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Historical society to host program on Edward Little based on Hodgkin book

AUBURN — The Androscoggin Historical Society will sponsor a program, “The Unknown Edward Little,” by Douglas Hodgkin, based upon his new book, “Dear Parent: A Biography and Letters of Edward Little.” The talk will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, at the society’s Davis-Wagg Museum on the third floor of the county building. […]

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Unified basketball: Lisbon defeats Edward Little, moves on to semifinals

Lisbon High School student-helper Nick Lerette, left, tosses the ball to teammate Dawson Martel under the basket during a Unified basketball quarterfinal game in Lisbon on Thursday. The Greyhounds advanced to the semifinals with a 41-29 win. LISBON — The Lisbon High School Unified basketball team may only go as far as Jake Patenaude takes […]

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Unified Basketball: Edward Little beats Marshwood/Noble in prelim

AUBURN — Behind a 20-point outburst from Gage Cloutier, Edward Little downed Marshwood/Noble, 54-27, in a South regional preliminary round unified basketball game on Monday. The Red Eddies (5-4) also received eight points each from Ben Dumont, George Kampstra and Chet Barnard. Carter Culleton dished out a team-high in assists. Max Blackwin led Marshwood/Noble (3-6) […]

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Jipson retires as Edward Little girls' basketball coach

Craig Jipson, shown here in a 2014 photo coaching Edward Little against Lewiston, announced that he is retiring as the Red Eddies’ girls’ basketball coach after 12 years and 20 years of varsity coaching. AUBURN — Edward Little athletic director Dan Deshaies remembers when he interviewed Craig Jipson for the open girls’ varsity basketball coach […]

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Elaine J. Walker

LEWISTON — Elaine J. Walker, 86, of Auburn passed away Monday, Feb. 20, at the Marshwood Center after suffering from dementia for several years. She was born in Auburn on Feb. 22, 1930, a daughter of the late Clayton and Ruth (Crooker) Boothby. She attended schools in Auburn, graduating from Edward Little High School with […]

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#Tourney17: Bulldogs have too many weapons for Eddies, reach fourth straight AA state final

Samatar Iman drives to the basket against Emmanuel Yugu (12) and Charles Lyall of Portland during the first half in Augusta on Thursday.  AUGUSTA — Edward Little knew who Simon Chadbourne was. They’d scouted the Portland sophomore guard and knew he could hurt them from outside. The dilemna the Red Eddies faced was what keeping […]

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#Tourney17: Wil, Randy and Lee take a closer look at the MPA girls' basketball tourney (VIDEO)

LEWISTON — Tri-county area teams are still alive in the Class AA, B, C and D girls’ basketball tournaments. Randy Whitehouse, Wil Kramlich and Lee Horton of the Sun Journal sports staff took advantage of the break in action Wednesday to recap the first week of the tournament and discuss the upcoming regional finals and […]

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#Tourney17 notes: Edward Little's Reynolds, Winthrop's Hickey up for state's top player awards

Edward Little senior Jordyn Reynolds searches for an open teammate during the Red Eddies’ win over Brunswick in January. AUGUSTA — Edward Little’s Jordyn Reynolds and Winthrop’s Jacob Hickey are among the semifinalists for the Maine Miss Basketball and Mr. Basketball awards. The awards are given annually to the best girl and boy senior basketball […]