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Weird, Wicked Weird: Bates professor studies alien abductees, asks, 'What's Up?'

Bates College professor Stephanie Kelley-Romano sits in her office on the third floor of Pettigrew Hall on the campus of Bates College in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — For an upcoming book, Stephanie Kelley-Romano, a Bates College associate professor of rhetoric, interviewed 300 Americans who believe they’ve been abducted by aliens, including a few […]

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Bates football: Litchfield's Flaherty finds role with Bobcats

Bates junior Kyle Flaherty, an Oak Hill High School graduate, charges upfield against Trinity earlier this season. (Theophil Syslo/Bates College) Late in the third quarter against Tufts, Bates diveback Kyle Flaherty took a handoff and charged up the middle for a touchdown, It was only a 2-yard run, but Flaherty was finally back in the […]

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Bobcat Beat: Bates football wants to finish on high note

Bates defensive back Jon Lindgren flies to attempt to make a tackle during the Bobcats’ win over Bowdoin last week. Lindgren was named NESCAC defensive player of the week. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College) The CBB trophy now claimed, it’s time for the Bates College football team to finish on a high note. “We’re rolling now. […]

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Linwood J. Bishop Jr.

AUBURN — Linwood J. Bishop Jr., 72, a resident of Depot Street, Buckfield, passed away Friday, Nov. 3, at the Androsccoggin Hospice House following a short illness. He was born in Lewiston on May 18, 1945, the son of Linwood J. and Katherine M. Bishop Sr. Linwood was a veteran of both the United States Marine […]

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Mainer performs in 'Madman' at Bates

LEWISTON — Reimagined for the 21st century, “Diary of a Madman” will be presented from Thursday, Nov. 9, to Monday, Nov. 13, in Schaeffer Theatre at Bates College, 329 College St. Nikolai Gogol’s classic 1835 short story is directed by senior lecturer in theater, Kati Vecsey, and performed as a senior thesis project by Nathaniel […]

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Mozart, Verdi and Brahms at Bates

A composer and an associate professor of music at Bates College in Lewiston, Hiroya Miura will lead the Bates College Orchestra in a program featuring Mozart’s Overture to Der Schauspieldirektor (K.486), Verdi’s Overture to La Forza del Destino” and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 in D major (Op.73) at  7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, in Olin Arts Center Concert […]

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College football: Bates beats Bowdoin, claims fourth straight CBB title

Bates College players celebrate after defeating Bowdoin College in Lewiston on Saturday, securing a fourth consecutive CBB title. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College) LEWISTON — The Bates College football team claimed its fourth consecutive CBB title by defeating Bowdoin 24-17 at Garcelon Field on Saturday. It’s the first time Bates has won four straight Colby-Bates-Bowdoin titles, […]

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College roundup: Bates soccer, field hockey fall; CMCC women's basketball notches win

MEDFORD, Mass. — The Bates men’s soccer team fell in the NESCAC quarterfinals to No. 4 nationally ranked Tufts, 3-0 on Saturday afternoon. Tufts’ first goal came when Sterling Weatherbie headed one in off a bounce in the 21st minute. Conor Coleman and Travis Van Brewer provided assists. The Jumbos (13-1-2) added to their lead […]