LA Arts presents Art Walk LA from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, June 30. This free family-friendly event is open to the public. Art Walk LA turns Lewiston’s downtown into a bustling arts district, converting outdoor plazas, sidewalks, and more than 30 businesses and storefronts into lively art galleries and performance spaces. This early evening event […]
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A Black man in Lewiston in 1912 describes life under slavery during his Virginia boyhood
In ‘heart-rending scenes,’ white slavers ‘would sell their own children,’ William Davis recalled.
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Pedestrian killed on Main Street in Lewiston, police say
Police closed off the road in both directions between Bates and Park streets for about two hours to reconstruct the scene, according to Police Lt. Derrick St. Laurent.
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Denny Breau to perform at final La Rencontre luncheon of the season
Denny Breau will be the featured musical artist at the La Rencontre luncheon series on Thursday, June 22, at the Franco Center in Lewiston. Breau’s rhythmically flawless and dazzlingly clear style allows him to do amazing and stunning things with a six-string guitar. He first draws in an audience with a finely arranged melody and […]
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Feds found classified papers among Edmund Muskie’s archives at Bates College
The former Secretary of State and U.S. senator from Maine was one of many high-ranking officials who mistakenly held on to secret paperwork.
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Investigation into shooting stalls as details about what happened, and where, remain unclear
The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said the victim of the shooting has been uncooperative, and it is not known where the shooting took place, how many shots were fired or who owns the gun used.
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Woman seriously injured when utility pole crashes through windshield in Lewiston
The driver was taken by a LifeFlight of Maine helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland, where she was listed in serious condition Thursday.
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Paintings by local artists on display in hospital gallery
The paintings of Anita Poulin and Cathy Chappell are on display in the Woman’s Hospital Association Rotating Art Gallery at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Poulin is a long-time local artist who comes from three generations of artists who have painted scenes of Maine for nearly a century. The owner of GreenWood Gallery, which […]
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‘Classical Night Fever’ pairs Midcoast Symphony Orchestra and Motor Booty Affair
Program includes disco and funk favorites from the 1970s
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Did a young Maine farmer with ‘a good set of teeth’ really offer a ‘Chance for a Spinster’ to marry him?
For about as long as the clipping has been shared on social media, people have been trying to figure out if it’s true.