WINTHROP (AP) — A 17-year employee of the Winthrop schools whose contract was not renewed in June 2012 says she was a victim of discrimination and retaliation in the workplace. Human resources clerk Jennifer Ma Sims, originally from Taiwan, said she was a victim of discrimination because of her race, ancestry and national origin and […]
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Preview 2013: Winthrop/Maranacook boys’ hockey
Coach: Chip Jones (first year) Conference: Class B West Returning letter-winners: Seniors — Nick Lacasse (F), Jared Hansen (F), Zack Bessette (D), Nate Bowers (D); Juniors — Peter Prescott (F), Bailey Clark (F), Denver Cram (F), James Canwell (F), Zack Phinney (D); Sophomores — Austin Payne (F), Zac Godbout (D). Key losses: Matt Plourde, Chris […]
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Military notes
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The following area residents graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The airmen completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an […]
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Well done: Students honored for achievements
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Kristen Lavallee of Lisbon has enrolled in Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the nation’s first and largest technological college for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. She is a graduate of Model Secondary School for the Deaf in Washington, D.C., and the daughter of Nancy and Jim Lavallee of […]
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Winthrop woman dies four days after crash
LEWISTON (AP) — A Winthrop woman has died in the hospital four days after getting injured in a traffic crash that took the life of her husband. Police and relatives say 74-year-old Patricia St. Laurent died Monday afternoon at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. St. Laurent was flown to the hospital Thursday morning after […]
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High School Football: Winthrop/Monmouth’s Glazier wins Taglienti Award
PORTLAND — Zach Glazier, a running back who led the Winthrop/Monmouth cooperative football team to an undefeated regular season, won the 22nd John Taglienti Award on Sunday night. The trophy is presented each year to the outstanding player in the small-school division of the Campbell Conference. With the expansion of Maine high school football to […]
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Winthrop crash kills local man, injures two others
WINTHROP — A local man was killed Thursday morning, and two others were injured in a collision that shut down Route 202 for nearly four hours, according to police. Richard St. Laurent, 80, of Winthrop was apparently trying to make a left turn from Route 202 onto Royal Street when his van was rear-ended by […]
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Two communities, one team
WINTHROP — The combined Monmouth Academy and Winthrop High School football team celebrated its first awards banquet as one team Sunday. The story of this unique merger will soon be the subject of a documentary about their first year. Athletes passed a football in front of Winthrop High School as parents and coaches tended to […]
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Military notes
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The following area residents graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The airmen completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an […]
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Verna A. Cote
1929 – 2013 AUBURN — Verna A. Cote, 84, of Lewiston, passed peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 9, with her loving family surrounding her. She was born on May 6, 1929, to Ortho and Georgianna (Smith) Dolloff in Winthrop and raised in Mt. Vernon, along with her three sisters. She ventured to Connecticut and later to […]