LEWISTON — Even the McDreamyBiker is having a tougher time. Shannon Gilmartin, the Dempsey Challenge’s top individual fundraiser in 2009, has halved her fundraising goal. Too many people were saying no. “I got so many (replies back), ‘I’m really sorry. I support the cause, but I can’t this year,’” said Gilmartin, who lives outside Buffalo, […]
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Lewiston mayoral candidates to debate at youth forum
LEWISTON — Candidates for the mayor’s job will meet for a candidates forum, sponsored by the Lewiston Youth Advisory Council. The debate is scheduled for 7 p.m. Oct. 6 at City Hall. It will be shown live on Great Falls TV channel 7 and streamed live over the Internet at www.greatfallstv.net. All five candidates in […]
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City needs to act on Kennedy Park eyesore
It’s high time Lewiston does something to remove or repair the hulking eyesore that sits in the central downtown park named for President John F. Kennedy. The rusted gazebo has been blocked off and its staircase removed since March of 2010. Built in 1868, the gazebo in Kennedy Park is of significant historical value to […]
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Retired police officer seeks Lewiston mayor’s job
LEWISTON — Retired Lewiston police Detective Robert E. Macdonald has announced that he is running for mayor of the city. Macdonald, who retired from the Lewiston Police Department in 2000, said the development of Lewiston’s riverfront and the Lincoln Street/Main Street area have the potential for producing an economic boom for the city. That can’t […]
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Dramatic doings The Public Theatre will shine the spotlight on whirlwind travel, moose merriment, the creative force in us all, heart-warming memories, puppetry and more
LEWISTON — The Public Theatre is getting set to take its audiences around the world in record-setting time and bring them back to Maine for some merriment with moose and heart-warming memories on Golden Pond. It’s TPT’s 21st season and “every single show is different,” said Christopher Schario, artistic director of Lewiston-Auburn’s professional theater. The […]
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Lewiston methadone clinic opens quietly
LEWISTON — A Mollison Way clinic designed to treat drug addiction with methadone quietly opened its doors last week. Jennifer Minthorn, program director of the Merrimack River Medical Services clinic, said the facility has 43 patients, mostly Lewiston-Auburn residents who used to get their treatment at the Portland-branch of the clinic. “That’s really the state’s […]
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Award-winning nature poet to lecture at Bates
LEWISTON — Camille Dungy, an award-winning environmental poet and editor of the first anthology of nature poetry by African-American writers, will present the Otis Lecture at Bates College on Thursday, Oct. 6. The 7:30 p.m. lecture in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St., is free, but tickets are required. Call 786-6135 or […]
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Saint Michael’s College students
COLCHESTER, Vt. — The following local residents began their first year at Saint Michael’s College this semester: Meghan Bradley, daughter of Robin and Stephen Bradley of Fryeburg, graduate of Fryeburg Academy. Kevin Costello, son of Mary Ellen and Stephen Costello of Lewiston, graduate of St. Dominic Academy. Mary Taylor, daughter of Donald and Katherine Taylor […]