Oct. 11-15 Auburn Work location: Begins: Done by: Status: Old Danville Road, Moose Brook to city line Ongoing October Detour Route 136 at the Durham town line Ongoing October Closed Main Street, Academy to bridge Ongoing November Delays Hotel Road at Youngs Corner Ongoing November One lane Lewiston Work location: Begins: […]
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Libraries and literacy: Read all about it
Repositories of knowledge in written form can be traced to the dawn of civilization. History Magazine speaks of a collection of “about 30,000 clay tablets found in ancient Mesopotamia [dating] back more than 5,000 years,” for example. Access to written knowledge – literacy – was, however, a closely guarded secret of the ruling classes for […]
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Is Lewiston exit really most pressing problem?
We’re all in favor of the state spending highway construction dollars in Lewiston-Auburn. After all, L-A and Western Maine have long been unfairly penalized by our location on a toll road compared to towns along the I-295 corridor. Still, in these lean times, we’re left scratching our heads over a Turnpike Authority proposal to spend […]
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Lewiston stifles EL
AUBURN — To score in soccer, you need both possession and to take shots. On Saturday the Lewiston boys did both. They outshot Edward Little 21-3 en route to a 4-0 blanking between the Twin Cities rivalries. Throughout the first 20 minutes of the games, both teams seemed to be feeling each other out, volleying […]
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Police log
CHARGES Lewiston * Tianna C. Dube, 18, of 118 Western Ave., Auburn, on a charge of domestic violence assault, 10:30 p.m. Friday at 119 Pine St. Androscoggin County * Hakeem Gowins, 21, of 50 East Avenue, New York, N.Y., by the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office, on a warrant, 12:15 a.m. Friday in Queens Criminal Court, […]
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Double slaying in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Two men killed each other in a knife fight on Blake Street on Saturday, reportedly after arguing about a girl at a local club. Neighbors on Saturday identified the pair as Alfred Jermaine Kelly, 29, and Bobbie Lee “Bootsy” Evans, 32. Both lived in Lewiston. Neighbors said Evans lived in the apartment building […]
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Neighbors ID men in Lewiston double murder
LEWISTON — Neighbors on Saturday identified a pair of men killed in a knife fight as Alfred Jermaine Kelly and Bobbie Lee Evans, who had reportedly argued at a local club in the early morning hours. Evans was 32, Kelly, 29. Both were from Lewiston. The two are believed to have stabbed each other around […]
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High school football: Bulldogs dominate second half, crush Blue Devils
LEWISTON — Lewiston went into Friday night’s battle of unbeatens with Lawrence hoping to make a statement that it belonged with one of the Pine Tree Conference’s dominant teams of the last several years. The Bulldogs waited until the second half to make their statement, but it was emphatic: Not yet. Lawrence dominated the second […]
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Lewiston historic group on board with Bates Mill designation
LEWISTON — There was little doubt Thursday afternoon that the city’s history began with the Bates Mill. “This development made Lewiston,” historian Scott Hanson told the Lewiston Historic Preservation Review Board. “Without these mills and this canal, there is no city of Lewiston, just a small farming town here.” Hanson heard no disagreements from board […]
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Sun Journal Top 10
1. Bangor (5-0) — The offense gets the headlines, but the Rams’ physical defense is demonstrating it can knock any offense off-stride, be it the double-wing or the spread. 2. Cheverus (5-0) — You never saw Thornton Academy here. You never saw Thornton Academy here. You never saw Thornton Academy here. 3. Bonny Eagle (5-0) […]