WINTHROP — Winthrop High School has announced the second quarter honor roll. High honors Seniors: Declan Chu, Hunter Kilgore, Heidi LaChance. Juniors: Alex Chamberland, Catherine Ouellette, Maureen Tierney. Sophomores: Lilly Beauregard, Kevin Chamberland, Hope Dunn, Hailey Eason, Teresa Easterbrooks. Freshmen: Angel Abbott, Olivia Audet, Jada Choate, Kennedy Connor, Emma Conrad, Celeste Hannum, Cabot Lancaster, Tyler […]
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Well done – students honored
WORCESTER, Mass. — The following local residents were among 1,337 students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute named to the university’s dean’s list for academic excellence for the fall 2012 semester. Olivia Doane of Durham, a senior majoring in biomedical engineering. Emily Johnson of Gray, a senior majoring in biochemistry. Neil Pomerleau of Auburn, a senior majoring […]
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Well done
WORCESTER, Mass. — Margaret Corrigan of New Gloucester, Maine, a junior majoring in civil engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, recently completed an intense, hands-on research project in Nantucket. The project was titled “Evaluating the Condition of Private Roads on Nantucket.” At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that addresses an […]
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Well done
BOSTON — Brittany Martin, daughter of Jeanne and Dan Martin of Lewiston has been named to the dean’s list with distinction for the fall 2012 semester at Boston University. A 2011 graduate of Lewiston High School, Martin is majoring in graphic design. BOSTON — Scott B. Ouellette of Lewiston has been placed on the dean’s […]
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High school hockey: Sun Media to webcast playoff games
LEWISTON — Live, streaming high school hockey is returning to the Sun Journal and Sun Media Group for the 2013 playoffs. Sun Media Group, parent company of the Sun Journal, announced Tuesday night that it has acquired the rights to webcast the Maine Principals’ Association ice hockey playoffs live from the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in […]
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Greta R. Gordon
1922 – 2013 WINTHROP — Greta Rhodenizer Gordon, 90, of Winthrop, died Saturday, Jan. 26, at Heritage Rehabilitation and Living Center. She was born in Parkdale, Nova Scotia, May 22, 1922, the daughter of Laurin and Lena (Wagner) Rhodenizer. She came to the United States at a very early age and grew up in Livermore […]
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Winthrop church to hold region-wide Ash Wednesday celebration
WINTHROP/PORTLAND — St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Winthrop will host a region-wide Ash Wednesday service at 6 p.m. Feb. 13. The Rt. Rev. Stephen Lane, Bishop of Maine will be the celebrant at this special area event to which all are welcomed. A free-will offering at the service will benefit the Bread of Life Ministries. Recently […]
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Boys’ basketball: Spruce Mountain picks up pace, pushes away Winthrop
JAY — Spruce Mountain boys’ basketball players and coaches don’t deny their tendency to win games without accumulating style points. They’re also the first to point out that it beats the alternative. “We’d rather win ugly than lose ugly,” said Spruce Mountain coach Chris Bessey, whose team snagged its sixth straight MVC victory Friday night, […]
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Well done – Students honored for achievement
PARIS — Kelly Laplante has been selected as the 2012-13 recipient of the Central Maine Community College Aspire Higher scholarship. This scholarship enables her to take up to 15 credits of CMCC courses tuition free at the Western Maine Community College Center in South Paris. Laplante is an Oxford native and attended Oxford Hills Comprehensive […]
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MLK Day speakers to discuss native child welfare
WINTHROP — The Winthrop Area Ministers’ Association in conjunction with Sen. Patrick Flood and Rep. Craig Hickman will host a breakfast celebrating Martin Luther King Day at 9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 21, at the Winthrop Congregational Church, 10 Bowdoin St. Although King is most often recognized for his role in fighting segregation, he was, in […]