SALT LAKE CITY — Joe Ingles matched his career high with 27 points and added a season-high seven assists to help the Utah Jazz beat the Boston Celtics 123-115 on Friday night in Gordon Hayward’s return to Utah. Hayward had 13 points and seven assists in his first game back in Utah since leaving the […]
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Bates to present jazz concert
LEWISTON — Bates College’s Olin Concert Series will present the jazz trio The Bad Plus, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, at the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. The Bad Plus made its name in the 2000s with surprising, inventive and energetic takes on cover material like Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” […]
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Live jazz at Guthries
Guthries hosts local jazz quintet, featuring John Smedley on guitar, Tim Clough on bass, Dale Chapman on saxaphone, Mike Hanson on drums and Zane Omohundro on piano, at 8 p.m. Friday. There is no cover. For more information call 376-3344.
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Thomas Scott Manduca
SKOWHEGAN — Thomas Scott Manduca, 55, of Dresden and Monmouth, died Friday, June 8, unexpectedly at work in Skowhegan. Tom was born April 14, 1963, in York, to William J. and Jeannine Y. (Dionne) Manduca. He served as the head swim coach for the Auburn-Lewiston YMCA as part of the Maine state YMCA swim league, executive […]
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Jazz service at Fairbanks Union Church April 22
FARMINGTON — The sounds of New Orleans traditional jazz and lively gospel music will fill the Fairbanks Union Church in Farmington at 10 a.m. Sunday, April 22. The South Strong Road Crew — Andy Buckland, bass; Scott Dixon, drums; Doug Walrath, keyboard; and Sherry Walrath, vocals—will play throughout the service and lead the congregation in […]
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Peter L. Dionne
AUGUSTA — Peter L. Dionne, 81, died unexpectedly at home Tuesday, March 27. Born in Lewiston in 1936 to Muriel (Jo) Ayer and Donatien Dionne, Peter grew up on Webster Street with his younger brother, Andre. He graduated from Lewiston High School in 1954 and moved on to Bowdoin College, where he joined Sigma Nu fraternity […]
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Around the NBA — Red wouldn’t like this: Celtics at home on Christmas
Red Auerbach would not like this. As legend goes, Auerbach never wanted his Boston Celtics to play a Christmas home game because team staff and arena workers would lose family time on the holiday. The Celtics often played on Christmas, but never at home. A “home” game on Dec. 25, 1964 against Detroit was played […]
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Celtics, Gordon Hayward make signing official
Then-Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward talks to the media during the NBA team’s end-of-season press conference in Salt Lake City on May 9, 2017. BOSTON — Brad Stevens was just a week or so into his new job as Butler head coach when Gordon Hayward was his first recruit to visit. A decade later, they’ve […]
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Jazz legend Steve Grover remembered for his talent, generosity
Instructor Dick Demers of Lewiston has taught hundreds of drummers throughout his career of more than 50 years. But when Steve Grover first walked into his studio, Demers knew immediately that the 9-year-old from Mechanic Falls was special. “He started taking lessons from me in 1965,” Demers said. “After his first lesson, I left the […]