BRUNSWICK (AP) — A jet from the Navy’s elite Blue Angels flight demonstration team has skidded off a runway in Maine. No injuries are reported. An official at the former base where the fighter was landing to promote an air show says the F/A-18 Hornet slid off the end of the runway after hitting ice […]
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Class B Football Championship: Marshwood runs away with it, downs Brunswick 44-18
PORTLAND — The program that defined intermediate-sized Maine high school football in the 1970s and ’80s is back at the mountaintop. Marshwood won its first state title in a quarter-century Saturday night with a convincing 44-18 win over Brunswick for the Class B Gold Ball at Fitzpatrick Stadium. Quarterback Luc Blanchette rushed for 204 yards […]
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LIVE CHAT: Maine High School Football Super Saturday
PORTLAND — Another year, another triple-header of high school football action at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland. The Class C championship was decided Friday night in Orono, as Winslow overwhelmed Leavitt, 62-14, to earn the crown. Join the Sun Journal staff for a live, interactive chat and live updates from portland all day long. Thornton Academy […]
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Class B East Football Championship: Brunswick bashes Lawrence, 48-19
BRUNSWICK — Bessey. Bandouveres. Brunswick. Beast of B-East. If that all has a nice ring to it, five touchdowns in their first five possessions of the Pine Tree Conference football championship Friday night sounded even better to the Dragons. Junior Will Bessey scored two of those and had his second monster game of the playoffs […]
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H.S. boys’ soccer: Lewiston claims regional crown
Abdulkarim Abdulle’s two goals early in the second half Wednesday proved to be the difference in a 2-1 win over Brunswick in the Eastern Class A regional championship. After a pair of disappointing overtime losses in the regional final the past two years, the Blue Devils tasted victory instead. “To sum it up in one […]
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H.S. boys’ soccer: Lewiston’s defense gets big results but little notice
LEWISTON — As the frantic final minutes ticked off the clock, Lewiston protected a one-goal lead. The Bangor Rams were bringing everything they had to force the equalizer, but the Blue Devils’ back line wasn’t going to be beaten. Lewiston’s defense didn’t break. It barely bent. As Bangor pressed for an opportunity, the Blue Devils […]
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H.S. girls’ soccer: EL returns to regional final, beats Brunswick 3-1
AUBURN — The last two games, the pressure intensified and so did the tension and frustration. With each near-miss, the Edward Little girls’ soccer team pressed harder. With it grew aggravation and anxiety. It can be a worrisome way to operate for a soccer team in the postseason. So when the Red Eddies got the […]
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High school soccer: Edward Little readies for Brunswick in first semifinal appearance in 13 years
AUBURN — For most of the past decade, the Edward Little girls’ soccer team has made a habit of appearing in the postseason. But, they haven’t lasted very long. There has been an occasional preliminary round victory, but other tourney appearances were of the one-and-done variety. After losing in the quarterfinal round last year in […]
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Lewiston native finds album of her family’s WWII sacrifice
BRUNSWICK — Louise Haggett flipped through the pages of her grandmother’s album, pausing and choking up as she re-read the words of an uncle she never knew. Other pages of the album would mark Paul Gousse’s injury in New Guinea and his death in an Australian hospital. Western Union telegrams — both beginning with the […]
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Brunswick woman arrested after all-day standoff with police
BRUNSWICK — A 51-year-old woman who allegedly fired a gun from her Mere Point Road home was arrested early Sunday morning after tactical teams from the Brunswick police and Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office negotiated with her for several hours before using tear gas to draw her out. Tammie Keslake of Brunswick emerged from her home […]