LEWISTON — A Brooklyn, N.Y., man was in custody Monday night in connection with a multiple stabbing on Walnut Street. Lewiston Police Lt. Michael McGonagle reported that Randall Wilson, 19, was arrested Monday at 106 Walnut St. and charged with elevated aggravated assault. He remained in the Androscoggin County Jail Monday night and bail was […]
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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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Red Sox honor local disabled vets
BOSTON — CVS Caremark and the Boston Red Sox paid tribute to disabled veterans from across New England at Fenway Park on July 5. Two of the 15 veterans happened to be from Lewiston. The special opportunity Christy Gardner and Michelle Olds took part in at Fenway included hitting tips and on-field batting practice with […]
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B Street Center tours Lewiston Police Department
LEWISTON — Androscoggin Head Start and Child Care’s B Street Head Start and pre-kindergarten classrooms recently had the opportunity to visit and tour the Lewiston Police Department. Tour guides and community resource officers Robert Ullrich and Thomas Murphy walked the 30 children, ages three to five, from the center to the police department. After splitting […]
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Life Line Screening to be offered
AUBURN — Residents living in and around the Auburn community can be screened to reduce their risks of having a stroke or bone fracture. Schooner Estates Retirement Community will host Life Line Screening on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 200 Stetson Rd. There are four key points that every person needs to know about strokes. Stroke […]
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Kennedy Park’s aging gazebo on council’s agenda
LEWISTON — Restoring the historic gazebo in Kennedy Park might be too expensive for the city to do on its own, according to city officials. City councilors are scheduled to discuss three options for the gazebo at a workshop Tuesday. They could choose to restore the gazebo and former bandstand to its original condition, simply […]
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Eats: Jillian Dempsey dishes on healthy eating, recipes and backyard farming
Patrick and Jillian Dempsey have 60 chickens. Several mini-donkeys. A pond filled with fish. One rescue tortoise named Clover. A large, organic garden. And, a worm factory. The family’s house outside Los Angeles is an unexpected slice of country and home to healthy eating. “As a matter of fact, I’m making zucchini bread today (from […]
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Road Trip: The 100-mile Dempsey Challenge ride: Beauty, history and color (and good eating — if you take the easy way).
We have our own Road Trip challenge for YOU this week as the Oct. 8-9 Dempsey Challenge nears: Do the 100-mile Challenge bike route yourself. Of course, biking it during the Challenge would be best. Exercise. Fundraising for a good cause. Camaraderie. What could be better? What’s that? Not quite up for 100 miles of […]
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The Inner Challenge: From overcoming cancer, to beating Lyme disease, to visiting from Dubai, stories of pain, strain and gain emerge from those inspired by the Dempsey Challenge.
New diet sparks rebound from Lyme disease With cancer pervading both sides of her family, and anticipating a questionable future for her teenage children, Kennebunk-based Jane VanDerburgh Dumais, 44, wanted to walk in the 2009 Dempsey Challenge. “If I could do just part of the 5k, I would feel I had achieved something,” Dumais said […]