LEWISTON — Muhidin Libah still marvels sometimes at how easy it is to make soup in this country. Back in Somalia, he said, he would have had to travel half a mile just to get water and then spend considerable time and effort heating it. A dozen years after he came to Lewiston as a refugee, it’s […]
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Women’s Basketball: Colby closes out win over winless Bates
LEWISTON — Desiree Smith’s offense and Colby’s defense were too much for the Bates women’s basketball team Sunday. The Bobcats, still winless while dropping to 0-4, couldn’t overcome a season-high 26 points for Smith or 18 turnovers in a 62-57 loss at Alumni Gymnasium. The two NESCAC rivals (Sunday’s game didn’t count toward the conference […]
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Jack Sandler, Colby coach and Bates grad, dies unexpectedly at 35
WATERVILLE — The Colby and Bates College communities are mourning the loss of one of their own Friday. Head Colby men’s lacrosse coach Jack Sandler, a 2002 Bates graduate and former assistant coach there, died suddenly Thursday. He was 35. According to Colby College officials, Sandler was on a recruiting trip out of state. He […]
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College Football: Bates sets sights on CBB rival Colby
Throw out the records when a rivalry game is being played. Bates and Colby will be more than happy to do so Saturday, when the 1-4 Mules host the 0-5 Bobcats. Bates is coming off a 41-27 loss to Middlebury, while Colby won its first game of the season last week against Hamilton, 24-19. With […]
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Jack M. Marsh
1924 – 2015 SPARKS, Nev. — Jack Marsh, 91, passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 14, while visiting his daughter in Sparks, Nev. He was born on March 1, 1924, in New Britain, Conn. While growing up, he spent his summers at Scout camps in Maine, He started his freshman year at Colby College in […]
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Robert Redford speaks to Colby College’s Class of 2015
WATERVILLE — Film icon, environmentalist and political activist Robert Redford called upon Colby College’s Class of 2015 to fix the nation’s political problems and address environmental issues during the school’s 194th commencement ceremony Sunday. “You’re stepping into a world that’s, well, pretty rough. It’s pretty chaotic. It’s pretty divisive,” the film star and founder of […]
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Weird, Wicked Weird: High-end slug art
Over the course of two years, Deanna Witman went out into the woods — or, sometimes, scouted a restaurant compost heap — then took her finds back to her darkroom, let them slink around overnight and checked back in the morning to see the results. She made art — with slugs. And it’s beautiful. Once […]
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Robert Redford to deliver Colby College commencement speech
WATERVILLE — Two-time Academy Award winner Robert Redford is going to deliver the commencement address at Colby College in May. The 78-year-old actor, director and producer will be receiving an honorary degree during the event on the lawn of Miller Library on May 26 in Waterville, Maine. Redford is known for such films as “Butch […]
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Colby to issue bonds for $100M on strategic initiative
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Not a penny of the $100 million Colby College plans to spend on programs and capital improvements, including a new sports complex and performing arts venue, will have to come out of its endowment. Interest rates are so low the school plans to issue bonds to supplement private donations for its […]
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Colby grad from Massachusetts among missing Rainier climbers
WATERVILLE — Officials say one of the six climbers who likely fell thousands of feet to their deaths while attempting to scale 14,410-foot Mount Rainier was a graduate of Maine’s Colby College. Colby spokesman Steve Collins said Massachusetts native Eitan Green graduated from Colby with a major in anthropology in 2009. He was a member […]