WINTHROP — Jim Decker kept painting under a corner of the open-sided tent that covered the Richmond artist’s watercolor and acrylic works of art. The once-hard rain lessened and people started to trickle onto the streets of downtown for the 31st annual Winthrop Sidewalk Arts Festival Saturday morning. “I’m just entertaining myself — making the […]
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Winthrop Sidewalk Art Festival to be held this weekend
WINTHROP — Painters, potters, photographers, jewelry makers, fabric artists, basket weavers and fine craftsmen will descend upon downtown Winthrop during the 31st Winthrop Sidewalk Art Festival from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18. Sponsored by the Winthrop Lakes Region Chamber, the annual summer festival will also offer live music, lobster rolls, barbecues, homemade […]
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Kennebec Land Trust earns national accreditation
WINTHROP — The Land Trust Accreditation Commission, a program that promotes national quality standards for ensuring permanence in the conservation of American lands, announced that more than 400 land trusts have now earned the national accreditation mark of distinction. This new total came as 39 land trusts, including the Kennebec Land Trust, were recognized for […]
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Former Winthrop man sentenced on cocaine charges
AUGUSTA — A former Winthrop man was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for aggravated trafficking in both powdered cocaine and cocaine base this spring in Augusta. Shaun C. Campbell, 36, who was known as Shaun Johnson, Kenneth Dixon and Sha, was arrested April 18 during a traffic stop on State Street in Augusta. Campbell was arrested […]
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Lake Placid Ironman no match for Winthrop's Fuller
Sarah Fuller, of Winthrop, succeeded at completing her first Ironman competition at Lake Placid, New York. An Ironman must swim over two miles, run a marathon and bicycle over 100 miles. There were only hours to go until the annual half Ironman triathlon at Old Orchard Beach, the first for both Laura Gosselin and Sarah […]
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Winthrop homeowner fears house will collapse
WINTHROP — A family who lives near the south end of Maranacook Lake is worried that its house could collapse in the next year because of delays in a taxpayer-funded project to restore a nearby dam and stream bank. While Winthrop officials have expressed sympathy for Patricia and Tom Heiss and are considering intermediary steps […]
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Winthrop church celebrating 225th anniversary
WINTHROP — A lot has changed since 1793, when a group of Quakers started regularly meeting in a small cabin here. The number of worshipers grew, then shrank. Their meetings moved to a large tent, then to a building with stained-glass windows and a bell tower. Their clothing has mirrored the times. Nowadays, you’re less […]
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29th Lobster Bowl rallies talent, rivalry for good cause
Winthrop/Monmouth’s Nate Scott of the West team defends a pass Mattanawcook’s Carter Ward of the East during the Lobster Bowl last year. (Brewster Burns photo) One thing the Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic has done consistently throughout its history as the state’s all-star football showcase is generate a rivalry between the East and West participants. […]
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Lobster Bowl gives injured players a chance to finish senior year on the field
Oak Hill’s Austin Pierce gets ready to stiff-arm Yarmouth linebacker Ben Gleason, left, during a September 2017 game at Oak Hill High School in Wales. Pierce is playing in the Lobster Bowl after having his senior season shortened by an injury. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) DOVER-FOXCROFT — Former Lisbon coach Dick Mynahan said one of the […]
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2018 Sun Journal All-Region baseball
FIRST TEAM Name School Class Position Grant Hartley Edward Little Sr. 1B/P Hunter Ames Mtn. Valley Sr. P/1B Brock Belanger Lewiston Sr. C Austin Brown Edward Little So. SS Colton Carson Oxford Hills Jr. P Lucas Francis Lisbon Jr. 3B/P Hunter Landry Lewiston Jr. P/OF Jack LeBlond Lewiston Sr. 1B Janek Luksza Oxford Hills Jr. […]