In the realm of wildlife management, we have come a long way since the days of Aldo Leopold, the American father of enlightened wildlife stewardship. Leopold in his writings and teachings warned about the destructive impact that industrial progress and technology was having on America’s wildlife. In fact, wildlife planning, protection and well-funded conservation efforts […]
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Par for the Course: Kannegieser on a roll this season
Thus far, the 2018 golf season has been a good one for Kristin Kannegieser of Minot. On June 10, she won the Maine State Golf Association Mixed Championship at Cape Arundel, and a day later she was named to the Women’s Maine Tri-State Team which will compete June 18-20 with teams from Vermont and New […]
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Bangor wins fifth straight Class A baseball state championship
Bangor teammates hoist the championship trophy after defeating Gorham in the Class A state championship at St. Joseph’s College in Standish on Saturday. (Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald) STANDISH — If baseball success was based solely on statistics, coach Dave Morris says not many people would be impressed with his Bangor High School baseball team. Put […]
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Funeral notices for Saturday, June 16
ALECK — Noreen T., 61, of Mexico, passed away Friday, June 8, in Rumford. A Celebration of Noreen’s life will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at the Rumford Eagles Function Hall. Arrangements are under the care and guidance of S.G. Thibault Funeral Home, Cremation and Monument Services 250 Penobscot St. Rumford ME […]
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East Auburn wins Auburn Suburban Majors title
Team members are: Gage Stone, Owen Galway, Gabe Thompson, Malachi Gray, Dominick Toscano, Joey Samson, Drew Smith, Campbell Cassidy , Kade Masselli and Will Marcotte. Coaches are Keith Samson, Ryan Smith and Greg Cassidy. AUBURN — East Auburn baseball captured the Majors division baseball crown on Saturday at Auburn Suburban with a convincing 10-0 victory over […]
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Norlands’ Lawson addresses Hebron Historical Society
HEBRON — Carolyn Lawson, trustee president of the Norlands Living History Center, Livermore, spoke to the Hebron Historical Society on the medical history of treating the Union Civil War soldiers. The number of surgeons went to 98 at the beginning of the war to 11,000. The nurses were mostly men as well. Dorothea Dix of […]
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Austin J. Martel
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — SPC Austin Jacob Martel, 20, of Greene, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 30, while serving his country in the U.S. Army with the Fourth Infantry Division at Fort Carson in Colorado. He was born in Lewiston on Oct. 7, 1997, the son of Jean C. and Angela (Carey) Martel and had […]
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Virgo: Take a day trip
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Abby Elliott, 31; Eddie Cibrian, 45; Phil Mickelson, 48; Laurie Metcalf, 63. Happy Birthday: Heading in a new direction will be exciting but not for the faint of heart. Tiptoe into situations that are explosive or adventuresome. If you bite off more than you can chew, you will have setbacks. […]
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Looking Back on June 16
100 years ago, 1918 If the plans at the Y. W. C. A. athletic committees materialize, there will be big things doing by the girls of the two cities in the athletics line. The Bates College Girls’ Athletic Field, with its tennis courts and baseball diamond, is available for the Y. W. C. A. to […]
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Cynthia R. Bosse
AUBURN — Cynthia R. Bosse, 71, of 16 Brentwood Drive, Auburn, died June 13 at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice in Auburn, after a courageous battle with kidney cancer. Born in Lewiston on Sept. 9, 1946, she was the daughter of Rene and Filomena Talarico Beaulieu. Rene worked as a janitor in […]