Edward Little quarterback Leighton Girardin before practice at the high school recently. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — From the time he first buckled on a chin strap, Leighton Girardin wanted to play quarterback. As a sophomore, Girardin’s designs on being Edward Little’s varsity QB hit a very large road block in Grant Hartley, who was […]
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BIW wins $3.9B contract for destroyers
Bath Iron Works has been awarded a $3.9 billion contract to build four Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, one per year from 2019 through 2022. “We are pleased with the opportunity for Bath Iron Works to continue our operation in the DDG 51 Program and to deliver much needed capability to our U.S. Navy customer,” BIW President […]
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Timeout: Mt. Abram is the little school that could — and is having a great season
Tucked away in the heart of Salem, which could be the setting for a remake of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” is Mt. Abram Regional High School — home in the fall to boys’ and girls’ soccer teams. By the way, both clubs are doing well in the Mountain Valley Conference. But the boys are especially […]
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H.S. football: Week 5 staff picks
LEE HORTON (38-7) Maranacook at Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale Mountain Valley at Oceanside Spruce Mountain at Poland Edward Little at Portland Oak Hill at Madison Dirigo at Freeport Mt. Blue at Brunswick Nokomis at Leavitt Lewiston at Bangor Lisbon at Wells Gray-New Gloucester at Lake Region Oxford Hills/Buckfield at Cheverus Old Orchard Beach at Telstar RANDY WHITEHOUSE (36-9) […]
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Huddle Up: Whitehouse talking points, Week 5
As we enter the second half to the 2018 high school football season, some folks are going to start trying to project playoff seedings via whatever number of Heal point scenarios they can dream up. I am not one of those people. I gave up projecting Heals several years ago after failing on a few […]
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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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Game of the Week: Greyhounds are latest foe trying to expose Wells' weakness
Lisbon quarterback Lucas Francis rolls out on a quarterback keeper while pursued by Wells defender Matt Tufts (44) during last year’s game. (Portland Press Herald file photo) Week in and week out for the last two high school football seasons, teams and fans have been hoping for some kind of a sign that Wells is […]
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Investigation continues into Place Ste. Marie vandalism
LEWISTON — Police said a young man accused of damaging a boiler room at an apartment complex Wednesday night on Oxford Street was still being treated Thursday for injuries suffered in the rampage. Police said pipes and other equipment at Place Ste. Marie were damaged in the 8:30 p.m. vandalism spree, causing water to gush into the basement and […]
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Creative Artisans to hold open house
LEWISTON — Creative Artisans has relocated from Provencher’s Gift Shop to the Pepperill Mill, 550 Lisbon St. An open house will be held Friday from 5:30 to 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visitors can check out the 2,000-square-foot creative workshop and completed projects. Artists and artisans will be […]
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A viewer’s guide to the Senate hearing with Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’ll be a snapshot of the state of the union. The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday turns on the credibility of its two star witnesses, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who says he sexually assaulted her. But there is much more electrifying the atmosphere in the […]