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Ham radio grouped helped at MS Walk
LEWISTON — On the morning of April 30, eight amateur radio operators from the Androscoggin Amateur Radio Club were among more than 400 participants and support staff at the 2011 MS-Walk. Amateur Radio Service Operators, more often referred to as “hams,” provide communications support at various public service events free of charge. Hams provide emergency […]
YWCA offering summer art camp
LEWISTON — The YWCA of Central Maine will hold a summer-long art camp beginning Monday, June 20. Registration is open and will continue throughout the summer. The program will be limited to 12 campers each week, ages 10 to 14 years old, and will pull together multiple genres of art to create an original film. […]
Lewiston library announces teen reading program
LEWISTON — Teens in Lewiston-Auburn area are invited to participate in “You Are Here,” the Lewiston Public Library’s second annual teen summer reading program, from June 20-July 22. Teens age 13 through high school are encouraged to sign up at the second floor reference desk and read for prizes, and to take part in special […]
Lewiston folks unhappy with Senate casino vote
LEWISTON — To Jimmy Simones, the Maine Senate’s casino vote Tuesday was a slap in the face to his city. Why, he wanted to know, did the Senate authorize a gambling project in Biddeford but reject Lewiston’s and send it to referendum? What does Biddeford have that Lewiston doesn’t? What were lawmakers thinking? “What gives?” […]
Wanted: Artwork created with fibers
LEWISTON — L/A Arts Gallery 5 is accepting submissions for a summer exhibit titled “The Art of Fiber.” The show, a new venture for the gallery, is limited to works created with plant, animal or synthetic fibers. Featured will be two-dimensional, three-dimensional and wearable art. Submission deadline is Sunday, July 10. The exhibit will run […]
Eastern Class A Baseball Final: Blue Devils win first regional in 61 years, 5-4
AUGUSTA — While the tension of the moment had Lewiston fans trying to remember if they took their blood pressure medication, Lewiston junior Corbin Hyde was calmly hearkening back to last summer. It was the bottom of the seventh of a tied Eastern Class A baseball championship game when Hyde stepped up to that plate […]
Boys’ lacrosse: Lewiston earns Eastern A crown
LEWISTON — Tight games are nothing new for Lewiston High School. Even when the scoreboard read more like that from a hockey game after two quarters — in both goals for and against — the Blue Devils were confident. “We love close games. We know our defense can keep us in it,” defender Eric Michaud […]
Lewiston resident to appear in Miss Maine Scholarship Pageant
BRUNSWICK — Miss Lewiston-Auburn, Courtney Vallee, 19 of Lewiston, will represent that area in the 75th anniversary Miss Maine Scholarship Pageant to be held at the Crooker Theater at Brunswick High School on June 17 and 18. Courtney, who attends Nichols College in Dudley, Mass., will present a vocal selection for her talent and her […]