Lewiston rowing group secures funding for permanent dock on Androscoggin River sunjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Pulling together: Megunticook Rowing competes on Androscoggin River Midcoast rowers ages 16 to 67 competed in six events, racing the 1,500-meter course through downtown Lewiston in single and double shells, and in a 4+, a boat with a coxswain and four rowers, each with one oar.
Share In a photo taken with a drone, Maggie Gill of Megunticook Rowing works to the finish line. Tris Coburn and Peter Piconi
LEWISTON Megunticook Rowing traveled to Lewiston-Auburn for the first Riverfest Regatta on Saturday, July 24, as the group competed against rowers from around the state and throughout New England. The regatta was part of the three-day Lewiston-Auburn Riverfest, a celebration of the region and Androscoggin River.
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‘This is our own little Olympics’: Regatta kicks off first-ever L/A Riverfest
The cities of Lewiston and Auburn partnered with several community organizations to bring two-and-a-half days of riverside festivities to the Twin Cities this weekend, including boat races and music.
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LEWISTON The sun was out, the wind was still and the breeze was cool at 8 a.m. Saturday, perfect conditions to kick off the second of three days of festivities for the first-ever Lewiston/Auburn Riverfest.
The celebration of all things Androscoggin River, hosted by the cities of Lewiston and Auburn and several community partners, began Friday afternoon with Tree Street Youth’s 10th anniversary celebration at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston.