While Boyne Resorts officials weren’t talking the day after announcing plans to buy Sunday River and Sugarloaf, the head of the Ski Maine Association called it good news for Maine. Boyne, which has long managed Maine’s two largest ski resorts, announced an agreement on Monday with Ski Resort Holdings LLC to buy six resorts and […]
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On skiing: Checking out next year's gear
A little over a week ago I headed over to Loon Mountain in New Hampshire where 10 or a dozen companies had next year’s products on hand for ski shops to try out. For many years, the Eastern and New England Ski Reps ran a combined show at Stratton Mountain in Vermont. The expense of […]
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Bobcat Beat: New Gloucester's Woods 25th at Nordic nationals
New Gloucester’s Kaelyn Woods, a sophomore at Bates College, finished 25th out of 40 skiers in the women’s classical technique race at the NCAA National Collegiate Ski Championships on Thursday in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Woods completed the 5-kilometer course in 16 minutes, 45.9 seconds. Her showing is Bates’ highest at the national championships in three […]
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On skiing: Bringing back jumping
Watching the jumping during the Olympics, we saw the emphasis on the usual countries: Finland, Sweden and Norway, a few other Europeans countries and Japan. The host country was mentioned, but the U.S. was dismissed — and the results showed why. It wasn’t always this way. While the Europeans dominated, we had contenders, and in […]
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Nancy A. Bellegarde
BRISTOL, R.I. — Nancy A. Bellegarde transitioned to a new life early Thursday morning, Feb. 22, just six days before her 90th birthday. Her family was with her. Nancy was the wife of Charles J. Bellegarde Jr. She was born in Caribou, the youngest child of Vital and Camille (Fournier ) Cyr. Nancy was a woman […]
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On Skiing: Despite warm week, great skiing still on tap
It’s hard to believe that February is almost over, and after this past week’s weather, it might seem the ski season could be almost over as well. The good news is that March is often our best ski month. The record warmth Wednesday might lead us to believe that an early spring is upon us, […]
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Class B and C Nordic: Telstar's Boyle-Wight third in Class C boys' freestyle
FORT KENT — Telstar’s Gaelan Boyle-Wight and Monmouth’s Kyle Gunnells both skied to top-10 finishes in the Class C boys’ freestyle Nordic race Friday. Boyle-Wight finished third and Gunnells took sixth. Boyle-Wight (14:29.0) came in about 10 seconds behind winner Niko Naranja (14:19.5) of Fort Kent. Orono’s Sam Holt (14:26.0) placed second. Naraja’s freestyle win […]
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Class A Alpine championships: Edward Little’s Jackson snatches giant slalom win
Edward Little’s Connor Jackson crests a knoll on the bottom part of the course on his way to a first-place finish in the boys’ giant slalom at the Class A Alpine championships at Mt. Abram in Greenwood. (Brewster Burns photo) GREENWOOD — Edward Little’s Connor Jackson still had a look of disbelief on his face […]
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Class A Nordic: Mt. Blue boys, Fryeburg girls take state titles
Zoe Maguire of Fryeburg Academy tucks on a downhill during the Class A Nordic ski championship 5K freestyle pursuit race at Black Mountain in Rumford on Friday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) RUMFORD — The Fryeburg Academy and Deering girls’ teams were separated by just three points beginning Friday’s second and final day at the Class A […]
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Mt. Blue, Fryeburg lead Day 1 of Nordic racing; Maranacook ahead in Class B
RUMFORD — Mt. Blue’s Nordic ski team appears to be peaking at the right time. On the first day of the 2018 Class A championships, the Mt. Blue boys placed four skiers among the top 11 and cruised to a 28-point lead after the classical race at Black Mountain. Sam Smith led the Cougars with […]