LEWISTON — More than a year after Jessie Adkins moved from Massachusetts to Poland to be closer to aging grandparents, the four- to six-hour daily commute to her Boston tech job started to wear. Last month, she became the director of operations at Museum L-A, a new position Adkins said she’s excited to grow with. […]
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Bridge to Simard-Payne Memorial Park to be replaced this fall
LEWISTON — A bridge replacement project originally slated for earlier this year at the small but vital Beech Street bridge, will instead begin in October. The 53-foot-long, single-lane bridge over the canal along Oxford Street is the only way for vehicles to get to Simard-Payne Memorial Park, a popular site for hosting large events and the future […]
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L.L. Bean part of shoe exhibits coming to Museum L-A
Five shoe companies have been invited to Museum L-A to tell their story of how they are still making shoes in Maine to this day. Representatives from L.L. Bean were the first of the five to start installing a new display in the museum’s permanent gallery space, including machinery, photos and, of course, Bean boots. […]
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Bangor Savings supports Museum L-A
Christine Bosse of Bangor Savings Bank, center, presents a check to Museum L-A’s Kate Webber, director of education, left, and Rachel Desgrosseilliers, executive director, right. The bank focuses on initiatives that raise individual aspirations; L-A’s Maine Innovation Expo met this focus with nearly 700 people attending. Exhibitors included businesses, schools, artists, youth groups, entrepreneurs and […]
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Maine's 'space man' to speak at expo
LEWISTON — Among Lewiston and Auburn’s many professional success stories, Ken Hodgkins’ journey from sheep farming in Auburn to serving in the United Nations stands out. On May 19 at 12:30 p.m., he will join Museum L-A as a featured presenter at the Maine Innovation Expo. The Expo will run from 10 a.m. to 3 […]
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Public invited to give input to planning future new Museum L-A
LEWISTON — Museum L-A wants to hear from the community about what they want to see its future new museum be as it honors the past, remembers the people and inspires the future. A community forum will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, in the Gallery at Museum L-A, 35 Canal […]
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Museum L-A Executive Director to address Rotarians, give tour
LEWISTON — Museum L-A Executive Director Rachel Desgrosseilliers will be the featured speaker at the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Lunch Club off-site luncheon meeting at noon Thursday, March 15, at Museum L-A, 35 Canal St. Desgrosseilliers received her B.S. in accounting from New Hampshire College and her master’s in hospital and health care administration from St. Louis University […]
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Exhibitors wanted for Museum L-A’s Maine Innovation Expo
LEWISTON — Many Mainers believe that young people need to leave the state to succeed — particularly in the fields of science, technology, design and manufacturing. Museum L-A’s Maine Innovation Expo works against this idea, celebrating and showcasing the incredible work that goes on in the buildings that people pass every day. Museum L-A is […]
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Museum L-A selling products designed with mill workers' artwork
LEWISTON — Museum L-A is preserving Maine history with original millworkers’ artwork, and it all started with a dive into a dump truck. Museum Executive Director Rachel Desgrosseilliers said that in 2005 she spotted two big dump trucks on the loading dock. One had a bright red piece of fabric sticking out. “It caught my curiosity […]
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'Hidden Treasures' at Museum L-A
Auburn Middle School eighth-graders Andrew Pape and Addy Avery mount their exhibit Thursday morning at Museum L-A in Lewiston. They were among 80 middle school students working on the “Hidden Treasures” project, part of the museum’s Kids as Curators program. Opening night for the exhibit is Friday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The students found […]