Lewiston High School’s Jeromey Rancourt celebrates after scoring an unassisted breakaway goal against Falmouth goalie Spencer Pierce during a game in 2017. (Sun Journal File Photo) AUBURN — One season removed from helping Lewiston High School to a second consecutive state championship as its captain, and after one year away from home honing his skills […]
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In the Crease: My 10 favorite stories of 2017
Maineiacs head coach Clem Jodoin hoists the President’s Cup above his head. (Sun Journal file photo) LEWISTON — Everyone loves a good list. Even more people love a good list at an arbitrary point on the Gregorian Calendar. Just so happens that we have a widely celebrated arbitrary point coming right up, so, well, why […]
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New arts, economic development initiative launches in Lewiston-Auburn
LEWISTON — L/A Arts’ Place for Makers will kick off its discussion and networking sessions, with Mike Rancourt of Rancourt & Co. Shoecrafters, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., on March 29. Discussion topics include production scaling, workforce development, and opportunities in Lewiston-Auburn. Refreshments will be served. The Place for Makers series focuses on introducing a new generation of artisans […]
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A busy 2016 for Lewiston-Auburn area business
It’s been a year of big moves, big hopes and doughnuts of the Local and Coming Soon varieties. My candidates for the top 10 business stories of the year in and around greater Lewiston-Auburn are in no particular order. They’re stories that intrigued, celebrated the area or simply made big, newsy headlines. Red, white and […]
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Lewiston’s Rancourt helps Olympians put best feet forward
LEWISTON — Team USA will sport red, white and blue leather boat shoes hand-sewn here by high-end shoemaker Rancourt & Co. during opening and closing ceremonies at this summer’s Rio 2016 Olympics. Ralph Lauren, which is making the official uniforms for Team USA, reached out to Rancourt in April 2015. Rancourt & Co. President Michael […]
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The Buzz: A new shoe store and new life for a bottling plant
Lewiston has a new factory store that’s not a factory store, though there is a perma-sale. Rancourt & Co. this week turned its conference space into a showroom-meets-retail-spot to start selling its high-end, handmade leather shoes direct to the walk-in public at 10 percent off, all the time. “It’s funny; it’s a confusing term because […]