WINTHROP — Nationally acclaimed and best-selling writer Susan Conley will appear at the Bailey Public Library on Tuesday, July 12. Conley intended to document her move to China with her husband and two young boys; but in 2007, she discovered lumps in her breasts. Her struggles are compiled in her new memoir, “The Foremost Good […]
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Feminist scholar will discuss her new book
WINTHROP — Jennifer Scanlon, feminist scholar and director of gender and women’s studies at Bowdoin College, will discuss her new book on Tuesday, June 21, at the Bailey Public Library. In her book, “Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown, the Woman behind Cosmopolitan Magazine,” Scalon tells the story of Brown, a […]
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Class C track: Maranacook, Traip earn titles
BATH – Carley O’Brien had a day to remember at Saturday’s Class C State track and field championships. With three first-place finishes along with a runner-up, O’Brien led Traip to its first state title since 1994. The Rangers needed a strong third-place finish in the final race of the day from its 1,600-meter relay squad […]
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High School Football: Winthrop, Monmouth to combine teams
MONMOUTH — High school sports may soon have another cooperative team, this one with a major impact on the local gridiron landscape. Winthrop High School and Monmouth Academy have reached an agreement to combine their football programs. Monmouth coach Norm Thombs confirmed the impending merger in an email message to the Sun Journal this week. […]
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H.S. softball: Mustangs take care of business
MONMOUTH — Rachel Bernier wanted to see a little more out of her offense Wednesday. Her team had produced plenty of runs in a win earlier this week, but it was a somewhat feeble effort for the Monmouth bats. She wanted to see a little more bash and pop. “It was pretty discouraging against Boothbay […]
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Baseball: Winthrop slams door on Monmouth
MONMOUTH — This wasn’t one of those major league, three-up, three-down, never-in-danger saves. Tyler Reeve didn’t trot in from right field to the strains of a heavy metal anthem. He didn’t inherit a clean slate. Winthrop tiptoed the precipice before and after his grand entrance. Reeve allowed two of his three inherited runners to score […]
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Members of the class of 2011 at Winthrop High School include: Evan Arbour, Zachary Barter, Vanessa Berry, Jonathan Blodgett, Joseph Brennan, Steven Buck, Grace Burnett, Ryan Castonguay, Victoria Chamberlain, Parker Chapin, Connor Chu, Christopher Clancy, Ryan Conant, Alexander Coyne-Smith, Krystal Cyr, Katie Douglas, Anna Doyle, Eric Duplessis, Vincent Faivre, Reilly Fitzgerald, Sasha Flaherty, Patrick Flynn, […]
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Military note – Michael Brassard
MONMOUTH — Coast Guard Seaman Apprentice Michael C. Brassard, son of Lisa Gauthier of Monmouth and James M. Brassard of Winthrop, recently graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, N.J. During the eight-week training program, Brassard completed a vigorous training curriculum consisting of academics and practical instruction on water safety […]
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H.S. softball: Monmouth’s Kahl no-hits Winthrop
WINTHROP — Weather has slammed an already small window on the fingers of every MVC softball team. Monmouth is one of many clubs that will play a majority of its season over the next nine days. When you’re tackling that kind of schedule, you’d better have a pitcher performing at the zenith of her game. […]