AUGUSTA (AP) — A Winthrop man who several years ago pleaded guilty to setting a fire at the town’s public library is going to jail on unrelated charges. Zachary Lowe was ordered by a judge this week to spend six months of a three-year sentence behind bars for stealing prescription medicine from his grandmother, violating […]
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H.S. Football Notebook: Knights can’t quite clear hurdles
Good enough to come up one or two plays short. For the second season in a row, that appears to be the theme for Poland football. A year ago, the Knights capped the season with wins over Winthrop and Winslow but missed the playoffs by a whisker due to a sluggish start. Poland (1-5) is […]
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High School Notebook: Until we meet again?
This week’s Hall-Dale-St. Dom’s boys’ soccer showdown may have just been the first meeting between two of Western C’s top teams. The Bulldogs and Saints battled to a 1-1 tie in their only regular season meeting. “We’ll see them again in the Mountain Valley Conference championship game and we’ll probably see them in the playoffs,” […]
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Golf: Saints reign over Class C once again
When it convened for the initial time on a Monday morning in August, the Saint Dominic Academy golf team didn’t officially discuss defending its Class C championship. The Saints didn’t even strike a ball, actually. They spent most of the session talking about respect for one another and respect for the game. Coach Kevin Cullen […]
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H.S. Field Hockey: Ramblers’ exact revenge on Phoenix
WINTHROP — Winthrop’s Shauna Carlson has had a taste of offensive success this season, but her assignment against a tough and talented Spruce Mountain squad was more defensive. “When we’re playing an opponent like Spruce Mountain, we need her back in the midfield and on defense,” Ramblers’ coach Sharon Coulton said. “That takes some self-discipline […]
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H.S. Football: Phoenix move to .500 after rout of Lakers
NAPLES — Spruce Mountain exhibited its diversity on offense Friday night in a 35-6 Western Class B football victory over Lake Region. Sophomore quarterback Peter Theriault completed touchdown passes to three different receivers. He also ran for a touchdown. Deonte Ring caught a 53-yard score from Theriault, who found Austin Schmidt and Matt Vigue from […]
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Spotlight will shine on ‘Mainers in the Civil War’
WINTHROP — The Bailey Public Library and Winthrop Historical Society will present “Mainers in the Civil War,” featuring author Harry Gratwick, on Tuesday, Oct. 9. A retired teacher, Gratwick is a lifelong summer resident of Vinalhaven Island in Penobscot Bay. As a young man, he explored the waters around Vinalhaven by outboard; as an adult , he cruises […]
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Golf: Teams teed up for states
Lonney Steeves was simply hoping to get his Winthrop golf team to the conference playoffs. That was this past Monday and the Ramblers are still going strong. With a team without any seniors and built around mostly freshmen and sophomores, Steeves was just hoping his squad could make some noise in the conference this year. […]
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CMMC Clinical Pastoral Education graduates
The following individuals have completed a unit of Clinical Pastoral Education at Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston. From left, Earl Rogers, a student at Andover-Newton Theological School of Newton, Mass., from South Paris; Rev. Alicia Kellogg of Winthrop, an Episcopal deacon serving at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Hallowell; and Martha Tucker, a student at […]
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Local students enroll at St. Lawrence University
CANTON, N.Y. — St. Lawrence University welcomes the following students as members of the class of 2016. Each first-year student will participate in St. Lawrence University’s innovative First-Year Program, an introduction to the liberal arts curriculum taught in residence halls by faculty teams. Clear writing and speaking skills are stressed, and careful advising is provided […]