LEWISTON — Lawrence came out a little flat for Friday night’s Pine Tree Conference tilt with Lewiston, but the unbeaten Bulldogs’ flat is full-speed to a lot of other teams. Lawrence finally shook off the fired-up Blue Devils in the second half for a 48-20 victory thanks to three touchdown runs by Josh Doolan and […]
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We live in a unique nation of differences
It’s the foundation upon which this country was built, and from which all other rights extend. If we believe that our government is a government of the people, conversely that means that our government officials have protection from “we the people” infringing on officials’ free speech. Right? That’s the dramatic irony about the dustup over […]
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Bates student dies after fall
LEWISTON — Bates College student Troy Pappas died on Friday, six days after he was injured in a fall in a stairwell at Parker Hall. College President Clayton Spencer sent an email message to the campus community Friday night to share the news that Pappas, 18, of Eliot, had died. “This news is heartbreaking for […]
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Dressage event to benefit Dempsey Center
DURHAM — Central Maine Dressage will host the second annual Kur for the Cure from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Esprit Equestrian Center, 268 Newell Brook Road. This is a freestyle dressage event, also know as horse ballet, ridden to music. All proceeds will benefit the Patrick Dempsey Center for […]
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Region 9’s Barlow named Maine tech teacher of the year
LEWISTON — Peter Barlow was named Maine’s Career and Technical Educator of the Year at a conference here Friday. Barlow is a metal trades instructor at the Region 9 School of Applied Technology in Mexico where he’s taught since 1991, according to a release from the Maine Department of Education. He was surprised with the […]
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They care
Nine Oxford Networks employees participated in the United Way Day of Caring at Advocates for Children in Lewiston. From left are Ann Nadeau, Ryan Newgard, Lauren Eastman, Theresa Camic, Michelle Arsenault, Keith Ellis, Janet Bilodeau, Dawna Hannan and, in front, Jean Williams. The volunteers prepped hundreds of craft supplies for the agency’s Holiday Festival for […]
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‘Bake and Bond’ will help raise dough for Pediatric Cancer Research
LEWISTON — Macaroni Kid, Androscoggin River Valley will host two sessions of “Bake and Bond” to benefit Cookies for Kids’ Cancer at 1 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Nutrition Center of Maine, 208 Bates St. Bake and Bond is a parent and kids’ cooking class that helps kick cancer to the curb. […]
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Meteorologist to speak at Food for Thought luncheon
LEWISTON — Keith Carson, meteorologist at WCSH Channel 6, will be the presenter at the USM Lewiston-Auburn Senior College “Food for Thought” luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 12. He will give a PowerPoint presentation on the weather forecast, with emphasis on Alberta clippers, mountain snow squalls and nor’easters and other ways Maine can get […]
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Rockabilly at Fast Breaks
The Maine-based band Ragged Jack plays rockabilly, a fusion of rock and hillbilly (country) as it was known in the 1940s and ’50s. The trio will bring its sounds to Fast Breaks, 1465 Lisbon St., Lewiston, on Tuesday, Oct. 9, from 7 to 10 p.m. Band members are Tommy Hines Sr., Corey Bonnevie and Bonnevie’s […]
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D. Levesque: Support for the mayor
I am offended by the recent verbal attacks on Lewiston Mayor Bob Macdonald. It is time for people to stand up for freedom of speech and support the mayor. The Somalis and liberals want to silence those people like Macdonald. This is the second time they have attacked Lewiston mayors. Several years ago, I read […]