BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College’s department of theater and dance will present “Venus,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, on Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 24-26. The year is 1810 and the place is London, where a young African woman dubbed the “Venus Hottentot” is creating a sensation and a scandal on the freak-show circuit with her […]
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Military notes
Air Force Airman Ryan M. Libby has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits […]
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Military notes
Air Force Airman Adam J. Libby graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward […]
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College Basketball: Bates blasts Bowdoin
LEWISTON — Seven hundred basketball fans. Eighteen Bates College men’s players and four coaches. It would have taken an airport runway decibel meter to settle the issue of which group was louder: The former, upstairs, all Saturday afternoon in toasty Alumni Gym; or the latter, downstairs, in the victorious locker room. In between, the Bobcats […]
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Local Roundup: CMCC drops pair; Bowdoin earns national title
Ryan Baillargeon netted 11 points and Ariel Lezana added 10 more, but Navy Prep was too strong for Central Maine Community College on Sunday as the Mustangs fell, on the road, 64-52, in a non-conference matchup. Mark Maloney and Thurman McNiel led Navy Prep with 12 each. In women’s action, CMCC equaled Navy Prep with […]
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D-III Basketball: Maine women’s preseason overview
As Jim Murphy watches footage of his Bates College women’s basketball team, he knows the clock is ticking. The Bobcats open the season Saturday against Western Connecticut at Babson College. With a team that’s still trying to put the finishing touches on the preseason, that doesn’t leave much time. “We’ve got a lot of work […]
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D-III Basketball: Maine men’s college preview
It could be a year like no other. That’s what Bates College men’s basketball coach Jon Furbush is hoping for. After back-to-back winning seasons and playoff losses in the NESCAC Championship tourney, the Bobcats are hoping for a sizable step forward this season. “I think for all of us it’s a special year,” said Furbush, […]
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Maine college football roundup:Bowdoin escapes after Bates misses game-winning FG
BRUNSWICK — A 27-yard field goal attempt by Gavin Segall-Abramshit the upright with 51 seconds remaining to hand Bowdoin College a 21-20 victory over Bates in a CBB matchup Saturday afternoon. Turnovers doomed the Bobcats (1-6) again this week, as the Polar Bears (2-5) were able to cash in for 15 points on three Bates […]
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Bowdoin will give audiences ‘A Little Night Music’
BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College’s department of theater and dance will open its 2010-2011 season with Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning musical “A Little Night Music.” Performances will be at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4-6, in Pickard Theater on the college campus. Based on the Ingmar Bergman film “Smiles of a Summer Night,” “A Little […]
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College Notebook: Former Devils fanning out across collegiate courts
When you’ve been winning as consistently, as impressively, as long as the Lewiston High School tennis program, it isn’t easy to set new standards. Three women who formerly wore Devil blue are doing just that, even after leaving the community and the courts where they honed that game. “I’ve never had that many girls play […]