LEWISTON — The desperation wrought by Messalonskee’s two-game deficit in the standings outweighed the urgency of Lewiston’s two-goal need on the scoreboard Saturday. Winless two-thirds of the way through a brutal opening stretch to the KVAC schedule, the Eagles exploded to a spacious early lead over the unbeaten Blue Devils at Don Roux Field. Twice […]
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National eats: A new day, a new food, for blogger Steff Deschenes and her Almanac of Eats
Steff Deschenes with broccoli dipped in cheese fondue. LEWISTON — It began with Bloody Marys and a plan. Steff Deschenes launched her Almanac of Eats on Jan. 1. The goal: a year of eating — or, in the case of National Bloody Mary Day, drinking — in honor of the national food holiday of the day. […]
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Schools work to help young homeless students
LEWISTON — During a late winter day, a single mother and her 11-year-old daughter were staying at a local hotel with all their possessions. The woman, who asked not to be identified, was out of work. Evicted from her apartment last year, she started living with a relative’s family in Greene. That didn’t work out. […]
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New Beginnings helps youth get off the streets
Life wasn’t always this good for him. “If I didn’t have these programs I’d still be sleeping in a Dumpster,” he said at the New Beginnings drop-in center for homeless youth and youth at risk of being homeless. Casey became homeless at 13 when he ran away from a Bangor area foster home he described […]
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Naturalist program still has openings
LEWISTON — The Maine Master Naturalist Program is currently completing its first year in Maine. This fledgling organization is dedicated to developing a network of trained naturalist volunteers to teach natural history and encourage the stewardship of Maine’s natural environment. This year there will be a course offered in Lewiston and one in Belfast. The […]
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Reporters notebook for April 21
Funny response to ‘How old are you?’ I was at Montello Elementary School on April 13 doing a story about school lunch lady Clarie Bailey. She performed the Heimlich maneuver on student Nathaniel Taylor, who was choking. The choking part isn’t cute, it’s what the third-grader said to me. I asked Nathaniel: “How old are […]
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Award winning PEI fiddler Gordie MacKeeman in Maine for several shows
Downeast fiddle music gets a sincere and energetic reshaping thanks to East Coast Music Award nominee MacKeeman and his Rhythm Boys. This four-piece group of seasoned musicians hail from the rich and dynamic Price Edward Island music scene and have collectively toured North America and the UK with ECMA winners the Grass Mountain Hobos. Within […]
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Lewiston student learns hard lesson on life and death
LEWISTON — Lewiston Middle School seventh-grader Patience Rousseau, 13, found out last week she won a statewide writing contest, and now she’s in national competition. What she wrote shows more than her literary talent. It demonstrates the strength of a girl whose world turned upside down after the death of her mother. “Her letter will […]