LEWISTON — A calendar entry that ran on C20 of Friday’s paper should have listed the Parents and Family Weekend Dance Show at Bates as beginning at noon on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 11 and 12. Incorrect information was submitted to the Sun Journal.
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Pro pot group makes Bates push on Lewiston ballot question
LEWISTON — Advocates of a city ordinance change that would make the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana legal for those 21 and older said Tuesday they hope to mobilize young voters, especially college students at Bates, to their cause. Voters in Lewiston and South Portland will decide similar ballot questions in November […]
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College Football: Special teams breakdowns cost Bates
For almost four full years, Tufts University failed to win a football game. Now the Jumbos are undefeated, and the latest triumph was at Bates College’s expense. Zack Trause took away the Bobcats’ short-lived lead with an 82-yard kick return for a touchdown late in the third quarter Saturday, and the senior added a 49-yard […]
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Lewiston schools may get veggie volunteers to help serve local produce
LEWISTON — This week is harvest lunch week, when schools across the state serve fresh food grown in Maine — summer squash, zucchini, butternut squash, carrots, corn and potatoes. At Lewiston schools, there’s some local produce, but potatoes are most often made from dried flakes. Carrots are frozen. Corn comes out of a can. “It […]
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Bates College Roundup: Football battles Tufts on Saturday
A week before Bates College football’s contest with Tufts, the Jumbos did something they hadn’t done since Sept. 25, 2010: win. Tufts snapped a 31-game losing streak with a 24-17 victory over Hamilton College in its home opener last Saturday to start the season 1-0 for the first time since 2010. The Jumbos’ also defeated […]
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Back-to-back concerts at Bates College in Lewiston open Oct. 2
LEWISTON — With its performers dispersed throughout the Olin Arts Center at Bates College, New York City’s Metropolis Ensemble will present the innovative site-specific piece “Brownstone” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2. Metropolis Ensemble is a chamber orchestra dedicated to classical music in its most contemporary forms. Presenting a new generation of outstanding composers and […]
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College football: Bates eyes continued success
Bates College football coach Mark Harriman and his squad are entering uncharted waters in the 2014 campaign. For the first time since 1981-82, the Bobcats finished .500 or better in consecutive seasons. They went 5-3 in 2012, their best season under Harriman, and won their final two games last year to finish 4-4. During that […]
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College Football: Bates senior class a ‘brotherhood’
There’s no shortage of senior leadership for Bates College football this season. Eighteen seniors fill the roster and all of them have played a role in the Bobcats’ success over the past two seasons. Following a 3-5 campaign as freshmen, the senior class helped guide Bates to consecutive seasons at .500 or better for the […]
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College soccer: Bowdoin escapes with 1-0 win over Bates
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College women’s soccer team advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament last season. This year, the Polar Bears, under second-year coach Brianne Weaver, want more. So far, so good as Bowdoin improved to 3-0 with a 1-0 conference win over rival Bates College on Wednesday at Pickard […]
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‘Different Voices’ among highlights as dance festival enters final days
Preceding Different Voices is “Moving in the Moment,” an evening of improvisational dance and music by contact improvisers Chris Aiken, Angie Hauser and festival faculty and musicians. The event takes place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, in Bates College’s Alumni Gymnasium, 130 Central Ave. Admission is free. Featuring new works by emerging choreographers, the […]