1929 – 2015 LEWISTON — Alfred “Al” John Bates, 85, of Auburn, passed away Saturday, June 13, at Marshwood Center nursing home in Lewiston. He was born on Dec. 20, 1929, in Greene, a son of the late John and Evelyn (Poole) Bates. He attended Greene and Monmouth schools. After school, Al worked for Allied […]
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Class C West baseball semifinal: Winthrop, Meucci stave off frantic Monmouth comeback
Given the chance to lead off the bottom of the sixth inning Saturday and give his reeling team a lift, Meucci defied logic in every way imaginable. His second triple of the day, this one to the gap in right center field, put No. 2 Winthrop back in business. Meucci beat throw home by a […]
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High School softball: Monmouth holds off Dirigo for quarterfinal win
The freshman hurler knew there was a chance she might be summoned into Thursday’s Western C quarterfinal softball game. She just didn’t know the circumstances. She never imagined the trouble she’d face in making her playoff debut. She entered the circle with the bases loaded, nobody out and the game on the line in the […]
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Eastern A Local players to watch: Edward Little: Sarah Hammond, Jr. P, Emmy Lashua, Fr. C, Jordyn Reynolds, Jr. 1b; Oxford Hills: Anna Winslow, Sr. 1b, Annika Kahkonen, Sr. 2b, Shannon Fillebrown, Sr., OF, Erika Whitman, Jr. P/3b, Cody Akers Jr. P/3b. Favorites: Messalonskee is the top seed and has finished strong. Teams will have to […]
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Natalie H. Jones
1924 – 2015 HALLOWELL — Natalie H. Jones of Monmouth died peacefully Sunday, June 7, at Woodlands Assisted Living Center of Hallowell, with her daughter by her side. She was born in Monmouth on Jan. 18, 1924, the only child of Gerald Packard Hall and Elsie Dayken Hall. Except for three years in Auburn when […]
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Class C Track and Field: Second’s fine with Lisbon boys, this time
YARMOUTH — Second place in the Class C state meet was both a blessing and a curse to the Lisbon boys’ track and field program for so many seasons. Then the Greyhounds went and got themselves off the hook, winning that elusive title last June. So did that spoil them for yet another runner-up result Saturday […]
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MVC Track and Field: Lisbon boys make it 10; Monmouth ends girls’ streak
LISBON — Lisbon High School track and field has dominated the Mountain Valley Conference for so long that when the Greyhounds began their streak of nine consecutive clean sweeps, Monmouth Academy was a second-year expansion team. A decade later, the Mustangs have more than doubled in size and have accomplished what other league rivals found impossible […]
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Robert W. McKeone
1922 – 2015 AUBURN — Robert W. McKeone, 92, passed away at the Androscoggin Hospice House on Wednesday, May 27. He is survived by his beloved wife of 67 years, Celine (Landry); his sister, Jeannie Cochran of Winthrop; his daughters, Nancy O’Keefe of Naples, Fla., and Linda Winans of St. Charles, Ill. He lived and […]
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Norma S. Foster
1921 – 2015 AUBURN — Norma S. Foster, 94 of 6 Lexis Lane, Auburn, died early Wednesday morning, May 27, at Clover Manor after a short illness. She was born in Lisbon Falls on Feb. 10, 1921, the daughter of the late Guy and Gladys (Wile) Seger. She was educated in Monmouth and Lisbon schools. […]
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H.S. softball: Monmouth walks off with win over Dirigo
Tangled up in the dirt with Dirigo first baseman Ellen Wainwright, the Monmouth freshman ignored any pain and looked at her coach. “The first thing I asked my coach was, ‘Did we win?’” Day said. Her Mustangs indeed had won, claiming a 3-2 nail-biter in the bottom of the seventh. Day’s routine grounder to second […]