DEAR ABBY: Homecoming is next month, and we are not allowed to take outside dates. My girlfriend goes to a different school and doesn’t want me taking anyone else. My school is very small (only 60 kids in the whole high school) and not asking a girl to the dance is frowned upon. It’s the […]
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Livermore Falls to hold 20th annual Apple Pumpkin Festival
The 20th annual Apple Pumpkin Festival will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at Livermore Falls Recreation Field, 25 Cedar St. The event will feature a variety of vendors and craft artisans, agricultural products, historical and educational displays, seasonal decorations, antique tractors, raffles and plenty of food all day long. There will be […]
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U.S. needs a sensible immigration policy
What would a sensible immigration policy look like? It would have three goals: be humane, enforce the laws and meet America’s need for labor. This can happen only if our political fringes get out of the way. Some on the far right simply don’t like most of the immigrants, mainly because of their color. There’s […]
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Send Golden to Washington
If anyone wants to know what big out-of-state money looks like in politics, look no farther than all the big, expensive Bruce Poliquin signs that sprang up overnight. Someone paid big money for those signs and for a crew to put them up. His television ads are more expensive still. That is not a grassroots […]
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H.S. football: Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale wins thriller with Poland
WINTHROP — Keegan Choate’s fourth-down touchdown pass to Jevin Smith with 2:32 remaining was the difference in Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale’s 33-29 victory over Poland in a Class D South football game Friday night at Maxwell Field. The back-and-forth contest lasted more than three hours due to an early injury delay for an ambulance to take Poland’s Ben […]
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H.S. football: Defense rallies Falcons past Phoenix
Mountain Valley’s Dylan Desroches looks for a way through Spruce Mountain’s Jack Bryant, as Avery Pingree tries to make a hole during Friday night’s football game in Livermore Falls. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LIVERMORE FALLS — Mountain Valley senior defensive end Draven Finnegan hopes he got a glimpse of the future in the Falcons’ second-half performance […]
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H.S. football: Sanford holds on after Edward Little comeback
Edward Little’s Ricky Cote, left and Sam Lemay, right, break up a pass intended for Sanford’s Leighton Bickford during Friday night’s football game against Sanford at Walton Field in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Leighton Girardin converted on fourth down late in the third quarter before running for a touchdown, then threw a 17-yard […]
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Local roundup: Lewiston football fights back, falls to Portland
LEWISTON — Ben Stasium returned a punt for a touchdown and Zach Elowitch rushed for three TDs as the Bulldogs defeated the Blue Devils 28-14 in Class A North football Friday night. Stasium put Portland (3-1) ahead in the second quarter, and Elowitch’s first touchdown made it 14-0 at halftime. Elowitch extended the lead to 28-0 […]
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H.S. football: Freeport pounds the rock against Telstar
FREEPORT — Freeport took advantage of its speed and athleticism, racing out to a big first-quarter lead then cruising to a 43-14 victory over Telstar in a Class E football matchup Friday. The Falcons used eight different rushers and amassed over 250 yards on the ground en route to earning their third win of the […]
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Junior hockey: Lewiston trio leads the Nordiques past Skylands
The trio of Lewiston natives had a big hand in the L/A Nordiques’ 8-1 victory over the Skylands Kings in NA3HL action Friday night in Stockholm, New Jersey. Joe Bisson had a goal and two assists, while Sam Frechette had two goals and defenseman Cole Ouellette had three assists to help the Nordiques improve to […]