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 […]
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Forums will review child support guidelines
LEWISTON — As part of a federal requirement for periodic review of each state’s child support guidelines, the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service is conducting an independent review of the Maine Child Support Guidelines to identify trends and common concerns expressed by people in communities throughout the state. Members of the […]
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Auburn native Beth Morrison gets WSJ attention
LEWISTON — The call came in Thursday morning from Chip Morrison. “I don’t know if this is a story or not . . .,” he began. But of course Morrison — former Auburn city manager, former Maine Department of Labor commissioner, current head of the largest Chamber of Commerce in the state and potential pro […]
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Lewiston restaurant’s fate unknown after arrests
LEWISTON — The fate of a local Mexican restaurant whose owner was arrested this week was unknown Friday. At Hacienda El Patron, the windows were dark, the parking lot was empty and the restaurant’s phone rang unanswered. Owner Guillermo Fuentes was arrested Wednesday on charges of conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens and hiring unauthorized aliens […]
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High school football: Devils drive off Indians
LEWISTON — For all of the offensive weapons in Lewiston’s arsenal, and in a game featuring 63 points between two teams, a pair of series on defense made all of the difference. Kevin St. Pierre scooped up a fumble caused by Joe McKinnon on the Indians’ second offensive series of the fourth quarter, and hauled […]
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Police search for clues in case of missing Lewiston woman
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Maine State Police are searching for clues in hopes of learning the whereabouts of a young Lewiston woman who was last seen nearly three months ago. Investigators searched a house on Sabattus Street in Lewiston on Friday in hopes of uncovering clues connected to the disappearance of 22-year-old Christiana Fesmire. A […]
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Police blame drugs in death of Lewiston teenager
LEWISTON — Hallucinogenic mushrooms appear to have caused the death of a local teenager known for enthusiastic support of Lewiston High School sports teams. Police said Andrew Jackson, 19, went into cardiac arrest and died at a hospital after he was found acting strange early Friday morning on Bartlett Street. A man associated with Jackson […]
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Well done – Chantel McLellan
WORCESTER, Mass. — Chantel McLellan of Lewiston recently graduated from Assumption College with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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Handy accepted to Culinary Institute of America
LEWISTON — Jordan Handy, a 2011 graduate of Lewiston High School, has been accepted to The Culinary Institute of America’s Culinary Arts bachelor’s degree program. The Culinary Institute of America is the world’s premier culinary college. At The CIA’s Hyde Park, N.Y. campus, Handy will learn from some of the world’s finest chefs in the […]