LEWISTON — Former City Councilor Mark Paradis on Tuesday became the first person to publicly declare his candidacy for mayor. “I think it has a lot to do with teamwork, and that’s what I want to do,” Paradis said. “I’m looking forward to working with the council. It’s going to be fun, but we have […]
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Boys’ Lacrosse: Blue Devils finish strong
LEWISTON — It was an exclamation point on an already successful regular season for the Lewiston boys’ lacrosse team. The Blue Devils finished the first portion of their campaign Saturday with the regular-season finale against Edward Little. Lewiston chalked up its eighth win in a row with a 15-1 victory. “I’m very proud of this […]
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Track and Field: Eddies easily extend KVAC streak
BATH — After eight consecutive Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference outdoor track and field championships in eight seasons since joining the league, maybe adjectives are hard to come by. “We had a really solid day,” Edward Little boys’ coach Ryan LaRoche said. “They showed up today. I’m really proud of how they performed. How many events […]
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Anne Taintor: Retro wit, Lewiston roots
It can take 500 tries before Anne Taintor lands a single line with just the right tone, the right message, the right bite. “I should come with a warning label.” “Good girls go to heaven . . . I just need to get to New York.” “There was nothing passive about her aggression.” Time intensive, […]
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The charter school solution: The best — or worst — idea ever?
Roger Brainerd was a public school teacher when he came to a simple, inescapable conclusion: Maine needs charter schools. It was 1993 and he was trying to innovate his coastal-area school district. He and his colleagues talked of multi-age, Montessori or Waldorf classrooms. Re-energizing teachers. Change from the bottom up. “We were really looking around, […]
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Facetime: Sean ‘Pellet’ Pelletier: managing an ‘American treasure’
Lewiston native Sean “Pellet” Pelletier is fighting to make one of his favorite musicians — ’70s rocker Bobby Liebling of the band Pentagram — well known again. So he helped make a movie about Liebling’s fight against drugs and obscurity to get back on the stage. In the process, Pelletier’s own work as Liebling’s manager found […]
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Learning about here, then about there: Lewiston kids video chat with the Netherlands
LEWISTON — All the formal work was over. Via video conference, a room full of fifth- and sixth-graders here had told a room full of school kids in the Netherlands about the local weather, restaurants, sports and fun things to do, and the kids in the Netherlands had done the same. The floor opened to […]
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Red Eddies wallop Blue Devils
AUBURN — Four games in four days has made a pretty hectic schedule for the Edward Little softball team this week, but the wins keep coming. The Red Eddies won their third game of the week and fifth in their last six games with an 11-5 win over Lewiston Thursday. EL opened up an 11-0 […]
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Family supper
Holy Family Council 10019 of Lewiston will hold a public supper from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 3, at the Holy Family Church Hall on Sabattus Street. The supper will consist of chicken dumplings with all the fixings and dessert. All are welcome. Pictured, from left, are chairman Roger Godin, committee person Bob Dunond, […]