Bates will be looking for a better second half when the Bobcats host Middlebury in NESCAC football action at Garcelon Field on Saturday afternoon. It’s a two-part mission for Bates, which played the first four games of its eight-game schedule without a win due in part to some letdowns after halftime. The Bobcats will be […]
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Bates Roundup: Women’s Rowing shows well at Head of Charles Regatta
While a repeat victory wasn’t in the cards for the Bates College women’s rowing team at the Head of the Charles Regatta this past Sunday, the Bobcats’ first varsity eight boat did cross the finish line in third place in the Women’s Collegiate Eight race in Cambridge, Mass. Bates’ first boat finished behind perennial top […]
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Bates prof to study ‘love hormone’
LEWISTON — Think of oxytocin as the “warm and fuzzy” hormone. It helps with bonding and love. Feeling intimate? Oxytocin is probably involved. So, some doctors believe, if a little warm and fuzzy is good, a lot would be better. A Bates College professor wants to find out whether that’s true. Nancy Koven, an associate […]
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Sen. King to kick off Bates College civic forums
LEWISTON — U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, will deliver a speech titled “How Washington Works (Or Doesn’t)” to kick off Bates College’s annual Civic Forum Series this month. The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. King, a former Maine governor and […]
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Katharine F. Stevens
1927 – 2015 AUBURN — Katharine F. Stevens died peacefully Wednesday morning, Aug. 5, at her residence at Schooner Estates. She was born in Van Buren on Nov. 30, 1927, the daughter of Norris Frederick and Irene (Archambault) Stevens. Katharine was raised in Fort Kent and moved to Lewiston, where she graduated from Lewiston High […]
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People You Know: John Corrie, making music happen
LEWISTON — John Corrie speaks with a genuine passion for singing and teaching, about getting to know his students and choirs and about the joys of collaboration. And he speaks with an accent that’s . . . British? Something European? “It’s really quite fun because no one can place the voice,” said Corrie, 68. The […]
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Priscilla Hayes
1915 – 2015 AUBURN — Priscilla Hayes, 99, passed away Friday, Jan. 16, at Clover Manor in Auburn. Born in Lewiston on Nov. 26, 1915, a daughter of Winworth T. and Alice (Payne) Warren, Priscilla was educated in Lewiston, graduating from Lewiston High School in 1933 and Bates College in 1937. She later attended Bliss […]