LEWISTON — By the supper hour Friday, Lisbon Street and the blocks around it were rocking. There was music everywhere. A cash mob flooded a Park Street business. A Zumba flash mob shook the walls at the Lewiston Public Library. It was a raucous way to cap a celebration of the new Dempsey Center and […]
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A challenge to ease the fear of cancer
Patrick Dempsey has charisma and charm. He is healthy, good looking and financially secure. He is everything that cancer is not. Cancer is pain, sickness, ugliness and — too often — financially destructive. And, yet, there also is hope. There is faith. There is love and there is acceptance. This weekend, amid the galas, art […]
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Resources fair is for military, family
LEWISTON — A Harvest of Resources Fair for veterans and military members of all era and their families will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Lewiston High School’s Cafeteria. Eric Estes of Lewiston Vet Center will be the keynote speaker at 10 a.m. There will also be guest speakers. […]
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Breakfast, Thanksgiving raffle to benefit young boy
LEWISTON — Two events have been planned to benefit Noah Blakey and his family. A Breakfast For Noah will be held from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at The Green Ladle, Lewiston High School. The cost is $10 a person. Additionally, The Green Ladle is raffling off three artfully prepared Thanksgiving dinners for […]
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J. Roy: Should be giving thanks
I witnessed the protest that was sponsored by the Maine People’s Alliance for the benefit of the Lewiston Somali community in reference to the comments made by Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald. It was very noticeable that the alliance was running the show. It would behoove the Somalis not to embrace the alliance, or the ACLU […]
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S. Will: No more handouts
I agree with Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald. Five years is long enough to be on welfare for those who have never previously been employed or having lived previously in Maine. Our taxes are high enough. People who have paid taxes and worked hard have had to tighten their belts. Surely, enough is enough. Five years […]
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H.S. Field Hockey: Lisbon unbeaten, and still hungry
The Greyhounds didn’t start the season with a goal of being unbeaten. Funny how that works out sometimes. Lisbon field hockey followed up its best season on record — and a trip to the Western Class C semifinal against state champions NYA — with one that may turn out to be even better. The Greyhounds […]
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Artist, Arborea added to Friday’s Dempsey celebration
A demonstration of the art of henna tattoo by Mary Schmaling Kearns and a musical performance by Arborea have been added to the lineup for the Dempsey Challenge Community Celebration. Kearns creates designs, like the one above, for people dealing with cancer. The celebration in downtown Lewiston on Friday, Oct. 12, will run from 5 to 8 […]
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David Nason Shields
AUBURN — David Nason Shields, 49, died Oct. 4, in Auburn. He was born in Lewiston, Dec. 16, 1963, the son of Daniel R. and Barbara A. (Lynch) Shields. He was educated in Auburn schools and graduated from Northeastern University in 1986. He worked in Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, until moving to Utah, where he […]