DIXFIELD — Visiting Winthrop broke open a scoreless game at halftime with all four of its goals in the first 11-plus minutes of the second half to down Dirigo 4-0 in Class C field hockey action at Harlow Park on Monday. Moriah Hajduk opened the scoring for the Ramblers (2-0) just over two minutes into […]
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Boys' soccer: Monmouth storms past Spruce Mountain
JAY — Monmouth Academy’s defense was as threatening as the thunderstorms that rolled over Spruce Mountain High School on Monday afternoon. Dark clouds closed in on the field as the volume of thunder increased, forcing the Mountain Valley Conference boys’ soccer game come to a close with 30:39 left in the second half. But the […]
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Lyme cases decline this summer, perhaps due to hot, dry weather
The number of Lyme disease cases has declined so far this summer compared to last year, and experts say the hot and dry weather may be responsible, by causing the ticks that carry the disease to go into a dormant, near hibernation-like state. Charles Lubelczyk, field biologist at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute in […]
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Former roommates of Somali memoirist dispute their portrayal in ‘Call Me American’
A celebrated memoir about a Somali refugee who lives in Maine has caused a rift within the state’s Somali community that’s led to name and text changes in the electronic and future print editions of “Call Me American.” The former roommates of author Abdi Nor Iftin say they and the state’s Somali community as a […]
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Scarborough students’ mini sailboat crosses Atlantic a second time
SCARBOROUGH — A miniature sailboat sponsored by Scarborough students has twice traversed the Atlantic, most recently landing in Sussex, England. The School Department’s 5-foot sailboat, called Red Storm, was deployed in May from Maine Maritime Academy’s training ship, the State of Maine, on its voyage to Spain. The launch is part of a program run […]
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Plovers have record-setting summer on Maine beaches
It was a banner year for piping plovers in Maine. A record number of the endangered shorebirds nested on beaches from Ogunquit to Georgetown and produced a record number of fledglings, according to Maine Audubon. Maine beaches hosted 68 nesting pairs that fledged 128 birds, continuing a decade of steady growth in their population. “That’s […]
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Auburn author recounts life in Vietnam's harrowing tunnels
Few people understand fear of the unknown better than Jack Flowers and his fellow tunnel rats of Vietnam. A combat engineer platoon leader in the 1st Infantry Division, Flowers, equipped just a knife, pistol, hand grenades and a flashlight, would lower himself into one of the dark, narrow crevices He and his men had no […]
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First Universalist Church of Turner Center offers elder program
TURNER — The Rev. Al Boyce, minister of the First Universalist Church of Turner Center, is offering a six-week course for retirees. The title is “Hindsight, Humor and Hope: Who, Me, an Elder?” For some people, retirement from the workforce means that their adult identity and day-to-day life appear to vanish as familiar habits and […]
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Bowdoin College Museum of Art announces September schedule
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College Museum of Art has announced their schedule for September. Symbolic Form and Materiality: Richard Pousette-Dart’s Connections to Cambridge University — Sept. 6, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium. This lecture, lead by Jennifer Powell, senior curator, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and lecturer, University of Cambridge, presents new […]
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Cold Blue Steel to perform free concert in the park
JAY — French Falls Park will hold another free concert in the park featuring Cold Blue Steel from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8. The park is at 28 French Falls Lane, across from Spruce Mountain Middle School. Cold Blue Steel plays a mix of high-energy classic and modern country music, with a little […]