James Crouse, 5, smiles at his mother, Clarissa Crouse, after the kindergarten student was given a bicycle Thursday at Minot Consolidated School. Crouse and eight other students from Nicole Chamberland’s applied academics classroom received bikes from the Fast Freddie Foundation. Turner cyclist Dennis Richardson and four-time U.S. National Road Race champion “Fast Freddie” Rodriguez of […]
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Lisbon man sued in fatal crash involving bicyclist
AUBURN — The estate of a deceased Lisbon bicyclist is suing the driver of the truck that struck and killed him in Lisbon nearly two years ago. The lawsuit stems from a collision involving pickup truck driver Henry L. Raymond, 54, of Lisbon and bicyclist Joseph Michael Lamothe, 34, also of Lisbon. The civil complaint […]
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Father and son ride bike in Lewiston
Jason Decker of Lewiston and his 2-year-old son, Theo, ride along Main Street in Lewiston on Thursday. “We went to a play group downtown and now we are looking for a place to have a snack and then heading home for a nap,” said Decker, who installed a specially designed kid’s seat for the front of […]
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Debra Jean McLeod
WINTHROP — Debra Jean (Vaughn) McLeod of Winthrop, 63, passed away on July 11. She peacefully rests after a brave, short fight with pancreatic cancer. Debra was born on January 28, 1954, in Rumford, the eldest child of Malcolm and Dorothy Vaughn. She graduated from Rumford High School in 1972. Deb married the love of […]
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Jay boy injured after his bike was struck by SUV
JAY — A 10-year-old boy was injured Wednesday afternoon when he drove his bike from a residence on upper Elm Street into traffic and was struck by an SUV, Livermore Falls Lt. Joseph Sage said Thursday. Griffin Hewins of Jay was taken by a NorthStar EMS ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington with injuries […]
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Lewiston student hit biking to school
LEWISTON — A Lewiston High School student bicycling to school Monday was injured when he was struck by a vehicle, Lewiston police said Tuesday. The 15-year-old bicyclist was in the area of 203 Webster St. at 7:34 a.m. when he crossed the road diagonally into the path of a vehicle driven by Ashley Morrissette, 24, […]
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Friday is bike-to-work day
LEWISTON — The Twin Cities will be part of the 59th annual National Bike to Work Day, Friday, May 15, local cyclist Bruce Hall said. From 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. there will be welcome stations at Lewiston’s Dufresne Plaza on Lisbon Street and at Bates College on Central Avenue by the Garcelon football field. Bob […]
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Fat bikes tackle snow and slush
One of the fastest selling new bicycles is becoming quite popular here in the Seacoast. It’s called a fat bike — a type of mountain bike with a very wide tire. Typically a fat bike tire is 4-5 inches wide, twice the size of the normal mountain bike tire that comes in at 2 inches. […]
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Street Talk: Hop on, I’ll race you to New Year’s Day
You know how I feel about you, right? We argue from time to time, and there are days when you just want to punch me in the snout and throw me into the Androscoggin — but you know I love you, right? Right? I do. And that’s why I’m hoping with all of my heart […]