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Police look for missing Winthrop man

WINTHROP — Police and game wardens are searching for a man reported missing on Sunday. Winthrop police Capt. Ryan Frost said Thomas Devoy, 60, was believed to have left his Stanley Road residence sometime Sunday morning. Frost said Devoy left his residence without his cellphone or wallet and no indication of where he might be […]

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William George Rowley

MONMOUTH — William “Bill” George Rowley, 58, of Monmouth, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 1, at his home. He was born in Manchester, N.H., the son of Constance and Roger Rowley. Bill grew up in Winthrop and graduated from Winthrop High School in 1978, and attended Southern Maine Technical College. On June 13, 1988, he married […]

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H.S boys’ soccer: Mt. Abram’s winning ways

WINTHROP — The wins keep coming for the Mt. Abram boys’ soccer team. The Roadrunners earned their fifth straight win Wednesday with a 7-2 victory over Winthrop. While the wins are adding up to a great season, the Heal Points aren’t. With a stacked Western C field and four unbeaten teams ahead of it, Mt. […]

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Winthrop mother, daughter spend weekend in jail accused of ramming vehicles, headstones at cemetery

MONMOUTH — An argument between a mother and daughter on Friday night led to a demolition derby-style fight — with both women using their vehicles to ram each other — that significantly damaged headstones at the Monmouth Ridge Cemetery, officials say. Granite headstones bearing the family names of Spear, Littlefield, Haskell and others lay in […]

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Class D Football: Winthrop/Monmouth overcomes Oak Hill in clash of unbeatens

WALES — No mystery, when you’re combining football programs from two neighboring schools, that the first true test of your togetherness is the day fate furnishes a half-dozen chances to fall apart. Winthrop/Monmouth could have folded Saturday when star running back Zach Glazier’s injured ankle buckled again on his first carry. Or when a fake […]

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Back pain treatment to be topic of presentations in Lewiston, Winthrop

LEWISTON/WINTHROP — “Surgical and Non-Surgical Approaches to Treatment of Back Pain” is the topic of a special presentation set for October in Lewiston and Winthrop. Orthopaedic surgeon Michael F. Regan, M.D., and physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist Matt M. McLaughlin, M.D., will discuss the surgical and nonsurgical treatment of back pain. “There is no cookie-cutter […]

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Field hockey: Winthrop’s late comeback stuns Lisbon

WINTHROP — There’s danger in allowing a championship-caliber field hockey program to hang around in a game that you’ve dominated. The peril is magnified when that opponent has been stewing over retribution for, oh, about 11 months. Winthrop delivered a one-two knockout punch after a Thursday afternoon of ducking Lisbon’s best haymakers. Seniors Emma Spahr […]

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Cross Country: Greyhounds edge Seahawks at MVC midseason meet

Wednesday’s meet just reinforced what most people who have followed the conference through the first three weeks of the season already knew — defending conference champions Josef Holt-Andrews of Telstar and Sophia Thayer of Boothbay are still the most dominant runners in the MVC, the boys’ team title is Boothbay’s to lose and the battle […]

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HS Football: Ramblers outlast Cougars, 28-14

WINTHROP — Given Winthrop/Monmouth’s depth, a lot of players have to be patient and wait for their turn to contribute. Senior wide receiver Brandon Goff had to wait longer than most. But he made sure to be a game-changer when opportunity finally knocked. In the span of 36 seconds at the end of the first […]