Winthrop
Local Racing Roundup: Winthrop’s White wins with ACT
For the first time in his American-Canadian Tour career, Jeff White of Winthrop won a road game Saturday night. He beat the best in the local late model business to do it, also, holding off two-time defending ACT champion Wayne Helliwell Jr. to win the 150-lap event at White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, […]
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Portable sawmill demo by KLT WINTHROP — Join the Kennebec Land Trust for a portable sawmill demo at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at 331 Main St. KLT’s very own recently felled spruce tree will take front and center as it is milled by Mark Birtwell to provide KLT with locally harvested boards and posts for […]
H.S. lacrosse: Maranacook/Winthrop falls to Yarmouth in East B semifinal
Despite controlling most of their draws, the Maranacook/Winthrop Hawks lost possession in the moments following those faceoff wins with more regularity than they’d care to admit. More than a few of those missed possessions turned into Yarmouth goals as the No. 4 Clippers toppled the No. 1 Hawks, 10-7, in their Eastern Class B semifinal […]
Well done – Student achievements
BALTIMORE — Joshua Charest, the son of John and Louise Charest of Lewiston, graduated from Johns Hopkins University with honors. Joshua was awarded the “Best Design” for his senior year design project. He designed a device that will assist leg amputees to improve the quality of an active lifestyle. The device has garnered the attention […]
H.S. tennis: Winthrop, Spruce Mountain fall in regional finals
PORTLAND — Rivals in the Mountain Valley Conference, Winthrop and Spruce Mountain were two peas in a pod at the Western Maine regional tennis finals at the Racket and Fitness Center. Both girls’ squads are filled with players who rarely — if ever — play indoors, and neither team had faced an opponent with the […]
H.S. softball: Mountain Valley ousts Winthrop
WINTHROP — Their attitudes were playful and relaxed, but the game-face demeanor of the Mountain Valley softball team was all business Thursday. The sixth-ranked Falcons were loose and loving it in their Western C quarterfinal, but their play was stellar in a 10-1 win over third-seeded Winthrop. “We told them before the game to relax […]
H.S. baseball: Saints shake Ramblers in West C quarterfinal
AUBURN — For the third consecutive year, the Winthrop High School Ramblers traveled to St. Dominic Academy in the Western Class C baseball playoffs. In 2012, the Ramblers won a back-and-forth, two-run game in the quarterfinal round. Last year, the Saints came away with their own two-run victory in the regional semifinal. On Thursday, the […]
‘Can’ Film Festival continues to benefit area food banks
WINTHROP — The “Can Film Festival” continues at 7 p.m. Friday, June 13, at the Friends Meeting House on Winthrop Center Road (Route 135). The CAN’S objective is to have fun, see a well-known film appealing to all age groups and support local food banks. The “price of admission” is a can (or two or […]