Bates College will host author Daegan Miller at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, for a talk titled “The Work of Imagination in the Age of Catastrophe.” His writings include 2018’s “This Radical Land: A Natural History of American Dissent,” a chronicle of American “radical thinkers, settlers and artists who grounded their ideas of freedom, justice, and progress in […]
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CBS' Criminal Minds' 'Sick and Evil' episode set in Lewiston
LEWISTON — This probably won’t make the tourism brochure. CBS’s hit show “Criminal Minds” has set the 14th episode of its 14th season right here. Its title? “Sick and Evil.” CBS’s official episode description for the FBI crime drama reads: “The BAU (Behavioral Analysis Unit) leads the investigation into a string of murders taking place […]
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Donnie Hebert to play at The Pit
Donnie Hebert will perform Friday, Jan. 25, at an acoustic solo night at The Pit, 838 Lisbon St., Lewiston. Music starts at 6 p.m.
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Live at Pedro's this weekend
Local artist Dave Perlman will perform from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, at Pedro O’Hara’s, 134 Main St., Lewiston. Perlman is a regular performer in the Lewiston-Auburn area and plays a diverse selection of popular cover songs spanning many genres, with a concentration in classic and ’90s rock. On Saturday, the Tumbledown Saints will play […]
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Live music at Guthries Friday
Back Woods Road will perform at 8 p.m. Friday at Guthries, 115 Middle St., Lewiston. Back Woods Road is a highly energized acoustic band known for its tight harmonies, hard-driving lead solos, and crowd-pleasing diversified choice of music and arrangements. They take it up a notch and one further. Members are: Rich Bernier, dobro/guitar/vocals; Jane Bernier, […]
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LA chamber awards honors seven. Chamber president: 'Go out and rock your worlds'
Elaine St. Pierre and Meaghan Vallee share a laugh during the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce awards dinner at the Ramada Inn in Lewiston on Thursday night. (Sun Journal photo by Andree Kehn) LEWISTON — People in the full banquet room laughed when Alan Hahnel accepted his award against a video backdrop of him […]
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CMP repairs circuit that left parts of downtown Lewiston without power
LEWISTON — Parts of the downtown went dark Thursday after an underground circuit blew at about 3:30 p.m. Among the buildings that lost power were the U.S. Post Office, the Public Library and the Sun Journal. Central Maine Power officials said the outage affected a small area encompassing Ash, Park and Pine streets and surrounding areas. […]
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Lewiston City Council: What you need to know
Lewiston City Council Tuesday, Jan. 22 Lewiston continues Choice Neighborhoods grant process What happened: The City Council received an update on the city’s $1.3 million Choice Neighborhoods planning and implementation grant, which is focused on revitalizing the Tree Streets neighborhood. What it means: The grant, designed to deliver lasting change to a distressed neighborhood, is […]
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Two Lewiston males charged with animal abuse in connection with viral video
LEWISTON — Lewiston police Tuesday charged an adult and a minor with animal cruelty in connection with a video circulating on Facebook showing a man whipping a dog. Curtis Teague, 18, of Lewiston, was charged with cruelty to animals, as was a minor, also from Lewiston, who police declined to identify. According to an email […]
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Wrapping up to keep warm
Angelica Hagan, Nae Lee Ray and Brinley Hanson, who have Tuesday off from Lewiston High School on account of teacher workshops, walk through Kennedy Park in Lewiston bundled up in blankets. They checked the weather before they went out, saw below zero temperatures with the wind chill and decided to bundle up as well as […]