LEWISTON — A group of neighbors living on White Street, near Bates College, walked their neighborhood last week feeling more well-rested than in the days prior. They noticed the sound of birds chirping and the wind blowing through the trees. For the neighbors, the weeks following graduation at Bates College are a welcome relief from […]
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Lewiston workshop to address off-campus housing issues
LEWISTON — With a six-month moratorium on lodging houses set to expire this summer, the city is discussing more long-term ways to address a reported rise in loud and dangerous party activity at off-campus Bates College housing. In February, the city stopped issuing new permits or licenses for lodging houses — described as dwellings with […]
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Be there for your child, says Bates College lecturer and mom
There’s a reason kids bully. A reason teens can feel like something is the absolute end of the world. A reason parents don’t quite get it. Su Langdon is a lecturer in Bates College’s psychology department and a mom to an eighth-grader and just-graduated 12th-grader. She’s studied it and lived it. “The whole teenage world […]
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Alice H. Piper
AUBURN — Alice H. Piper, 99, of 440 Minot Avenue, Auburn, died on Wednesday, June 14, at the Hospice House of Androscoggin with her loving family by her side following a short illness. She was born in Searsmont on September 17, 1917, the daughter of the late Irving and Inez (Cushman) Hall. As an infant, […]
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Bates College confronts ‘distressing’ racial incident, promises reform
Private investigators hired by Bates College to look into complaints that security officers mishandled a confrontation with a black student at a May 13 dance on campus determined that the officers acted appropriately in difficult circumstances. The probe, detailed in a six-page report released this week by the college, found that one student had engaged […]
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Camden lawmaker wants Maine to go along with Paris climate deal
AUGUSTA — Frustrated by President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the country out of the Paris climate agreement, a state senator is pushing for Maine to comply with the goals of the accord on its own authority. “We can’t stop trying,” Sen. Dave Miramant, D-Camden. Miramant plans to ask the Senate Thursday to ask the […]
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Facts do matter
I remember back in junior high school, learning the “five Ws and one H” questions (who, what, where, when, why, how) that were considered the most essential to answer in any news report. While the article “Bates College addresses allegations that black student handcuffed at dance” (May 24), doesn’t come close to answering those questions, […]
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Men’s Lacrosse: Bates’ Weber wins national award
Bates College’s Kyle Weber (3) runs away from Middlebury College’s Cedric Rhodes during their NESCAC men’s lacrosse semifinal at Garcelon Field on the campus of Bates College in Lewiston on May 6. Bates College men’s lacrosse senior Kyle Weber was named the winner of the Fran McCall Award over the weekend. The award is given […]
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Bates’ Charlie Fay drafted by Boston Cannons
Despite being mauled by Plattsburgh State players, Bates’ Charlie Fay squeezes through to get a shot off during a playoff game in Lewiston on May 10. Bates College men’s lacrosse player Charlie Fay was selected by the Boston Cannons in the 2017 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft on Sunday. Fay, a senior attackman from Falmouth […]