LEWISTON — High school student Dorothy Bannon, 17, is nervous about walking to school because of recent neighborhood violence. So are her parents, John and Pamela Bannon. The Bannons have asked the Lewiston School Department to allow their daughter and neighborhood students to ride the bus to school. School policy says she lives too close. […]
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Eats: Thinking out of the lunchbox — To add healthy options to kids’ lunches, take the big view.
What started as a simple query — “How to pack a healthy lunch for your child to bring to school” — turned out to be like opening up a can of gummy worms . . . I mean, healthy snacks. Thank Steven Johndro, Erin Guay and Denise Dill, who are all about nutrition and healthy […]
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Hunger in Maine is a problem that’s bad — and getting worse, according to experts
LEWISTON — Terri Hutchinson’s engagement ring has spent more time in the Lewiston Pawn Shop than it has on her finger. The 27-year-old Auburn wife and mother visits food pantries. Clips coupons. Rations her food stamps. But when all else fails and her family needs food, the ring goes. “Food banks are only open on […]
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Recognize these child laborers?
LEWISTON — In the early 1900s, Lewis W. Hine, a New York City schoolteacher and photographer, traveled the country taking thousands of photographs of the working conditions of child laborers. His work helped get child labor laws passed. In April 1909, he took 13 photographs in Lewiston, 10 at the Bates Mill and three at […]
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Bates celebration features avant-garde marching band
LEWISTON — Bates College’s arts community will do its part to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Olin Arts Center this month with a family arts festival, a residency by New York City’s Asphalt Orchestra and a museum exhibit. The festival, open to the public at no charge, will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, […]
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Laughter, music, juggling — all good for the heart
LEWISTON — Comedienne Karen Morgan, the Under the Covers band of Portland and juggling duo Two will come together on Thursday, Oct. 13, to help raise funds for the American Heart Association’s Central Maine Heart Walk. The benefit will be held at the Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. […]
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High school football: Devils sink Vikings, 21-12
LEWISTON — The overarching theme to Friday night’s Pine Tree Conference clash between Oxford Hills and Lewiston was momentum. The Vikings couldn’t sustain it. The Blue Devils knew just when to seize it. And they seem to be gaining it at just the right time in the season. Jeff Turcotte ran 25 times for 185 […]
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Pro female cyclists join Dempsey Challenge
LEWISTON – Coryn Rivera and Kristin McGrath of the Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY12 women’s professional cycling team will join actor Patrick Dempsey and thousands of participants in the third annual Dempsey Challenge presented by Amgen. The run, walk and cycling fundraiser is scheduled for Oct. 8 and 9 in Lewiston. Rivera, 19, is one […]
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Humane Society offering ‘Certified Pre-Owned Cats’
LEWISTON — Beginning Oct. 1, The Greater Androscoggin Humane Society will celebrate fall and their competition in the ASPCA’s $100K Challenge by offering zero percent down on all “Certified Pre-owned Adult Cats.” The shelter will waive all adoption fees for cats 6 months in age or older. All “Certified Pre-Owned Cats” are spayed or neutered, […]