Bates’ Kyle Flaherty runs past Hamilton defenders during Saturday’s season finale. Flaherty, a Litchfield native and former Oak Hill High School standout, ran for 86 yards in his final colllege game. (Theophil Syslo/Bates College) LEWISTON — In the span of less than three minutes, Bates’ season finale spiraled out of control, and all because punter […]
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Women's Lacrosse: Continentals drift past Bobcats
Hamilton’s Kara Pooley, right, fires a shot over the stick of Bates goalie Eliza Statile for one of her first-half goals during Saturday afternoon’s women’s lacrosse game at Garcelon Field on the campus of Bates College in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — No. 24 Bates College entered the NCAA Division III coach’s poll for […]
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Bates College's football season ends with loss to Hamilton
CLINTON, N.Y. — Special teams struggled especially in the Bates College football team’s 35-14 loss to Hamilton in both teams’ season finale Saturday. Hamilton’s Sam Robinson returned the second-half kickoff 87 yards for a touchdown to break a 7-7 tie and kick off a third-quarter onslaught during which the Continentals outscored the Bobcats 21-0. Hamilton’s […]
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Bates falls to Hamilton in finale
The Continentals (3-5) out-gained the Bobcats (3-5) 309-176 on the day, with 165 passing yards and 144 rushing yards. Bates rushed for 153 yards but only managed 23 yards through the air. Despite the loss, Bates’s senior class — which was honored prior to the game Saturday — is the first since 1931 to win […]
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‘Hamilton’ nominated for record 16 Tony Award
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop-flavored biography about the first U.S. treasury secretary on Tuesday broke the 15-nominations record held by “The Producers” and “Billy Elliot.” ”Hamilton” was nominated in virtually every category it could compete in, from acting to scenic design. Next month, it will fight for Broadway’s biggest crown — best new musical — with “Bright […]
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Women’s Lacrosse: No. 13 Bates holds off No. 12 Hamilton
LEWISTON — The best defense in the NESCAC didn’t play like it all afternoon Saturday, but it was at its best when it needed to be. Bates College had a shaky start on the defensive end, and some tense moments at the end, but the Bobcats stood their ground for a hard-fought 8-7 victory over […]
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College Football: Hamilton shuts out Bates in season finale
CLINTON, N.Y. — The Bates football team ended its season on a down note Saturday, as the Bobcats were shut out for the first time all season in a 14-0 loss at Hamilton. The Bobcats (2-6) squandered early chances, with a punt after driving into Hamilton territory on their first drive and a missed 29-yard […]
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Joyce Ann Rains
1949 – 2015 LEWISTON — Joyce Ann Rains, 66, of Lewiston, passed away Sunday, May 24, from complications due to diabetes. She was born in Lewiston on Jan. 11, 1949, a daughter of the late Burton “Bud” and Ramona (Abbott) Gross. Joyce was the foreign filing coordinator for Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds in Concord, […]
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Hartford selectmen hear about building issues
HARTFORD — Town maintenance worker Richard Dyer told selectmen Thursday night that he’s concerned about snow and ice falling from the Town Hall roof onto the handicap ramp. He said he has been cleaning the ramp as many as four times a day and is concerned about people’s safety, including his own. The board took […]
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“The Sweetest Spot in Norway” to reopen on Nov. 29
NORWAY — “The Sweetest Spot in Norway” will reopen its doors when the 39th annual Christmas Parade steps off Saturday, Nov. 29. The Norway Historical Society is recreating the spirit of Fletcher’s Candy Store, once known as the “sweetest spot” in Norway, by offering the same variety of old- time sweets sold at Fletcher’s. They […]