Bates College
Bates adds three to golf coaching staff
AUBURN — When Robert Flynn retired in 2015 after 18 years at the helm, the Bates College Bobcats were in search for a new golf coach for both their men’s and women’s programs. Flynn, who held multiple roles in the athletic department at Bates including head baseball coach, assistant football coach and the head ski […]
First-year students settle in at Bates College
LEWISTON — It was a big day Monday for first-year Bates College student Ryan Rigione, and he got an early start. By the time the college’s moving-in festivities were getting underway, Rigione and his family, from New Canaan, Connecticut, had already collected his keys and his ID badge, moved him into his dorm and were touring […]
Bates ‘Clean sweep’ yard sale Saturday at armory
LEWISTON — Bates College’s annual Clean Sweep yard sale will be held Saturday, June 18, at the Lewiston Armory. Doors will open at 8 a.m. The popular event, now in its 16th year, remains one of the largest community yard sales in Maine. More than 1,000 eager bargain hunters are expected to attend. Typically, the […]
College lacrosse: Bates falls short against Springfield in defensive battle
The two defensively minded teams clashed in a second-round NCAA Division III playoff matchup at Garcelon Field on Sunday, each putting on a display of stifling defense, superb goaltending and gritty play through the midfield. In each team’s lowest-scoring effort of the season, Springfield shoveled one more goal across the line than Bates, and the […]
Bates junior’s business flipping fridges expands to 16 college campuses
LEWISTON — A Bates College junior inspired by fellow students who couldn’t be bothered to take their refrigerators home for the summer — or even to move them to avoid a $75 room-cleaning fine from the college — last year created a business of buying and selling used dorm fridges. Later this month, Mitch Newlin […]
A-L Sports Hall of Fame: Best of Twin Cities’ past, present honored
Sloat said that kids today get a bad rap, but the “caliber” of the recipients of the Lewiston Auburn Metro Chamber President’s Awards shows that “our future is in good hands.” Nine local high school senior athletes, eight local high school coaches and four local college senior athletes recieved Chamber President’s Awards, and they were […]
Men’s Lacrosse: No. 14 Bates overpowers Connecticut College
The third-year trio of Charlie Fay, Kyle Weber and Andrew Melvin paced the offense, and first-year Mitchell Drake stood tall in net for the Bobcats, who finished up their regular-season home schedule with an 11-7 victory over Connecticut College at Garcelon Field on Saturday. Fay scored four goals — all after halftime — Weber added […]
A powerful presentation
I would like to express my gratitude to Bates College, the Harward Center, Bates faculty and Bates students on the incredible program presented at the “Chaos or Community: Conversations on Criminal Justice Reform in Maine” symposium on Saturday, April 9. I lost count of the number of times I was moved to tears by the […]