WINTHROP — It may have seemed like a good idea at the time and it almost worked. But the fourth-down gamble that Winthrop-Monmouth opted for Friday night proved to be a fatal blow to their playoff hopes. Dirigo made the defensive stop, got the ball back at the Rambler’s 26 and scored just three players […]
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Winthrop historian to present program on the Civil War
WINTHROP –Author and town historian David Cook will present a lecture and reading on letters from Mainers during the Civil War at Bailey Public Library at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12. The lecture will be held in the historic Reading Room of the library and is part of the ongoing Winthrop Lakes Region Forum. […]
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‘Can Film Festival’ to benefit Winthrop food banks
WINTHROP — St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church will continue the “Can Film Festival” at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15, with a showing of a 1949 film, adapted from a popular Broadway musical about three sailors on a 24-four shore leave in New York City. Gabey, played by Gene Kelly, Chip, played by Frank Sinatra, and […]
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Weekend Blitz: It’s an all-local Western D playoff
Western Class C No. 5 Cape Elizabeth (6-3) at No. 1 Leavitt (8-0) Friday, 7 p.m. Hornets dominated time of possession on Cape’s turf back in Week 1. The emergence of Nate Rousseau, Adam Poulin and Billy Bedard and the likely return of Conor O’Malley mean they’ll try to do more of the same at […]
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H.S. football: Rambling on in playoffs
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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Voters to consider referendum to create plan to withdraw from AOS 97
FAYETTE — Voters will face a referendum Tuesday, Nov. 5, asking if they want the School Committee to develop a plan to withdraw from the alternative school district, which includes Winthrop. Voting will take place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Starling Hall on Route 17. Fayette and Winthrop residents voted in 2010 to […]
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H.S. Notebook: Hornets leaving nest for huge test
Winning a preliminary game in the Class B soccer tournament is a trick-or-treat proposition. You’re moving on, but there’s a good chance you’re going to be facing a southern or coastal team whose players have been refining their skills since they stopped crawling and sleeping in a crib. That’s the plight of the No. 7 […]
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Cross Country Regionals: Telstar’s Holt-Andrews cruises to Western championship
CUMBERLAND — Everyone else’s regional championship race was Josef Holt-Andrews’ workout. No offense intended to the MPA’s Western Maine regional or any of the participants in it. Holt-Andrews respects the event and loves the running community. But he has bigger fish to fry. In order: Next week’s state meet, then New Englands, and finally the […]
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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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Well done – Students honored for achievements
ORONO — Lanette Bryant, daughter of Bruce and Marlene Bryant of Dixfield, was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology on May 11 at the University of Maine at Orono. — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Natalia Portuondo of Bethel has enrolled at Eckerd College. Portuondo is among 500-plus new students at Eckerd for the […]