LEWISTON — The Garcelon Cemetery on Ferry Road, South Lewiston, has tales to tell – a flood that washed out graves and left a field of bobbing pumpkins, Huguenot settlers from Guernsey who pioneered the area more than two centuries ago, early settlers who wrested farms from a wilderness and helped found what is now […]
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“I’ve made my living with my hands. Now I whittle to keep me alive.”
At the end of a neat line of portable canopies at the Lewiston Farmers Market on Sunday there was a vendor like no other. While most marketers were selling food-related products on portable tables with elaborate displays, Kenneth Waldo Emerson Sr. sold his handmade toys and trinkets on the top of his trailer he hauled to […]
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Movie night AUBURN — Turner Street Community Church will hold a family movie night from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at 263 Turner St. The movie will be “Soul Surfer.” Admission is free and everyone is welcome. +For more information, call Laura-Lee Bowden at 786-3988. Teen Open Mic AUBURN — Teen Open Mic […]
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Firefighters to dedicate public memorial Saturday
LEWISTON — The city’s firefighters will dedicate a memorial on Saturday to the nine Lewiston firefighters killed in the line of duty over the last century. The dedication will be held at 10 a.m. at the Central Station on College Street. The public is invited to attend. Located in front of Central Station, the two-and-a-half […]
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Two deaths suggest larger, hidden problem
The slayings of 22-year-old Christiana Fesmire and another woman in Lewiston this summer reveal an ugly problem that remains largely hidden — violence against women in the sex trade. Lewiston and State Police arrested Buddy Robinson on Friday and charged him with Fesmire’s murder. Her body has not been recovered. While there is no indication […]
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Lewiston’s mayor, School Committee chair at odds over casino
LEWISTON — Mayor Larry Gilbert said he’s disappointed that his longtime friend and Lewiston School Committee Chairman James Handy publicly aired his concern that a temporary casino might be opened too close to one of the city’s public schools. Gilbert, the unpaid spokesman for Great Falls Recreation, said a temporary casino would go through the […]
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The Public Theatre: Imagination, hilarity set pace for ’80 Days’ journey
LEWISTON — Packed with hilarity and filled with adventure from beginning to happy ending, “Around the World in 80 Days” has it all. The opening production of The Public Theatre’s 21st season delivers the magic of live stage performance to its audiences with a minimal set and a cast of five actors. It’s the abundance […]
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Laszlo Gardony Trio will play Franco center
LEWISTON — American jazz pianist/composer Laszlo Gardony, who has shared his soulful improvisations and compositions with audiences in 23 countries, will bring his trio to the Franco-American Heritage Center on Friday, Oct, 28. Gardony has won the Great American Jazz Piano Competition and released nine albums as a leader collaborating with Dave Holland, Miroslav Vitous […]
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Second open mic slated at Trinity church
LEWISTON — The second open mic night at Trinity Episcopal Church will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday Oct. 29. Lewiston residents, singer-songwriter Denise Dill and other musicians, and Jessy Kendall of New Beginnings Outreach have teamed up with Klara Tammany of the Center for Wisdom’s Women to host monthly open mic nights. […]