PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — There’s good news for Maine snowbirds: The state’s signature drink — Moxie — is now being distributed across Florida. Designated the official soft drink of Maine, Moxie was invented in 1876 by Dr. Augusten Thompson of Union, Maine, who touted its alleged health benefits. New Englanders took a taste to the […]
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Church offers concert as free gift to Lisbon
LISBON — St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church on the hill off Route 196 will offer a free “Christmas and Praise” concert featuring Manifest at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, as its eighth annual gift to the community. “Christmas brings a joy and energy into our lives. This year St. Matthew’s helps the musical group Manifest share […]
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Route 136 in Auburn reopens
AUBURN — Route 136 in Auburn reopened this morning at 9:30 a.m., nearly a month ahead of schedule. The road has been closed since Sept. 2 when part of it washed into the river and collapsed under the weight of a crane working on a stabilization project. For the past three months, drivers between Auburn […]
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Campbell Conference Class C final: Freshman QB leads Clippers past Greyhounds
YARMOUTH — Perhaps the most oft-uttered word coaches direct at freshmen in any sport is patience. Yarmouth coach Jim Hartman said it to his freshman quarterback, Brady Neujahr, prior to Saturday’s Campbell Conference Class C championship game. When the Clippers called for a sweep late in the fourth quarter down 12-7, Hartman hoped his quarterback […]
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HS football: Mike of all trades leads Lisbon
LISBON — An entire football field lay before Mike McNamara as Lisbon lined up to punt from its own 6 yard line. The first-down marker stood 18 yards away. Lisbon is known for rugby-style punts, where the punter runs to one side or the other before kicking. Coach Dick Mynahan gives his punters the option […]
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Campbell Conference championship: Greyhounds are fast learners
It’s been four years since Lisbon won a Campbell Conference championship, which is virtually a drought by its lofty standards. This year’s senior class doesn’t want to be the first since the Class of 2002 to go an entire high school career without a Western C title. If it doesn’t end up getting one, it […]
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HS football: A glance at the regional finals
Lewiston (8-2) at Bangor (9-1) Eastern A final Friday, 7 p.m. The skinny: They’ve met in the playoffs pretty much every second year since they were reunited in the same conference, with the Rams winning all but one. How the Devils will win: Forcing turnovers and dominating time of possession. How the Rams will win: […]
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The Hot Corner: Who’s in charge is what’s the key
Football coaches are besieged by blame when their teams lose. Or so we hear and see. The Dallas Cowboys and University of Colorado are a mess. This week the respective coaches, Wade Phillips and Dan Hawkins, took the fall for it. The Minnesota Vikings are a house divided. Their boss, Brad Childress, enjoys less apparent […]
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Huddle Up: Riordan answers the call
He is the wide-eyed, freckle-faced backup QB straight out of central casting. Ryan Riordan is a sophomore — a talented sophomore blessed with a strong right arm, but a sophomore nonetheless. Saturday was his first varsity start. Besides being the biggest game of his life, which every varsity first is, it also happened to be […]