PORTLAND (AP) — The Maine Winter Sports Center that produced Olympian Russell Currier is losing funding from a philanthropic organization that created it. The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1aZzgZo ) said the Libra Foundation will no longer provide funding after April 1. The Portland-based foundation has distributed more than $30 million to the Maine Winter Sports […]
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Maine biathlete makes Olympic team
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A skier who got started through the Maine Winter Sports Center in Aroostook County has earned a spot on the U.S. team for the Winter Olympics. Russell Currier was the top American finisher in three of four qualifying races at the U.S. Biathlon Olympic Trials. He grew up in Stockholm in northern […]
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Blustery day fails to chill kids’ fun at Lost Valley biathlon
AUBURN — About 20 athletes braved frigid conditions Sunday at Lost Valley to compete in a paintball biathlon. In a small building adjacent to the lodge, 12 kids, mostly about 10 and 11 years old, chattered noisily as one of the mothers pinned and repinned competitor numbers on their jackets. With no adult competitors in sight early […]