Stories about "What's In a Lewiston Name"
What’s in a Bates Name: Libbey
Friday, November 8, 2019 11:15 am
Dedicated 110 years ago, Libbey Forum was donated to Bates by Lewiston mill owner and entrepreneur W. Scott Libbey.
What’s in a Lewiston Name: Frye
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 3:22 pm
Home to cozy student houses, a hopping social scene, and the campus coffeehouse, Frye Street is named for an illustrious Lewiston family.
What’s in a Lewiston Name: Pettengill (or Pettingill?)
Friday, August 31, 2018 7:38 am
Here’s your guide to all names Pettengill and Pettingill, a Bates building, street, and park.
What’s in a Name: Tree Streets
Thursday, June 28, 2018 2:36 pm
The downtown Lewiston neighborhood where streets have names like Oak and Maple is dubbed “the tree streets.”
What’s in a Lewiston Name: Kennedy
Wednesday, November 29, 2017 4:37 pm
Then-candidate John F. Kennedy visited Lewiston in November 1960. Three years later, the city named its downtown park after the slain president.
What’s In a Lewiston Name: Androscoggin
Thursday, August 3, 2017 4:30 pm
"Androscoggin," the name of Lewiston's river and county, is the contemporary word describing a Native American tribe that lived here.
What’s in a Lewiston name: Lown
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 12:03 pm
The area's southernmost bridge across the Androscoggin River was named for Lewiston son Dr. Bernard Lown in 2008.
What’s in a Bates name: Mount David
Friday, December 18, 2015 9:35 am
While the campus hill, Mount David, rises just 381 feet, the family name looms tall in Bates history.