LEWISTON — Despite arriving at work Tuesday morning to find tents set up for the Dempsey Challenge buried in mud and rain, Jason LeBourdais hopes the community rallies to support this weekend’s major fundraising effort. “I’m trying to look at the positive here,” LeBourdais said Tuesday night. “The good news is, the Dempsey (Challenge) will […]
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Sex assault hotline services announce merger
LEWISTON — Three sexual assault crisis and outreach centers in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties have merged into a single agency, according to the president of the board of directors of the new agency. Merging are the Rape Education and Crisis Hotline of Oxford County, the Sexual Assault Crisis Center of Androscoggin County and the […]
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L/A Arts offers Day of the Dead activities
LEWISTON — L/A Arts is doing a series of cross cultural artist residencies with the Spanish classes at Lewiston Middle and High schools focused on Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Dia de los Muertos is a celebration practiced in Mexico, in other parts of Latin America and parts of the U.S. It […]
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Lewiston shows off its new website
LEWISTON — The city may have a new look on the Internet, but the biggest changes by far are behind the scenes and under the hood. “There is just so much more we can do now, it really is a work in progress,” Community Relations Coordinator Dottie Perham-Whittier said. “The more information we put up, the […]
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Boys’ Soccer Notebook: Lisbon Lives Large
This season has been years in the making for the Lisbon boys’ soccer team. Much of the current senior group began playing recreational soccer together as kids, and this is the year these Greyhounds have waited for. “This year has been our year,” senior midfielder Morgan Reeves said. “Ever since rec soccer, this has been […]
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Youth MOVE Maine represented at national conference
LEWISTON — For the first time, Youth MOVE Maine joined colleagues and 1,600 federally-funded System of Care partners from across the United States at an annual Community Training conference in Chicago to celebrate efforts to improve services for youth in mental health, juvenile justice and child welfare systems. “It is great to connect with the […]
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Program seeking ‘Big Brothers’
LEWISTON — The Lewiston-Auburn Safe Schools Healthy Students initiative funds a portion of the Big Brothers Big Sisters community-based mentoring program with an emphasis on supporting recruitment and matching of male mentors or “Bigs” for the waiting list of male youths or “Littles” in the program. Those interested in becoming a Big Brother should contact […]
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Recognize this photo?
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Public Library is partnering with the Sun Journal in an effort to solve the “Mystery of the Unknown Buildings” in its Gridley Barrows Collection. Back in 1999, when Lewiston architect and local historian Gridley Barrows died, the LPL received his collection of 5,244 photographic slides and more than 600 prints depicting […]
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Maine Archives and Museums met at Museum L-A
LEWISTON — Maine Archives and Museums recently held its quarterly board meeting at Museum L-A. The organization serves as a network for Maine institutions and individuals who identify, collect, interpret, and/or provide access to materials relating to history, living collections and culture. “Museum L-A is pleased to have hosted this meeting,” said Rachel Desgrosseilliers, Museum […]