Lauren Sterling of Mountain Valley pulls ahead to win the 100-meter hurdles at the Class C state championship track meet. The state title is Sterling’s third straight. (Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald) WATERBORO — Another state championship meet, another state championship for Mountain Valley’s Lauren Sterling. Sterling won the 100-meter hurdles for the third straight year […]
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Class B state track: Leavitt's Daigle sprints to another state championship; MDI, York boys share title
Leavitt High School’s Nicole Daigle, center, and Gray-New Gloucester’s Madison Post, left, and Belfast’s Junne Robertson-McIntire compete in the 100-meter dash at the Class B state track championships at Foxcroft Academy on Saturday. Daigle won her second straight state title in the event. Robertson-McIntire finished third, and Post took fourth. (Michael G. Seamans/Kennebec Journal) DOVER-FOXCROFT […]
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Girls' tennis: Wailus battles for her point as Lewiston reaches the regional final
Lewiston’s No. 2 doubles player Jillian Pelletier hits a backhand during Saturday’s match against Camden Hills. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — The Lewiston girls’ Class A had won three out of four matches, so their regional semifinal tennis match against Camden Hills has long been decided. That didn’t diminish what happened in the third singles […]
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Maine voters soon to decide fate of ranked-choice voting
Maine voters will finally get their chance to try out the hotly debated ranked-choice voting system when they head to the polls to select party nominees for governor, Congress and the Legislature on June 12. While they’re in the voting booth, Mainers will also face Question 1 on their ballots, asking them if they want […]
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Woman's body found in Bar Harbor
BAR HARBOR — Police are asking for the public’s help in investigating the death of a woman whose body was found about noon Sunday at Route 3 and West Street, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said. A state police K9 made the discovery, he said. The body was taken to the State […]
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Bates College hosts Safe Voices 5K to End Domestic Violence
The Kids Fun Run preceded Saturday morning’s Safe Voices 5K Walk/Run to End Domestic Violence fundraiser at Bates College in Lewiston. Safe Voices’ mission is to help support and empower those affected by domestic violence and engage the community in creating social change in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties. For more photos visit sunjournal.com (Russ […]
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Boys' tennis: Hall-Dale zips past Dirigo in C South semis
Dirigo’s Brandon Harris returns a shot in a doubles tennis match against Hall-Dale Saturday morning at Hall-Dale High School. (Jennifer Bechard photos) FARMINGDALE — End-of-match drama never materialized in Hall-Dale’s semifinal boys tennis meeting against Dirigo on Saturday. The Bulldogs pulled off a couple of unexpected wins in third singles and second doubles and coasted […]
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Woman accused of killing man at Sanford ballfield has 2 OUI convictions
SANFORD — The woman accused of killing a West Newfield man with her car after driving onto the field during a Babe Ruth baseball game at Goodall Park Friday night has two convictions for drunken driving, according to police. Carol Sharrow, 51, of Sanford was charged with manslaughter in the death of Douglas Parkhurst, 68, […]
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Par for the Course: Lewiston's Rodrigue, St. Dom's Bryant receive MSGA scholarships
Stephanie Rodrigue of Lewiston High and Janelle Bryant of St. Dominic Academy are scholastic golf rivals, but even better friends, which is why they are delighted that the Maine State Golf Association has bestowed college scholarship funds upon them. In the fall, Rodrigue will be attending Mt. Olive, a Division II college in North Carolina, […]
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Boys' tennis: Blue Devils breeze past Brunswick for regional final berth
Lewiston’s No. 3 singles player Sam Frechette hits a drop-shot winner during Saturday’s boys’ team tennis playoff match against Brunswick’s Nuri Rosen. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Ethan Weiss and Jeremy Hepler wasted no time Saturday. Lewiston’s No. 2 doubles team, who grinded out a three-set match Thursday to clinch a victory over Hampden Academy, […]