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Bates College director finds plenty of friendliness, adventure in Maine
Darby Ray wasn’t looking for a change when Bates College came calling. But the opportunity to be director at the school’s Harward Center for Community Partnerships was too good to pass up, so last summer she, her husband and their two children moved up from Mississippi. Maine was already partly in her blood. “The generation […]
Bates students step out to explore Twin Cities
LEWISTON — It’s sundown and on Park Street an a capella group is rehearsing on the sidewalk outside Victor News. There’s something you don’t see every day. The Lisbon Street sidewalks have become crowded and the stores are full. In Auburn, it’s wall to wall drinkers at Gritty McDuff’s. It’s all very disorienting. Or as […]
‘College Night’ in Lewiston on Wednesday
LEWISTON — The annual College Night in Town to welcome college students to socialize, shop and dine in the downtown will be held Wednesday, May 1. The event, organized by Bates students and the Androscoggin Valley Chamber of Commerce, debuted last May. “The goal of this spring’s event is to support the town and the […]
‘Alta’ post office puzzles reader
DEAR SUN SPOTS: You are such a wonderful resource that if you have a slow time, I jump at the chance! I have only gotten dead ends in researching a post office that was in my home from 1900 to 1912. The postmaster was Clement Stetson, also president of both the Greene Grange and the […]
‘Feed minds, starve racism’: Students walk for equality
About 30 participants were Bates College students and 20 were from Lewiston High School. A dozen more were representatives of groups, including the Lewiston 21st Century After School Program, as well as individuals lending support to the effort. Saturday’s Stand Against Racism was the second annual local observance of similar events organized by YWCAs around […]
Stonyfield co-founder Hirshberg to speak at Bates College commencement
LEWISTON — Gary Hirshberg, chairman of the organic dairy products producer Stonyfield Farm, will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary degree at Bates College’s commencement next month. Hirshberg is prominent in the organic food movement. Stonyfield’s organic products are produced in Londonderry, N.H. Bates will confer honorary degrees on three other leaders in the […]
College softball: Short change for Lewis
From the time she took to the baseball or softball diamond, the Bates College senior has been on the move. She’d play one position and then another. Whether it was baseball or softball, she’d often have three different positions as part of her resume. So it is no real surprise that Lewis is on the […]