Some days, I hear my reporter’s notebook weeping from the depths of my back pocket. For two decades, he was the perfect solider, rounding up details about fires, murders and downtown scrums, gobbling up awesome terms like “fracas,” “brouhaha” and “donnybrook” and then unleashing them upon our readers. Pile driver in Kennedy Park? Into the […]
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Kennedy Park gazebo roof to get new tin skin
Mike Hebert of Hebert Construction said supporters of the group that rebuilt the structure chose to replace the layer of tin on top instead of simply repainting it. “It’s really corroded in places,” Hebert said. “We found out it’s actually more corroded then we first thought, so the best thing we can do is just […]
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PETA, Lewiston fail to agree; no holiday nuts for squirrels
LEWISTON — Squirrels in Kennedy Park will not be getting any nuts from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals this year. On Wednesday, PETA said initially it seemed the city was going to work with them, but “in the end the city didn’t allow it to happen,” spokesman David Perle said. For two years, […]
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Shocker: PETA offers nuts to zapped Lewiston squirrels
LEWISTON — It’s more than a little nuts. After hearing about the city’s efforts to squirrel-proof its Christmas tree with an electric charge, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals on Friday offered Kennedy Park’s squirrels “a stash of nourishing, squirrel-delighting nuts” to restore the holiday spirit. Mayor Bob Macdonald’s response: Go for it. Just […]
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Lewiston squirrels face shocking holiday surprise
LEWISTON — Note to the squirrels in Kennedy Park: This year, the city kicked it up a notch. Lewiston had to yank its Christmas lights from the city tree last year after gnawing squirrels threatened to ruin the new $3,500 LED lights. This week, a local pest control company installed a nearly $1,000 anti-squirrel system […]
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Lewiston: Kennedy Park Gazebo renovation kicks off
LEWISTON — With a 4-foot ring dug out of the Kennedy Park soil, work renovating and moving the historic gazebo and bandstand kicked off Wednesday. “We’re going to be going pretty consistent on it going forward,” said George Fellows, project foreman for Hebert Construction. “They are pouring concrete in the morning (Thursday) and once the footers […]
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Downtown B&B well-received, even if it’s only partially open
LEWISTON — Reviews for the Inn at Agora, the bed and breakfast across the street from Kennedy Park, are great — even though it’s only partially open. The bed and breakfast began taking guests, three at a time, in the fall. It’s part of the ongoing renovations at the old St. Patrick’s Parish and it’s […]