LEWISTON — Longley Elementary School students were dismissed Thursday morning after a fire extinguisher accidentally discharged. Around 10:30 a.m., a portable fire extinguisher in a hall fell off the wall and bit the floor, Superintendent Bill Webster said. The contents discharged, creating “smoke-like conditions and set off the fire alarm.” Students went across the street […]
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In the Crease: Community at large needs to embrace its Fighting Spirit
LEWISTON — The Fighting Spirit are relocating to Lewiston-Auburn. Kind of fitting, right? The area has long been known as a mill town on the rebound, a community with a rough-and-tumble past. Now, we have a downtown community — and a community at large — attempting to reinvent itself and emerge from that reputation. We […]
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Video: New Hampshire junior hockey team moving to Lewiston
The team is in a new division of the NA3HL, one of nine USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III Junior leagues in the United States. Local business leaders estimate this could mean an extra $1 million for the Lewiston-Auburn economy. Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream [View the story “New hockey tenant for the Colisee” on Storify]
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Lewiston council approves breathing room for Colisee mortgage
LEWISTON — Managers of the Androscoggin Bank Colisee will get more time to repay their mortgage to the city, councilors agreed Tuesday, but the city gained more oversight of day-to-day financial operations. Councilors approved an addition to the 2008 mortgage agreement with Firland Management, extending the contract from 2027 to 2032. Jim Cain, owner of […]
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NEF XV: Mladin Holman, 56, loses MMA bout, but wins hearts at the Colisee in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Mladin Holman had the courage to pack up his family and emigrate from war-ravaged Croatia to the United States 15 years ago. Which makes it infinitely easier to understand why letting somebody lock the door of a mixed martial arts cage behind him at age 56 isn’t an overwhelming deal. “He’s very emotional […]
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NEF XV: Erickson eyes redemption in title bout
LEWISTON — Chances at redemption in the mixed martial cage, or any athletic endeavor, don’t often offer themselves in a span of 10 weeks. Jesse “The Viking” Erickson of Auburn appreciates the courtesy Bruce “Pretty Boy” Boyington showed him by granting an immediate rematch of their Sept. 6 NEF lightweight title bout. “I look forward […]
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Lewiston salutes veterans at Colisee
LEWISTON — Their caps and patches told their story. Under one roof in the Colisee Sunday evening sat generations of veterans, whose collective resume includes places like Normandy, Kaesong and Kandahar — gathered for the second annual salute to veterans. The creators for the event, Henri St. Pierre and Arthur Obie envisioned a tribute to […]
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Colisee backs out of Lewiston cannabis show
LEWISTON — Plans for Androscoggin County’s first medical marijuana show, scheduled for this Friday and Saturday at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee, have been nipped in the bud. Mike Cain, general manager of the Colisee, said he decided to cancel the Legal Peaces Medical Cannabis Show for fear of angering state police. “We just got the […]
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Boxing: Carville’s in charge as sweet science returns to Lewiston
Two hundred forty-four dollars. Eighty-five cents. “This is the difference, right here,” Carville, a 30-year-old, former New England Golden Gloves champion from Lisbon, said Saturday night after his professional boxing debut at Androscoggin Bank Colisee before more than 1,000 fans. “It isn’t much, but it’s the contract I signed.” And it’s the life he chose. […]
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Duo planning second tribute to veterans at Colisee
LEWISTON — One year after Henri St. Pierre, 71, and Arthur Obie, 73, leaped into showbiz by creating an arena-sized tribute to Maine veterans at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee, they are back. For this year’s Nov. 9 event, they’re promising a bigger show and an even bigger audience of military personnel. Though it will remain […]