MONMOUTH — Dirigo baseball defeats are so infrequent that they get taken personally, especially when the Cougars feel there were extenuating circumstances. There are no asterisks in the Heal Point standings, of course, but the absence of seniors Kaine Hutchins, Tyler Frost and Mitch Kubesh didn’t help Dirigo’s cause in a season-opening home loss to Monmouth. […]
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Mary Archer
1958 – 2015 LEWISTON — Mary Archer, 57, of Poland, passed away on Saturday, May 23 at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Lewiston on January 30, 1958, the daughter of Ralph and Charlene Robinson Cunliffe. Mary attended Monmouth schools and was a 1976 graduate from […]
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Weird, Wicked Weird: Psychic fundraiser, documentary kickoff for Theater at Monmouth
In the middle of the woods, with no one listening, Mike Anthony told his dead father to have the psychic giving his family a reading that night mention his hair if she was for real. It’s nice brown hair, but thoroughly ordinary, and an inside reference between him and his dad, back to Anthony’s childhood. […]
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Fire levels Monmouth workshop
MONMOUTH — Fire ripped through an former three-story chicken coop turned workshop Tuesday afternoon at 235 South Monmouth Road, leveling the building and catching an adjacent field on fire. Crews from Monmouth, Litchfield, Sabattus, Winthrop, Wales, Bowdoinham and Bowdoin and Winthrop Ambulance responded around 3:04 p.m. to the blaze that could be seen from parts […]
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Ardeen W. ‘Dean’ Ayer
1934 – 2015 GALION, Ohio — Ardeen W. “Dean” Ayer, 80, of Galion, Ohio, died Saturday, May 2, at Millcreek Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Galion. Born June 13, 1934, in Lewiston, he was the son of Carroll A. and Eleanor A. (Daggett) Ayer. He married Virginia M. (Fayle) Ayer on June 25, 1955, and […]
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H.S. softball: Monmouth fends off Lisbon
The junior pitcher had a seamless outing for much of Monmouth’s MVC showdown with Lisbon, even though her Mustangs trailed for much of the game. When Monmouth took the lead and Lisbon threatened in the seventh, Canning had to dig a little deeper, but that wasn’t a problem either. With a runner on third and […]
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H.S. Baseball: Monmouth takes advantage of 10 Lisbon errors, wins 6-5 in eight innings
MONMOUTH — The conditions for Monday’s MVC baseball showdown between Lisbon and Monmouth were summer. The level of play at crucial times, well, decidedly spring training. Monmouth prevailed 6-5 in eight innings at Chick Field in a walk-off situation that you might never see again, but a fitting footnote to this one. Previously undefeated Lisbon dropped […]
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Local roundup: Richardson’s double lifts Mustangs
MONMOUTH — Hunter Richardson drove in Gage Cote and Nick Dovinsky in the bottom of the seventh with a walk-off double for Monmouth’s 5-4 victory over Hall-Dale in a MVC match-up. Richarson, who finished the day with three hits, including another double, recorded the win on the mound after coming on in relief for starter […]
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H.S. Baseball: Big hit by Ben Allen, gem from Matt Sekerak rally Winthrop past Monmouth
MONMOUTH — Right guy at the plate. Right guy on the mound. Ben Allen’s two-run, two-out, opposite-field single broke a tie in the top of the seventh inning Monday, completing Winthrop’s rally to a 4-2 victory over Monmouth in the Ramblers’ MVC baseball opener at Chick Field. Pinch hitter Bennett Brooks’ single, also to right field, […]
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Sandra Ellis
1937 – 2015 MONMOUTH — Sandra Ellis, 77, passed away on Wednesday, April 22. She was born June 28, 1937, to Viola Smith Ellis and Edward “Bill” Ellis in Gardiner. She attended Farmingdale Grammar School and graduated from Gardiner High School in 1955. She served in the Air Force, joining in September 1955. On Nov. […]