LEWISTON — Rita J. Morin, 85, formerly of Brault St. in Lewiston, died peacefully Friday morning, Sept. 28, at Montello Commons following a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s. She was born in Lewiston on Nov. 26, 1932, to the late Desiree and Marie Lou (Larochelle) St. Pierre. Rita was educated in Lewiston schools and remained a lifelong […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 3
100 Years Ago: 1918 All of the public schools in Lewiston and Auburn, all churches, the theatres, societies, pool rooms, billiard parlors, business colleges and other public gathering places, except Bates College and wage-earning industries, have been ordered closed, beginning Friday morning until further notice. This action was taken by the boards of health of […]
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Two bands to perform favorite songs of artist Dahlov Ipcar at Bates
LEWISTON — Dahlov Ipcar’s “Favorite Folk Songs & Ballads” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, at Olin Arts Center Concert Hall at Bates College. Friends of Ipcar will perform her favorite folk songs and ballads, while projecting her illustrations of the songs. Performers include Bob Zentz and Jeanne McDougall Zentz, Nor and […]
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Bobcat Beat: Bates football looking for better second halves
The Bates College football team has played well in first halves this season. Now the Bobcats need to figure out the second half. At halftime of its three games this season, Bates has been in a 0-0 tie with Amherst, trailed Trinity 28-14 (after cutting the deficit to 14-9 with a few minutes left in […]
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Local roundup: Red Eddies beat Tigers in overtime
LEWISTON — Oliver Hall scored his second goal of the game in the extra session, leading Edward Little to a 5-4 KVAC boys’ soccer overtime win over Gardiner in a game played at Lewiston High School on Tuesday. Wol Maiwen also scored a pair of goals for Edward Little (5-3-0), and Chase Martin added one. […]
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Boys' soccer: Nur flicks Lewiston past Maranacook
Lewiston’s Abdilahi Abdi and Maranacook’s Richard Down pursue the ball during Tuesday evening’s soccer game in Lewiston. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Lewiston needed patience to get a hard-to-come-by goal against Maranacook on Tuesday, according to coach Mike McGraw. The Blue Devils sure were patient in scoring their lone goal, which came with 2:05 remaining […]
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Susan Collins could face no-win situation on Brett Kavanaugh vote
Sen. Susan Collins may be in the biggest “no-win” situation of her career. Facing increasing pressure from Republican leadership in Washington to fall in line behind President Trump’s latest nominee to the Supreme Court while constituents crowd her office back home, urging her to oppose Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation, Collins faces trouble no matter how she […]
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KVAC golf qualifier: Edward Little, Lewiston lock down state berths
Gardiner’s Cody Rizzo aims for the green from the 15th green at Natanis Golf Course in Norridgewock on Tuesday. (Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel) VASSALBORO — It was raining. It was cold. The course was drenched. Not that the Gardiner golf team seemed to care. The Tigers wrapped up a spot in the Class B state […]
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Collins, King urge USDA to fund broadband in ‘geographically challenged’ areas
U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King have joined a bipartisan group urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to direct funding for broadband internet expansion to high-need rural areas. Collins, a Republican, and King, an independent, urged the USDA on Tuesday in a jointly written letter to set aside part of a $600 million rural broadband […]
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Maine employers to receive record dividends from workers’ comp insurer MEMIC
More than 17,000 Maine employers will receive a record $22 million in dividends this November from The MEMIC Group, the Portland-based workers’ compensation insurer said Tuesday. The MEMIC board of directors authorized the policyholder dividend at its Sept. 28 meeting, the company said in a news release. “With this record dividend, MEMIC will have returned […]