A legal glitch prevented Lewiston’s Kora Shrine Temple from repeating the successful online fundraiser it held last year and hopes to hold again in the future.
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Lobster Bowl participants get the message of game’s meaning
LEWISTON — The annual Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic team meeting at the Kora Shrine always serves as the motivational pregame pep talk for players and cheerleaders selected to participate in the state’s premier showcase in July. Emily Williams of Auburn and patient ambassador for Shriners Hospitals Alec Cabacungan were the equivalent of mini-Knute Rockne […]
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Thornton Williams
BATH — Thornton Williams, 78, of Rangeley and Bath, passed away with his family at his side Friday, Nov. 17, at his home in Bath. Born to Burleigh and Leonice (Cushing) Williams, “Poody,” as he was known to his friends and family, was a 1957 graduate of Morse High School. He married the love of his […]
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6th Annual Winter Games raise money for Shriners Hospitals for Children
LEWISTON — The sixth annual International Fire, Police and Military Winter Games was held over the weekend at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee, with the Lewiston Police Department competing against the Canada Firefighters for the gold medal. The hockey tournament ended Sunday afternoon with Canada winning 6-3, taking home the gold in the Division A championship […]
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Shriner parade prompts shift in Citylink bus schedule
LEWISTON — Saturday’s parade by the Northeast Shrine Association will detour five Citylink bus routes for much of the day. The Main Street, Lisbon Street, Sabattus Street and College Street bus routes will end hourly runs at the intersection of Bates and College streets downtown beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday. Those routes normally converge at the […]
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Shriners meet in Lewiston thanks to rise in local restaurants, lodging
LEWISTON — Organizers of the Northeastern Association Fall Field Days worked hard to bring the annual event to the Twin Cities this week — and they’re working just as hard to keep the 2,000 expected Shriners in town for the duration of the convention. “We really are trying to showcase not just Kora Shriners but […]
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Anah Shriners to buy former Abundant Life Church in Bangor
BANGOR — The Anah Shriners voted overwhelmingly Monday night to purchase the former Abundant Life Church on Broadway. Local Potentate Jesse Thomas said more than 350 shriners showed up for the vote, with only one opposed and two abstentions. “The offer has been made and accepted, and we needed a vote from all the Shriners […]
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New England Shriners meeting in L-A this weekend
LEWISTON — Shriners from throughout New England will be in L-A this weekend for a two-day conference to prepare for a much larger event this fall. Members from 14 Shrine centers in New England will plan for the 2015 Northeast Shrine Association Fall Field Days set for Sept. 17 to 20, which is expected to […]
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Hockey tournament a success
The Annual International Fire, Police and Military Winter Games Hockey Tournament, Battle on Ice, was held during Martin Luther King week at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee and the Norway Savings Bank Arena in the Twin Cities. The teams were broken down into two divisions based on the skill level of their team. They played two […]
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Three struck and injured by Shriner go-cart during Maine Lobster Festival
ROCKLAND — A 79-year-old woman was treated at Penobscot Bay Medical Center Saturday after being struck by a Kora Temple Shrine go-cart during the Maine Lobster Festival parade. At about 10:23 a.m. Saturday, the go-cart drove onto the sidewalk on Main Street near AutoZone and struck the woman, as well as a 43-year-old man and […]