The Lewiston Falls Journal, the community’s first newspaper, rolled off the press 175 years ago today.
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Starting Sunday: The story of Maine’s most spectacular murder case
The story of that man and that murder, arguably the biggest ongoing news story that ever occurred in Lewiston, will be told in full this year as part of the newspaper’s 175th anniversary.
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How Lewiston Learned The Terrible Titanic Story: First and Only Complete Account of Wreck Given in Lewiston Journal Extras
This story, which appeared in the Lewiston Saturday Journal on April 20, 1912, is reprinted in full.
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Another disappearance
A Lewiston Evening Journal story from Nov. 11, 1896.
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Francis Lane: First letter from the first editor
The want of a newspaper in this vicinity has long been felt and lamented, and it is the intention so to conduct the Journal that it may be acceptable to all parties, and a profitable visitant at every fireside.
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A typical report in the Lewiston Weekly Journal in 1886
Let’s just grab a handful of the news items reported on that day to get a sense of what the paper’s local coverage was like in those simpler times.
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The Journal broke the news that the Ali-Liston fight was to take place in Lewiston
“Clay-Liston Championship Match Set for Lewiston’s CMYC May 25,” from the May 7, 1965, edition of the Lewiston Evening Journal.
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Oasis of Music wraps up season with tribute to local Leo Beaule
A tribute concert to the late local musician and violin maker Leo Beaule will close the 21-22 Oasis of Music season beginning at 12:30 on Wednesday, May 25, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. A quartet of violinists, all playing with violins and bows made by Beaule, will perform three multi-movement […]
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Music in the Park Summer Concert Series in Kennedy Park is scheduled to begin May 27
The 2022 Music in the Park summer concert series is set to begin Friday, May 27, in Kennedy Park in Lewiston. The concerts will begin at 7 p.m.,and continues after each Art Walk L/A on final Fridays through September. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy some free. The first concert will feature performances […]
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Looking Back on May 20
100 Years Ago: 1922 Hundreds of Lewiston-Auburn people inspected the renovated Berry Paper company Saturday afternoon and there will even be more Saturday night when the reception hours are from seven to nine. All of us are interested in the development of our city, and here was an indication in significant and impressive form. There […]