WINTHROP — The Winthrop-Monmouth football team Rambled on Friday night. After a perfect regular season, the top-ranked team in Western D continued its winning ways with a convincing win to open the playoffs. The Ramblers scored five times in the first half en route to a 40-0 win over Telstar. Winthrop-Monmouth has now outscored opponents […]
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H.S. girls’ soccer: Saints survive Mustangs
AUBURN — Getting the top seed hasn’t always been that rewarding. It has seemed in recent years that if the St. Dom’s girls’ soccer team earned the top-ranking in Western C, they drew a pretty stiff opponent in the first round to go with it. Either those foes were good enough to give the Saints […]
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Monmouth students learn from, care for cemetery
MONMOUTH — Students from Monmouth middle and high schools gathered at the Monmouth Center Cemetery Sunday afternoon to spruce up the grounds and repair a couple of headstones. “Be gentle,” social studies teacher Jocelyn Gray urged the students as they gathered rakes, clippers and brushes and scattered to different areas of the cemetery. Gray said […]
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H.S. Football: Winthrop/Monmouth finish unbeaten
WINTHROP — When the Winthrop/Monmouth Ramblers were slugging their way through a gauntlet of a schedule in September, their offensive weapons were limited. Not anymore. Friday night the Ramblers showcased their one-two punch at the running back position in defeating Maranacook 35-14. The win completed an undefeated season and a Campbell Conference title for the […]
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H.S. girls’ soccer: Mustangs stun Panthers in OT
NORTH YARMOUTH — Shannon Buzzell’s job on the soccer field usually revolves around preventing goals, not scoring them. But sometimes her tenacity is just what the offensive attack calls for, especially if her Monmouth Mustangs have a corner kick. “I’m not normally a forward but we did it in practice,” Buzzell said. “Coach said I […]
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Monmouth Museum to hold tasting party, book sale
MONMOUTH — Monmouth Museum’s Country Store will be open from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 26, for a tasting party and book sales. The free tasting will include coffee, tea and mulled cider. Traditional holiday breads will include orange-cranberry bread, date-nut bread, pumpkin bread, with and without raisins, award-winning cinnamon apple bread, gluten-free corn […]
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Darts, bbq for Roy/Rivard family AUBURN — A benefit dart shoot and barbecue for the Roy/Rivard family will be held Saturday, Oct. 26, at the New Auburn Social Club, 7 Second St. A barbecue will be held in the parking lot from 3 to 5 p.m. Cost is $5. Dart sign-ups run from 5 to […]
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Former Bates Mill president dies
Fred Lebel, former president of Bates Mill and the creative drive behind the creation of Maine Heritage Weavers, passed away Saturday after struggling with illness. Coming to Bates Mill in 1952 after leaving military service, Lebel worked his way up, eventually becoming president before the owners sold the mill and much of its machinery overseas […]
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Mother, daughter charged in dispute that damaged Monmouth cemetery
AUGUSTA (AP) — Prosecutors have brought charges against a mother and daughter they say caused $34,000 worth of damage at a Monmouth cemetery when they rammed each other’s cars. District Attorney Maeghan Maloney told the Kennebec Journal (http://bit.ly/173gAnv ) 42-year-old Melissa Grant and 20-year-old Savannah Lowe were charged with aggravated criminal mischief in connection with […]
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Monmouth farm project would help homeless women learn, earn
MONMOUTH — The concept is called Project TLC, a farm where homeless women would live and work, and it’s up for a public hearing Wednesday. The town needs to sign off for the group to go after a $100,000 state grant. Dave Wolfe envisions turning Phoenix Farm into the Transitional Living Center, where he would […]