LEWISTON — John Corrie speaks with a genuine passion for singing and teaching, about getting to know his students and choirs and about the joys of collaboration. And he speaks with an accent that’s . . . British? Something European? “It’s really quite fun because no one can place the voice,” said Corrie, 68. The […]
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Priscilla Hayes
1915 – 2015 AUBURN — Priscilla Hayes, 99, passed away Friday, Jan. 16, at Clover Manor in Auburn. Born in Lewiston on Nov. 26, 1915, a daughter of Winworth T. and Alice (Payne) Warren, Priscilla was educated in Lewiston, graduating from Lewiston High School in 1933 and Bates College in 1937. She later attended Bliss […]
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Commencement speaker delivers interdisciplinary message to 484 Bates grads
LEWISTON — It takes more than a rainy day to dampen spirits at a Bates College graduation. Degrees were conferred Sunday on 484 graduates at Bates College’s 149th commencement exercises. The decision to move the event from the historic quad to Merrill Gymnasium was made just hours before the 10 a.m. start time. Soaking-wet seating […]
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Bates College group plans fireworks for Saturday
LEWISTON — A student group at Bates College will present fireworks over the college’s Lake Andrews starting around 9 p.m. Saturday, May 16. The rain date is the previous evening, May 15. Sangai Asia, an organization promoting Asian and Asian-American awareness, identity and fellowship at Bates, sponsors the fireworks show near the end of every […]
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Building a robot: ‘It’s not hard or easy. Sometimes it’s hard, though.’
LEWISTON — A Bates College math student and over $6,000 in grant money has given students at Farwell Elementary School an opportunity to build robots. Children spend one hour each week designing, building and programmings LEGO Mindstorm robots. “The robots have been pretty engaging,” said Camden Bock, the sophomore math major who is teaching the […]
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Men’s lacrosse: Bates College tops Keene State for first NCAA tourney win
LEWISTON — Bates College could get used to this whole, “NCAA tournament” thing. Playing in their first Division III tournament game in front of a partisan — and raucous — crowd at Garcelon Field on Wednesday, the Bobcats weathered an early Keene State attack and poured on the offense in the second half to top […]
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College rowing: Bates nearly sweeps Invitational
That’s the story of the Bates College Invitational. The Bobcats nearly produced a clean sweep on the Androscoggin River Sunday. Bates won all but one race in a rowing event featuring teams from Middlebury, UMass and the University of New Hampshire. The hardest feat for the Bobcats might have been getting the event organized and […]