LIVERMORE — Renda Libby told only two people when she started training to run the Dempsey Challenge 5K. She didn’t want everyone to know if she failed. Out of shape, she started walking on the treadmill. Then running a couple of minutes in the gym. Then minutes more outside. She lost weight and gained confidence. […]
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Dempsey Challenge: What to know before you go
LEWISTON — Five hundred more bikers, walkers and runners signed on for the Dempsey Challenge in the past week, event organizer Aimee Arsenault said Friday. That brought the total to 3,700 and counting. About 4,100 people rode, ran and walked in the event last year. “We’re hoping for lots of on-site registrants,” Arsenault said. The […]
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R&B singer Francine Reed will perform at Bates
LEWISTON — Singer Francine Reed, known for her work in the rhythm-and-blues realm and for her long musical association with Lyle Lovett, will perform Saturday, Oct. 15, at Bates College. Although Reed did not receive national recognition until she began recording with Lyle Lovett in 1985, she has always been a singer, first performing with […]
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New York Funk Exchange will play Franco center
LEWISTON — The New York Funk Exchange of Brooklyn will bring its unique arrangements of funk, soul, R&B and jazz to the Franco-American Heritage Center on Friday, Oct. 14. The New York Funk Exchange, known for its skillful songwriting and dynamic rhythms, is made up of Lewiston native Serena Fortier, vocals; Ray Holman, drums and […]
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High school football: Bulldogs get loose, shutout Blue Devils
FAIRFIELD — Josh Doolan was only able to play for one series after the first half, but his final play proved to be a difference maker. The Lawrence junior scored an important insurance touchdown by returning a punt 40 yards to help the Bulldogs escape with a 14-0 victory Friday night over the Lewiston Blue […]
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Thousands walk, run to raise money for cancer center in Lewiston
LEWISTON — As TV celebrity Patrick Dempsey counted down to start time, hundreds of runners and walkers wearing a kaleidoscope of colorful T-shirts surged down Oxford Street early Saturday morning to launch the Dempsey Challenge of 2011. A noncompetitive run/walk of 10 kilometers opened a full weekend of events based at Simard-Payne Memorial Park. By […]
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CMMC junior volunteers
LEWISTON — Central Maine Medical Center certified 38 new junior volunteers to volunteer at the hospital over the past summer and during school vacations. Each summer junior volunteers provide CMMC with more than 6,000 hours of volunteer service. Many junior volunteers apply their work at the medical center to community service requirements at school. Junior […]