PORTLAND — Zach Doyon was the only current player on the Marshwood roster to score a touchdown in the Class B football championship one year ago. Cole McDaniel had never played quarterback in his life until seven weeks ago. Together, they led the new-look Hawks to the same result, and one that has become commonplace in […]
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Livermore Falls board continues review of fire station
LIVERMORE FALLS — Livermore Falls Town Manager Kristal Flagg said at Tuesday’s selectmen meeting that she recently received a draft of plans to construct a new fire station from Lincoln/Haney Engineering Associates of Brunswick. “It did look like it was a very fair estimate,” Flagg said. “It was very complete.” Although Flagg and the selectmen didn’t […]
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Class B North football championship: Brunswick blasts Brewer
While nothing ever adequately explains a 49-0 shellacking in a regional final, perhaps that tale of a warm front colliding with a cold front makes sense of the perfect storm that allowed the Dragons to defend their title with ease. “We came in obviously wanting revenge for that one loss,” Brunswick senior quarterback Thomas Hanson […]
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Percy R. Hanscom
1932 – 2015 AUBURN — Percy R. Hanscom, 83, died Sunday, Nov. 8, at Clover Manor in Auburn. He was born in Bar Harbor on June 26, 1932, the son of Stanley and Mildred Gray Hanscom. Percy was a graduate of Bar Harbor High School. On Oct. 2, 1954, he married Helen Martha McPherson. She […]
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Cycling film coming to Brunswick
“Inspired to Ride,” a documentary about the inaugural TransAm Bike Race held in 2014 on the TransAmerica Trail, will begin a weeklong run at the Frontier Cinema & Café in Brunswick on Tuesday, Dec. 1. The film will kick off with a matinee screening at 2 p.m. with additional shows at 6 and 8 p.m. […]
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Class B North semifinal: Brunswick smites Mt. Blue
BRUNSWICK — Ask Brunswick football coach Dan Cooper to single out an offensive lineman’s performance and he’ll just name all seven like a U.S. Marine drill instructor at roll call. Cooper believes all his offensive lineman had a hand in No. 1 Brunswick ’s 40-0 victory over No. 4 Mt. Blue in a Class B […]
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Cross Country: Locals look to finish strong at state championships
Six runners and six teams will be crowned state champions Saturday at the cross country state championships. Locals will look to have a say in the outcomes of the races when all is said and done at Twin Brook Recreation Area in Cumberland. The favorite to win the Class A boys’ race is none other […]
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Head-on collision causes severe injury in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK — A Life Flight helicopter was dispatched to a head-on collision in Brunswick around 6 p.m. Sunday night. Brunswick Fire Department was the first to respond to the crash. The Life Flight helicopter left the scene at 6:28 p.m. but emergency crews kept the road closed to investigate. According to Fire Chief Kennet Brillant, the accident […]
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Cross Country: Doorow tops Class A North; Hampden, Brunswick win team titles
Paul Casavant from Hampden Academy and Tessa Cassidy of Brunswick took second in their respective races, but in doing so helped lead their teams to regional titles at Troy Howard Middle School. Casavant finished a distant second to Lewiston’s Osman Doorow, crossing the line 25 seconds behind Doorow’s winning time of 15:40.39, but his Broncos […]
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Mars rover scientist agrees: Brunswick’s Chamberlain rocks
BRUNSWICK — Most Mainers know the story of Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain and the 20th Maine’s famous Civil War charge down the rocky hillside of Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg. Now, there’s a rock on Mars bearing the general’s name. Scientists discovered the rock on the 1,099th Martian day of the mission […]