’
AUBURN — Walking away from the boat launch after rescuing a Bates College senior and her father Saturday afternoon, Dick Vautrinot snickered, “they were just saved by Batman.” Vautrinot owned and operated Accurate Wildlife for 20 years, where he developed exclusive techniques specifically for bat and bird exclusions. BATMAN is the vanity plate on […]
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Bates campus somber; respects paid to student
This weekend is parents weekend at Bates. As parents and their students walked to and from campus buildings, students remembered Pappas. Freshman Nicole Cueli said she talked to him off and on during the first month of school. “He’s a sweetheart,” she said. “He graduated in the top 10 in his class. He’s a genius, […]
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Bates student still critical after Saturday’s fall; police investigate
LEWISTON — Local police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the fall of a Bates College student who was listed Thursday in critical condition. Lt. Michael McGonagle said police are talking to witnesses and visited the stairwell of Parker Hall where Troy J. Pappas, 18, of Eliot fell down a stairwell. “We want to find out […]
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Couple of concerts: Acclaimed chamber musicians, rhythm-and-blues powerhouse will perform at Bates
LEWISTON — The first two weeks of October will bring some of the nation’s most respected chamber musicians and a powerhouse rhythm-and-blues singer to the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall at Bates College. On Saturday, Oct. 6, six musicians representing the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will play music by Bruch, Brahms and Dohnanyi. About […]