LEWISTON — The story goes that people used to bring chairs and bags of popcorn to sit and watch the nightly drunken antics on lower Lisbon Street. Mayor Larry Gilbert, a Lewiston police officer walking the beat between 1969 and 1974, can’t confirm the chairs. But he can confirm the bags of popcorn and the […]
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Goodness will prevail
It was with great sadness that we learned of the recent vandalism at Riverside Cemetery on the banks of the Androscoggin River in Lewiston. This thoughtless act of disrespect to the deceased and their families and loved ones was inexcusable and, sadly, a symptom of society’s failure to instill compassion and caring in every human […]
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A part of my life
What a wonderful gift the Gendron family has given to Lewiston-Auburn. I’m sure that I am not the only woman who can look at the YWCA and see how it has influenced my life. As a seventh-grader in 1954, I was introduced to the YWCA teen dances held at the Kate J. Anthony House on […]
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High school football: A Lewiston run wouldn’t be unexpected
The debate over the proposed realignment in high school football is as hot in Lewiston as anywhere else in the state. Opinions vary on what changes need to occur, but Lewiston coach Bills County is ready for some sort of change. The current Pine Tree Conference format hasn’t been too kind to his Blue Devils […]
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Sights Unseen: Fortier’s Security Center in Lewiston
Henry Fortier started the business as H. Fortier & Sons back in 1921 on Spruce Street. In 1939 he moved to Chestnut Street with one of his sons, Clarence. The other two sons decided on a military career. Current owner Moe Robichaud began working for Clarence in 1975 after hounding Fortier for years to let […]
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Football: Long run to fame for Langley
LEWISTON — Marvin Langley’s run into a hall of fame wasn’t exactly Point A to Point B. More like the obstacle course in one of those 1970s Superstars competitions. Or in Langley’s specific case, an 80-yard, broken-field touchdown gallop on which the runner actually covers twice that much real estate. Langley wasn’t even recruited to […]
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Three arrested for cemetery vandalism in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Three people have been arrested and charged in the damaging of about 150 grave sites at the Riverside Cemetery on Summer Street, according to a release issued by the Lewiston Police Department Tuesday. On Aug. 20 police were called to the cemetery, located at 192 Summer St. About 150 grave markers had been […]
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Hockey team helps to right wrongs in cemetery
LEWISTON — It could have been a burial scene given the crowd gathered around the grave, cars lining the road, overcast skies and light drizzle starting to fall. Harry Dixon watched quietly, vigilantly, as eight strapping men — young and old — struggled to right the wrong done to his family’s memory over the weekend. […]
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Donors save Central Maine YWCA
LEWISTON — A number of donors, including the Del Gendron family, have pledged enough donations to prompt YWCA officials to cancel immediate plans to close the facility. The announcement was made at a press conference at the YWCA this afternoon. More details from the press conference will be forthcoming here at sunjournal.com.
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150 headstones toppled at Lewiston cemetery
LEWISTON — About 150 gravestones at the Riverside Cemetery were toppled by vandals Thursday night or Friday morning. Some of the stones were 200 years old and weighed 1,000 pounds or more. Many were completely torn from their bases, including those marked with small American flags as veterans’ graves. A few stones had rolled […]