One week after dominating their cross country regional in muddy conditions, the Mustangs top five runners finished among the first 25 to cross the finish line in capturing their first-ever boys Class A state crown. The Mustangs edged the Lewiston Blue Devils by an 82-91 margin. In the West regional, the Mustangs took five of […]
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Class C Field Hockey Championship: Lisbon tops Winthrop
ORONO — After a loss in the 2011 West regional semifinal round, Lisbon wanted another chance to prove it could play with the best field hockey teams in Maine. Now, the Greyhounds are the best in Maine. Arianna Kahler scored 1:02 into the game and Hannah Jordan added another early in the second half as […]
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Class C Field Hockey: Familiar foes face off
Like-minded, like-skilled perfect strangers, mind you, but the stage on which they are about to play makes a regular-season tie and MVC title game meeting seem like preseason scrimmages. The Greyhounds (16-0-1) and Ramblers (15-1-1) will meet Saturday in the Class C state championship game. It’s a return trip for Winthrop, which fell to NYA […]
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Field Hockey: Winthrop finishes Stearns
WINTHROP — Frustration was the feeling but optimism was the outlook. The Winthrop field hockey dominated the first half of Saturday’s Eastern C semifinal, but the Ramblers went to the half still scoreless. “They were not acting as though they were discouraged,” said Winthrop coach Sharon Coulton.” They were still pretty confident. They were in […]
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Western Maine Cross Country; Holt-Andrews second, Dirigo girls third at regionals
Muddy conditions slowed times a bit at Twin Brook for the Western Maine cross country championships, but the runners and teams who qualified for next week’s state meet weren’t complaining. The Merriconeag Waldorf girls and Hall-Dale boys bested Waynflete for regional titles in Class C. The Cape Elizabeth boys and Falmouth girls cruised to the […]
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Veterans monument clarification
LEWISTON — An article on Page B3 of Wednesday’s City edition should have said an honorable discharge from military service is the only requirement for veterans who wish to have their names engraved on the monument at Veterans Memorial Park. Additionally, the L/A Veterans Council voted to move the unveiling of the completed 24th stone […]
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High school football: Seagulls vanquish Ramblers
WINTHROP — The difference between a good team and one that’s struggling is often how each deals with adversity. Thursday night, the Old Orchard Beach football team overcame a sluggish start to roll into the playoffs with a 31-6 defeat of Winthrop in a Class C Campbell Conference football game. After the Seagulls (6-2) were […]
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Daniel L. Plourde
1985 – 2012 MONMOUTH — Daniel L. Plourde, 27, a resident of Main Street, Monmouth, died unexpectedly Sunday, Oct. 14, at his home. He was born in Brunswick on May 26, 1985, the son of Michael Plourde and Lynn Baker Wentworth. Dan left us too early but having found what he had been seeking. He […]
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Vet monument unveiling dates LEWISTON — Joseph Paradis, founder of the Veterans Memorial Park and director representing the Military Order of the Purple Heart on the L & A Veterans council, reminds all veterans who wish to have his or her name engraved on the monument in the Veterans Park that they must have an […]
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Field Hockey Quarterfinals: Winthrop wallops Boothbay
WINTHROP — The scores don’t lie. Defending Eastern Class C field hockey champion Winthrop is better than it was a year ago. The Ramblers have improved from beginning to end this season, too. As evidence, check out the manner in which No. 2 Winthrop has handled No. 7 Boothbay with increasing ease, capped by a […]