Spruce Mountain boys basketball coach Scott Bessey is elated athletics will resume
Tony Blasi
Tony Blasi is a reporter and editor who covers sports and enjoys writing a column and features for the Lewiston Sun Journal, Franklin Journal and Livermore Falls Advertiser. He is a graduate of Northeastern University with a major in journalism and an undeclared minor in history. When he is free, he is a substitute teacher for the Auburn Public School System where he teaches history and literature at Edward Little High School. Besides traveling to historic sites with his son and wife, they are beach bums in the summer and he hibernates in the winter, keeping the home fires burning in his wood stove. He is also an avid gardener, who grows pesticide-free vegetables.
Posted inLocal Sports, Maine colleges
UMF AD awaits word from conference about winter winter sports
UMaine-Farmington athletic director Julie Davis said there are still details that must be ironed out before a season can begin.
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Posted inLocal Sports, Sports
Lewiston AAU girls basketball team making its case on Florida courts
Maine Basketball Club facing stiff competition as they play in a variety of basketball tournaments in the Sunshine State.
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Oxford Hills
Sexual assault prevention agency halts in-person help due to COVID-19 rise
LEWISTON — Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Services announced it will no longer provide in-person support, law enforcement accompaniments or court accompaniments beginning Tuesday because of the rise in COVID-19 cases. The changes will not affect the Child Advocacy Center, which will continue at current capacity and schedule, according to the agency’s email. “As frustrating […]
Posted inGirls Basketball, Local Sports, Maine colleges, UMaine Sports
Mt. Blue graduate Lexi Mittelstadt right at home on UMaine’s court
Women’s basketball: The Black Bears freshman shooting guard welcomes the challenge of playing with and against the talented athletes at the Division I level.
Posted inVarsity Maine
Despite added stress, athletic directors remain focused on their athletes
The coronavirus has added stress to every athletic director’s job, but they continue to strive to work around COVID-19 and keep students safe.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
UMA Lewiston Center expands dental assisting programs
Enrollment for the first cohort of Expanded Functions Dental Assisting (EFDA) curriculum and Dental Assisting students is now open with classes beginning in January 2021
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Howling storm knocks out power and downs trees
The storm knocked a tree into the side of 60 Tall Pines where a baby was sleeping in her crib.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
Androscoggin County police log: Nov. 30, 2020
Charges Lewiston • Debra Bullock, 58, 397 Cotton Road, arrested on a warrant for failure to appear in court at 12:12 a.m. Monday. • Tamara Bullock, 37, 397 Cotton Road, arrested on a warrant for violating conditions of release and a warrant for failure to appear in court at 12:24 a.m. Monday. Auburn • Everline […]
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Bates College holding out hope for some sort of winter sports season
Bates College athletic director Jason Fein said the rise of coronavirus infections are cause for concern, and that “as time goes by, it looks more unlikely that there will be a lot of opportunities for any competition in the winter.”