RYE BEACH, N.H. — John Nolen Durkin, a star student-athlete from Rye Beach, was drugged, beaten and robbed before being killed by a train on tracks near St. Peter’s train station in Rome, in the early morning hours of Feb. 20, 2014. A team of experts hired by the Durkin family reached that conclusion after […]
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Rowing: Bates finishes second at NCAA Championships
Led by coxswain Abigail Bierman and stroke Julia Mason, the second varsity eight left no doubt in their dominating performance in the grand final. They rowed to the finish in 6:50.927, about nine seconds ahead of runner-up Wellesley. For the second straight day, the W2V8 led wire-to-wire in their victory. The Bobcats led by about […]
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Bates project tells stories of of climate change with Maine voices
LEWISTON — The ongoing global debate over how much and how quickly the planet’s climate is changing and who’s to blame is often fraught with either the complexities of heady atmospheric science or the mind-numbing politics of those in perpetual disagreement on the topic. But a recently completed May-term project by a group of 12 […]
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Bates students bring Viking battle to life
LEWISTON — It was a bloody battle and a disastrous one for the nobles, but the lessons from Maldon in Essex, England, more than a 1,000 years ago have not been lost to history. Students from Bates College on Monday brought the battle to life for about 400 history students at Lewiston High School. Dressed […]
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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 […]
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Women’s Lacrosse: Colby bests Bates in Top 10 battle
The consolation for Bates is that it will see the Mules again on Saturday, when Colby hosts a rematch in the NESCAC quarterfinals. “I think we’re looking forward to playing again,” Bates coach Brett Allen said. “We want to redeem ourselves and prove that we’re better than we showed that we were today. The fact […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame: Capone known for reversals of fortune
Lewiston High School, with a proud tradition of eight prior state championships and enrollment numbers that dwarfed most programs in Maine, looked like the perfect location. Then came consecutive two-win seasons, piggybacked by defeats in triplicate to begin the 1985 campaign. Young and driven, Capone, who originally assumed that LHS would be a brief blip […]