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Lewiston golf

Coach: Bob Blanchette (fifth year) Last year’s record: 7-3 Returning players: Seniors — Brandon Tiner, Nick Gilbert, Alex Gregoire; Juniors — Cameron Marquis, Tyler Houle, Evan Bourassa. Key losses: Scott Gagne, Evan Carrier, Jesse Leeman. Promising newcomers: Senior — Matt Myrick. Outlook: The Blue Devils lost some bona fide talent at the top of the […]

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Blues at Guthries

On Friday, Sept. 2, vocalist and musician Eric Green will perform original blues at She Doesn’t Like Guthries. Green plays lap steel, acoustic and electric guitar, and harmonica. His music style ranges from Southern rock to jazz to gritty slow blues. The show starts at 8 p.m. No cover. Guthries is at 115 Middle St., […]

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Rotary awards scholarships

LEWISTON – Members of the Lewiston Auburn Rotary District 7790 presented seven $1000 scholarship awards during the club’s Annual Awards Banquet held at the Ramada Inn in Lewiston on May 11. “Every year, the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club raises thousands of dollars to donate to graduating high school seniors and worthy community organizations,” said William Denehy, […]

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L/A Arts partnership LEAP set to begin third year

LEWISTON —  Lewiston Educational Achievement Program is a partnership between the Lewiston schools and L/A Arts, a 37-year-old organization that is the local arts agency for Lewiston and Auburn. The LEAP schedule at both Lewiston Middle School and Lewiston High School will run from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with bus transportation […]

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HS Football: Fearless forecasters find common ground

Oakes: Great. We get to share the column. What are they gonna call it, “Huddle in the Corner?” It’s bad enough that the editors arranged our cutouts to look like an Air Supply album cover. I suppose I’d better take advantage of the opening paragraph and make it a doozy. Here goes: The Lewiston Blue […]

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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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2011 Sun Journal Field Hockey Overview

2011 Sun Journal Field Hockey Overview Several area schools had successful runs in the playoffs last season in field hockey action. Here is how the teams shape up this year: Class A The Class A conversation, particularly in the East but most of the time statewide, usually begins and ends in Skowhegan, and there is […]