Luke Sterling Scores a Goal From a Flip Throww In case you missed it, UMF men’s soccer freshman Luke Sterling scored a goal on Sunday with a flip throw. From the sideline, Sterling flipped a towering pass that deflected off Green Mountain’s keeper for the goal. UMF won the North Atlantic Conference meeting, 8-1. Posted […]
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Rain, Elliotts restore Canton Lake beauty
CANTON — Standing barefoot on the beach at Lake Anasagunticook on Saturday morning after a rainstorm, Molly Elliott was in her element three hours into raking woody debris from the sandy shore. For the past seven years, she and her husband, Gus, have been cleaning the beach and roadside. They live in the house opposite […]
Spring drought, beavers keeping Canton Lake level down
CANTON — Selectmen said Thursday night that it’s time to start doing rain dances to fill Lake Anasagunticook in Canton and Hartford. All the nearly 2-mile-long lake needs is runoff from 3 to 4 inches of rain in one or two storms in the watershed and a beaver dam removed from lake inlet Sparrow Brook. […]
Canton to hold fundraisers for parks and trails, debut new monthly Farm Swap
CANTON — Sue Gammon of the Parks and Trails Committee updated selectmen Thursday night on spring and fall contracting work and the seventh annual flower sales fundraiser May 23. Because of a lack of donations for flowers, Gammon said the committee added a yard sale and people can pay $20 to set up a vendor […]
College roundup: Bates College men knock off No. 1 Tufts
MEDFORD, Mass. — The No. 1 team in the country is unbeaten no more. Behind five goals from Falmouth’s Charlie Fay, Bates College upended top-ranked Tufts University 12-8 Tuesday in NESCAC men’s lacrosse action. Jack Allard added four goals and Jack Strain added two more for the Bobcats (7-4, 4-4 NESCAC), who launched 24 shots […]
Weird, Wicked Weird: The all-beaver, Maine-authored cookbook
For Maine Apple Beaver Meatloaf, think warmed-up beaver, sliced, in a sandwich. No appeal? No problem. Kate Krukowski Gooding has 48 more recipes to chew on. The Maine author’s fourth cookbook is all beaver recipes. In “50 Ways to Eat a Beaver,” there’s a recipe for beaver tail as well as the dish she served […]
Class D girls’ state final: Washburn District High School capsule
WASHBURN DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL Location: Washburn Mascot: Beavers Regular season record: 18-0 Key players: Sr. guard Mackenzie Worcester (26.5 points per game, 6-7 rebounds, 6 steals, 7 assists); Sr. forward Joan Overman (12 points, 6 rebounds), junior guard Emmy Churchill (6 points, 6 rebounds), Jr. guard Laina Mette (6 points) How they got here: Washburn […]