Bates College’s Concerts on the Quad present a contradance lesson from renowned caller Dela Murphy, center, who then calls dances while Erica Brown & The Bluegrass Connection, a popular Maine quintet, play music spanning bluegrass, French-Canadian and original songs. Show is at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 19, at Historic Quad at the Gnomes Chapel, 275 […]
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Bates Dance Festival
Lily Dines, left, and Riley Hopkins work together during Friday afternoon’s improvisation class taught by Lida Winfield at Bates College in Lewiston. They are part of the Young Dancers Workshop at the Bates Dance Festival. For more information on the dance festival and upcoming performances, visit batesdancefestival.org. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Lily Dines, left, and Riley […]
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Former Maine newspaper writer and editor Nancy Grape dies
Nancy Grape, an Auburn native who worked for both the Sun Journal and Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram as a writer and columnist, died Wednesday in Redwood City, California. She was 84. She was born at Central Maine General Hospital, now Central Maine Medical Center, in Lewiston in 1933, graduating from Edward Little High School […]
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Former Bates football, lacrosse coach Web Harrison dies at 78
Web Harrison talks with one of his Bates football players on Garcelon Field, circa 1982. (Bates College Muskie Archives and Special Collections) In the same week it named its 20th football coach, Bates College is mourning the death of its 17th football coach. Webster “Web” Harrison died Sunday after suffering cardiac arrest at his home […]
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Bates hires Malik Hall as new football coach
Malik Hall, center, spent three seasons as the defensive line coach at the University of Pennsylvania before being hired as the 20th head football coach in Bates College’s history on Monday. (University of Pennsylvania) Malik Hall’s enthusiasm travels through the phone as he stood on the course at the Bates College football alumni golf tournament […]
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Theodore "Ted" Walther
SCARBOROUGH — Theodore “Ted” Walther, professor emeritus of economics, of Lewiston, died Saturday, June 2, after a period of declining health. The son of Ann Petrie and Francis T. Walther, he was born in Atlantic City, N.J., Aug. 23, 1929. He was a member of the United States Navy, working primarily on the USS Kula Gulf, […]
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The Hot Corner: Harriman was the hero Bates football needed
Winning percentage doesn’t always tell the whole story. I know that’s contrary to the sporting world’s economy. Players are evaluated through results-oriented goggles, and coaches are hired to be fired if they don’t perform up to the expectations of the most vocal and influential in the fan base. Try living in the belly of the […]
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Lucille St. Pierre
LEWISTON — Lucille St.Pierre, 73, of Lewiston passed away Tuesday, May 29, at CMMC following a courageous seven-year battle with multiple myeloma. She was born in Lewiston, daughter of Honoree and Georgianna Pomerleau. She had been employed at Bates College in Lewiston for 23 years upon her retiring in 2011, and previous to that she worked […]
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Fireworks over Bates College on June 8
LEWISTON — As part of reunion activities at Bates College, a fireworks display over the college’s Lake Andrews, at the north end of campus near Russell Street, begins at about 9:15 p.m. Friday, June 8. The rain date is set for the same time Saturday, June 9. Reunion is a weekend of events held for […]
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Bates football coach Harriman moving on after 20 seasons
LEWISTON — When he looks back, the football games Mark Harriman has been part of usually stay in the past. “Even as a player, I’ve never really one of those guys,” Harriman said. “My roommate from college (Jack Quinn) — who was a great player, he had a cup of coffee with the NFL — […]