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Youth minister charged with sex crimes against teen
AUBURN — A former youth minister with the First Assembly of God Church in Lewiston has been indicted on six sex charges involving a young male member of that church. Joshua Williams, 22, of Auburn was employed full time by the church from June 2009 to October 2010, according to Pastor Donald Cougle, when the […]
Boys’ Basketball: Eagles drop Devils in OT
LEWISTON — The days of endless, two-victory winters are over for Lewiston boys’ basketball. Now comes the agonizing, almost-there, learning-to-win phase, aptly and painfully demonstrated by Thursday night’s 53-47 overtime loss to Mt. Ararat. Junior-dominated, eager and unselfish, the Blue Devils were only a few possessions away from being 8-1 or even 9-0 through the […]
Women’s center to host presentation on Thorncrag
LEWISTON — The Center for Wisdom’s Women will host a special presentation by Susan Hayward from Thorncrag Nature Sanctuary at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 21. Thorncrag, owned and managed by the Stanton Bird Club, is a 372-acre wildlife preserve, encompassing the highest hill in the city. Hayward will show slide photos of birds and plants […]
Girls’ Hockey: Lewiston Ties Up Winslow
LEWISTON — It went into the books as a tie Wednesday night, but it sure felt like a win for the Lewiston girls’ hockey team. The Blue Devils rallied from two goals down and earned a 2-2 verdict with Winslow. Sara Marden had both goals for Lewiston including the equalizer with 5:40 left in regulation. […]
LePage family bonds survive troubling upbringing in Lewiston
When Paul LePage is sworn into office today as Maine’s governor, Maurice “Moe” LePage will be there, a witness to his big brother’s remarkable escape from an impoverished and abusive childhood. “I will be the proudest person there because of what we’ve been through,” said Moe LePage, a tile floor installer who lives and works […]
New Year’s resolutions, elementary school style
LEWISTON — Tanner Burgess, 9, has a New Year’s resolution that could make a difference in his life. “To keep my name off the board,” he said. “If you get your name on the board you miss recess,” the third-grader said last week from a Montello Elementary School classroom. His resolution at home is to […]
Methadone clinic considers Lewiston site, schedules neighborhood review
LEWISTON — A Massachusetts company is proposing to build the city’s first methadone substance-abuse-treatment facility on Mollison Way, near the Sparetime Recreation bowling alley. Officials from Community Substance Abuse Centers of Quincy, Mass., have scheduled a neighborhood meeting for Mollison Way businesses and tenants at 6 p.m. Jan. 12 at the Ramada Inn on Pleasant […]
With signatures in hand, casino backers urge legislators to adopt plan
LEWISTON — Casino backers touted their plan Thursday, urging legislators to skip a public vote in November and adopt it as written. “This project was born out of the desire to maximize the economic impact for Lewiston and to minimize the adverse impact,” said Peter Robinson, one partner in Great Falls Recreation and Redevelopment LLC. […]
‘Checkered Floors’: Woman shares her personal crisis and how a man from Somalia struggling to make a life in Lewiston ‘became her rock’
“We forget what we share. What we need is more interaction.” — Cheryl Hamilton LEWISTON — Lessons learned from Lewiston’s experience with Somali migration are being taught all over the country. Now, Cheryl Hamilton is bringing her powerful personal account to Portland and Brunswick in solo performances of “Checkered Floors.” The Maine premiere at […]