LEWISTON — It’ll either be a circus at the Colisee on Saturday night or a hockey game. It won’t be both. The 61st annual Kora Shrine Circus is booked to perform three shows at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee this weekend, including a 7 p.m. show on Saturday. The Portland Pirates are scheduled to play the […]
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Robots rumble in New England competition in Lewiston
LEWISTON — With the Colisee ice swapped out for robot-friendly floors, the city welcomed nearly 1,000 students, their families and supporters to a weekend of technological competition. The FIRST Robotics Maine Pine Tree District returned to the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Friday, the second time the Twin Cities has hosted the event, which combines high-tech […]
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D3 Hockey Championship Game: Green Knights, we dub thee champions, again
LEWISTON — Top-ranked defense. Most outstanding player (and goaltender). Noses for the net up and down the bench. Frozen Four experience by the bushel. It all adds up, unequivocally, to the best hockey team in NCAA Division III. Smothering and self-assured Saint Norbert College stormed to its third national championship in four years and fourth […]
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Local impact for NCAA hockey championship could hit $3M
LEWISTON — At the Chick-A-Dee Restaurant, it’s meant a larger order of lobsters to give out-of-towners a taste of Maine. At Sports Trader on Main Street, it’s meant the sale of a few more rolls of tape, laces and basics. At the Ramada Hotel and Conference Center, it’s meant being nearly full up from Wednesday […]
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Civic Center tries to lure Pirates back to Portland
PORTLAND (AP) — The trustees of the Cumberland County Civic Center have sent the Portland Pirates a lease proposal they hope will lure the minor league hockey team back to Portland. Details of the proposed lease were not released. Neal Pratt, the chairman of the trustees, told the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1ezhxTO ) that the […]
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Winter games roll through Friday
LEWISTON — It’s for charity, sure. But it’s still hockey. The Colisee was host to all-day hockey Friday and there was no shortage of the ugliness hockey fans have come to love. The late checks, the high sticks, the elbows placed just so. These were cops playing against other cops, after all, and soldiers battling […]
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Colisee prepares for New Year’s Eve fireworks show
LEWISTON — For the first time since rockers Mötley Crüe ignited fireballs inside the Colisee, the Lewiston arena Tuesday will feature a pyrotechnics show. “You’ll see pieces of what one would consider traditional fireworks, but it’s doing it in the context of an indoor setting,” Brian Petrovek, the managing owner and CEO of the Portland […]
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Coming soon: 10 things to look forward to in 2014
New cougars. Amazing foliage. Ricky Craven on ice. So much to look forward to in 2014 and it’s a mere three days away. We poked around for the silly, the cool, the championship-caliber events that await Maine in the new year and offer 10 of them here. Mark your new calendar — some are can’t […]