No. 4 Edward Little (5-4) at No. 1 Portland (7-1) A North semifinal Friday, 6 p.m. The Bulldogs dominated their Sept. 28 meeting at Fitzpatrick Stadium, 42-8. The Red Eddies couldn’t get anything going on offense until their final drive. Given Leighton Girardin’s comeback heroics the past three weeks, Portland hopes the outcome won’t be […]
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Weekend Blitz and top 10: Plenty of good matchups for final week
Lewiston (2-5) at Edward Little (3-4) Friday, 7 p.m. A rivalry so good they’ve already decided to play the sequel next week. Oxford Hills (5-2) at Windham (0-6) Friday, 7 p.m. Vikings have little to play for except rebounding from last week’s loss. For Eagles, this is essentially their playoffs. Mt. Blue (4-3) at Skowhegan […]
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Weekend Blitz and Top 10: Some ultimate matchups in season's penultimate week.
Portland (5-1) at Oxford Hills (5-1) Friday, 7 p.m. Vikings have plenty of incentive to refocus for Bulldogs after beating Bonny Eagle. Scarborough (4-1) at Lewiston (2-4) Friday, 7 p.m. Blue Devils’ reward for back-to-back wins is a defending state champion coming off of its first loss since this time last year. Edward Little (2-4) […]
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Weekend Blitz and top 10: Season's midpoint could be its high point for competitive games
Edward Little (2-2) at Portland (3-1) Friday, 7 p.m. No better place for Red Eddies to stake a claim for Super Saturday reservations than Fitzpatrick Stadium against the favorites to represent A North. Lewiston (0-4) at Bangor (1-3) Friday, 7 p.m. Blue Devils played perhaps their best game of the year against Portland last week, […]
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Weekend Blitz and Top 10: Will Week 2 bring more or fewer surprises?
Edward Little (1-0) at Oxford Hills (1-0) Friday, 7 p.m. Red Eddies have owned the series this decade, winning seven of eight since 2010. Lewiston (0-1) at Thornton Academy (1-0) Friday, 7 p.m. Maybe not the best time for a crossover game with an A South powerhouse, but the Blue Devils’ immediate focus is on […]
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Lewiston-Auburn's Top 10 business stories of 2017
Around western Maine and the Twin Cities, business has been good over the past year. From new investments to a new chamber president and a new use for an old landmark, we take a look at the Top 10 local business stories of 2017: Lewiston welcomes food trucks Reversing a longtime policy, Lewiston city councilors […]
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Merger, Gallant among area’s top 10 stories of 2017
Try describing 2017 in a concise way. We dare you. In Maine, as in the rest of the country, it was a year that started with a loud and often ugly political debate that never seemed to end. There were scandals of all kinds and tragedies almost too immense to bear. Locally, the idea to […]
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Weekend Blitz and Top 10: Playoffs have arrived, and so has a new No. 1
No. 6 Portland (2-6) at No. 3 Oxford Hills (4-4) A North quarterfinal Friday, 7 p.m. Not sure how helpful the tape from the Vikings’ Week 1 20-14 win will be because both teams have become virtually unrecognizable in two months. No. 8 Yarmouth (2-6) at No. 1 Leavitt (7-1) C South quarterfinal Friday, 7 […]
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Weekend Blitz and Top 10: Eddies, Devils hope to keep rolling on the road
Lewiston (3-1) at Deering (0-4) Friday, 5 p.m. First of three games in a row against the Portland schools. Edward Little (4-0) at Massabesic (0-4) Friday, 7 p.m. Red Eddies need to be careful of not having a letdown after last week’s big win. Windham (3-1) at Oxford Hills (2-2) Saturday, 1 p.m. Vital win […]
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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 […]