DEAR ABBY: I have been interested in a woman for several years. During that time, I have dated her and helped her with her house. Today she called and asked me to walk her dog. I had to decline because I couldn’t fit it in. She sent me two emails, back-to-back: “Thanks, Fred, but one […]
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Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
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Cancer: Play it safe by paying attention to what matters most to you. You’ll gain insight into how you can satisfy your needs and make someone you love happy.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Hayden Panettiere, 33; Elarica Johnson, 33; Usain Bolt, 36; Loretta Devine, 73. Happy Birthday: Take nothing for granted this year. Do whatever it takes to sort through what’s possible and put your thoughts in motion. A well-thought-out plan will help you ease pressure and recognize how little you need if […]
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‘Co-eds in bloomers’ played in Lewiston’s first basketball game in 1898
The Lewiston Evening Journal loved the lively new sport when it arrived at Bates College soon after its invention.
Posted in175th anniversary, Boys Hockey, News, Sports, Varsity Maine
Lewiston claims four straight boys hockey championships
Always state contenders, the Blue Devils didn’t win more than two state titles in a row until their four-year run in the mid-1970s.
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Before radio and television, crowds gathered at the newspaper for big sports news
Before radio or television arrived in Lewiston, sports fans occasionally gathered in front of the Lewiston Evening Journal’s office on Park Street to follow the news as it arrived on the newspaper’s teletype machine from the Associated Press. Take, for instance, the July 4, 1919, boxing bout in Toledo, Ohio, in which Jack Dempsey pounded […]
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In 1884, the ‘very interesting’ sport of hockey arrived in Lewiston
Hockey arrived in Lewiston on March 4, 1884, a Tuesday night, when the Portland Polo Club came to town to take on the newly organized Lewiston club at City Hall as part of a Polo League tournament that also involved teams from Saco, Bath, Biddeford and Brunswick. The Lewiston Evening Journal explained to readers that […]
Posted in175th anniversary, Boys Soccer, Local Sports, News, Sports, Varsity Maine
Gray-New Gloucester boys dominate Maine soccer in the late ’70s and early ’80s
The team took three state titles over a five-year period starting in 1979.
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Bates College’s baseball team once played the Ku Klux Klan (and won)
At least two New Engand baseball teams after the Civil War were named after the KKK, including one in Bangor
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Edward Little girls overcome powerhouse to earn tennis championship glory
The Red Eddies won a team, singles and doubles state title during a four-year span in the late 1970s and early ’80s.
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Featherweight Maurice ‘Lefty’ Lachance added punch to Lewiston’s boxing history
The Lisbon-born pugilist spent 15 years in the ring and was one fight away from getting a shot at a world title.