LEWISTON — A Community Concepts survey will test the idea that investing in one building can help improve an entire community. Ten volunteers are going from building to building in a three-block radius around Community Concepts’ new 240 Bates St. office. They’ll rate the building’s exterior appearance on a scale of one to five, then […]
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Cross country notebook: Menendezes meet again
Tom Menendez swore that he never saw his daughter, Nicole Court-Menedez, run her first race as a Lewiston freshman. It took a little while for him to convince her, though. “It was at the Laliberte (Invitational). I wasn’t used to looking for blue, and every time she went by, I never cheered. I never said […]
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Carbonite: 75 new hires and counting
LEWISTON — The space is low-lit, the walls a company-colored purple and gray, and the number of new employees 75 and counting. “We affectionately call this Carbonite North,” Vice President of Services Rich Surace said Thursday. He’s logged 4,350 miles driving back and forth from the Boston headquarters since June to set up Carbonite’s new tech […]
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Franco Center offering French for kids
LEWISTON — The Franco American Heritage Center will offer a new program for children ages 3-10 on Saturday mornings with director and instructor Doris Bonneau. No prior language experience is necessary. The program will feature songs, puppet shows and stories in a creative, total-immersion setting. Parents, grandparents or caregivers are invited to come with their […]
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Advocates for Children announces parenting classes
LEWISTON — Advocates for Children is offering the following parenting classes this fall at the B Street Community Center, 57 Birch St., Suite 204. 1-2-3-4 Parents! is a three-week program for parents with children ages 1-4. Learn discipline methods that work, how to prevent tantrums, routines to make life easier and more. The class features […]
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Greek Festival today and tomorrow
LEWISTON — This year’s Lewiston-Auburn Greek Festival will begin at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, and continue from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday on the grounds of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 155 Hogan Road. The widest variety of foods to date await festival goers at the area’s last major ethnic […]
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HealthSteps offering specialty classes
LEWISTON — Sign ups are now open for HealthSteps’ fall specialty classes. HealthSteps offers a wide range of classes with the core membership fee as well as a variety of specialty classes, including: Anusara-Inspired Yoga: Open to new and experienced students. Mondays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Sept. 12-Oct. 17. $75 Beginner Bellydancing: Wednesdays, 6-7 p.m. Sept. 7-Oct. […]
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Recognize these mill 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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Juke Joint Devils will play Guthries
LEWISTON — On Thursday, Sept. 8, The Juke Joint Devils will perform at She Doesn’t Like Guthries. The Juke Joint Devils, as the band name suggests, play a style of blues that goes back to the days of the juke joints. Band members are Tom O’Connell on vocals and harmonica; Stefan Iris on guitar, Gerry […]
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At Pathway Vineyard Church: Christian singer will share real-life stories
LEWISTON — Grammy-nominated Christian singer-songwriter Matthew West will bring his “The Story of Your Life Tour” to Pathway Vineyard Church on Friday, Oct. 14. Opening the concert will be Jonny Diaz, a 2010 GMA Dove Award nominee for New Artist of the Year. The tour name comes from West’s best-selling album released last October as […]