His success story began when he was a young pot scrubber working at Bates College in 1992, a year before his graduation from Lewiston High School. By 1994, Owen Keene had tossed out the dish water in exchange for stocking the salad bar with fresh food. Soon after, he transitioned into the kitchen as a […]
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Rebuilding Together gets donation, new president
LEWISTON — It’s been 10 years since a student at Bates College started the Lewiston/Auburn chapter of Rebuilding Together — a national non-profit organization established by his mother in D.C. — created to assist those in need of help in maintaining their homes. And in the last 10 years, thanks to the undying dedication of […]
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Acclaimed Borromeo String Quartet coming to Bates
LEWISTON — The Borromeo String Quartet, one of the most sought-after ensembles of its kind in the world, will return to Bates College for a two-day residency and concert on Tuesday, Nov. 29. Audiences and critics alike champion the foursome’s explorations of Beethoven, Bartok, Schoenberg, Shostakovich and Golijov. Borromeo’s trademark is its ability to make […]
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$600,000 grant to help create online chemistry curriculum
LEWISTON — A newly awarded $600,000 National Science Foundation grant is supporting an innovative national effort led by a Bates College professor to create an in-depth, online chemistry curriculum. Thomas Wenzel, Charles A. Dana Professor of Chemistry at Bates, is the principal investigator of the four-year initiative, titled “Development of E-Learning Modules for Analytical Chemistry.” […]
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‘Rollin’ to Olin’ ends with final performance, instruction in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Fingernails plucked guitar strings. A violin bow scraped over its strings and knuckles rapped against the body of a polished, classical guitar. But it was the plucking sound — in a particularly dramatic moment of “Duo Sonidos,” an exquisite 30-minute set — that spawned giggles among the 100 or so fourth-graders in the audience at […]
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Justin Townes Earle: Americana singer-songwriter coming to Bates
LEWISTON — Americana singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle, whose recent album, “Harlem River Blues,” debuted at No. 47 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, will perform at Bates College on Dec. 5. Earle’s recording “Midnight at the Movies” was named Amazon’s No. 8 country album of 2009 and received four stars in Rolling Stone Magazine. Last […]
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Women’s Rugby: Local squad goes national
The Portland Women’s Rugby team is in Virginia Beach this weekend competing in the Division II National Tournament. There are eight teams from across the country participating, including clubs from Santa Monica, Pittsburgh, Sacramento, Burlington, Albuquerque, Raleigh and Memphis. There will be three rounds of playoffs over the course of the weekend. The Portland team […]
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Life before Auschwitz: Finder of rare photographs visits Bates College
LEWISTON — Ann Weiss, who discovered at Auschwitz a cache of photographs from the lives of Jewish victims before they arrived at the death camp, will speak at Bates College at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14, at the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave. Confiscated from Jews deported to Auschwitz in 1943, the images […]
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The Hot Corner: They’re building something at Bates
LEWISTON — The melted eye-black wasn’t blurring Andrew Scichilone’s vision. It hadn’t seeped into his brain and caused a manic episode. Scichilone, a 6-foot-2, 250-pound offensive lineman from the Cape Cod community of Sandwich — yes, he’s eaten his share — didn’t blink, look away, smile or stutter. “If you come back next year at […]
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Frank Glazer, Bates, Bowdoin orchestras performing at Bates
LEWISTON — It’s a big weekend for classical music at Bates Concert Nov. 12-13, as the Bates and Bowdoin Orchestra and pianist Frank Glazer present back-to-back concerts in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. The orchestra, which will be conducted at Bates by Hiroya Miura and includes musicians from Bates and Bowdoin […]