LEWISTON – As much as it tried to prepare for Saturday’s game, the Lewiston boys’ lacrosse team truly couldn’t be ready for the conditions it faced. The Blue Devils took on Mt. Ararat in driving rain and snow and with subsequent slick field conditions. It forced both teams to adjust and find ways to get […]
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High school baseball: Devils down Eagles, 5-2
LEWISTON — Luke Cote got a good look at Mt. Ararat pitcher Torrey Charnock’s curve ball to start the first inning. Charnock froze Cote with the hook his first time up, but Lewiston’s leadoff hitter found a way to wait out the Eagles’ right-hander, then drive him to distraction on the base paths, as the […]
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Bates College President Elaine Tuttle Hansen going to Johns Hopkins
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Elaine Tuttle Hansen, who’s stepping down in July as president of Bates College, says she will begin work at Johns Hopkins University on Aug. 1. The Baltimore school announced Hansen’s appointment as executive director of its Center for Talented Youth. In that role, Hansen said, she will oversee an organization dedicated […]
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Wendy Tardif to lead Dempsey Center
LEWISTON — Wendy Tardif has been named executive director of the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing at Central Maine Medical Center. Tardif has maintained close ties with the center over the years, serving as event manager of the Dempsey Challenge, the center’s primary fundraising vehicle, and as the center’s interim director since […]
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Bridge repair bid comes in under budget
LEWISTON — Repairs to the small bridge between Oxford Street and Simard-Payne Memorial Park could be one-third of the projected costs, based on bids on the project. South Paris’ Bancroft Contracting Corp. submitted the apparent lowest bid to repair the 55-foot-long Beech Bridge, offering to repair the metal structure by mid-June for $7,050. The city […]
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Gymnastics: Going national
LEWISTON — Neither Dylan Tanguay nor Josh Abrams believed they had achieved their goal last weekend. The two gymnasts were competing for an opportunity to advance to the Junior Olympic National Championships in Long Beach, California next month. Tanguay made it that far last year but was sure he’d cost himself a chance in the […]
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Neighborhood group urges city to expand city code staff
LEWISTON — Members of a downtown housing advocacy group Wednesday stepped up their call for better code enforcement and faster city response to complaints. Members of the Neighborhood Housing League rallied outside 91 Knox St. to urge the Lewiston City Council to add two housing code officers to the city’s code enforcement department. Residents complained […]
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Couple raises funds for wife-carrying championship
LEWISTON — A former Lewiston couple are trying to become the first Americans to win the World Wife Carrying Championship this summer in Finland. To go, Dave and Lacey Castro of Alfred have launched a fundraising campaign by creating a new ice cream flavor at Shaker Pond Ice Cream. They’ve also established a “Team Castro” […]
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Suicidal man soaks himself in gas, hides from police in tree
A man was hospitalized after he claimed he was suicidal and soaked himself in gasoline, then lead police from Lewiston and Auburn on a hunt through the woods near Lake Auburn Tuesday night. Police received a call from the man’s girlfriend around 8 p.m. Tuesday, stating that she had found a suicide note he had […]