BETHEL — Telstar’s offense is still seeking answers. One week after both touchdowns in a lopsided loss at Oak Hill came by way of special teams, the Rebels saw their struggles with the football continue Saturday in a 35-0 Class D West football loss to Boothbay. “We did move the ball,” Telstar coach Tim O’Connor […]
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Identities of couple killed in Boothbay crash released
BOOTHBAY —The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office identified the Madison, Connecticut, couple who were killed in a crash on Route 27 in Boothbay on Friday. Donald Hudson, 85, was driving a 2006 GMC Envoy, with his wife, Doreen Hudson, 67, riding as a passenger, at a high speed when he lost control of the vehicle, according […]
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Connecticut couple dies in Boothbay crash
BOOTHBAY, Maine — A Connecticut couple has died in a single vehicle crash in the Maine town of Boothbay.Eighty-five-year-old Donald Hudson and his 67-year-old wife Doreen, of Madison, Connecticut, were killed late Friday morning on Route 27.Police say Donald Hudson was speeding and lost control of his SUV. WGME-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1lHnLL5 ) that the vehicle […]
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British officials to attend climate change event at ocean laboratory
BOOTHBAY — Several British dignitaries will attend a discussion about climate change at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Boothbay. Topics for the Thursday, Sept. 4, meeting will include ocean acidification, carbon capture and storage, and hydraulic fracturing. British Council General to New England Susie Kitchens and British Embassy Counsellor for Global Issues Rosalind Campion […]
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Capable coaching: Despite disabilities, coaches continue to thrive
The best coaches make adjustments. Something suddenly goes wrong. Unforeseen circumstances alter the game plan and force an alternative strategy. Sometimes, it takes a couple of tries to get it right — extra effort here, hard work there — and the coach needs to have an unrelenting attitude. Matt Clark knows all about that. He’s […]
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Capable coaching: Grover gets his chance
After the final bell of the day sounded, Grover and his group flocked across the street from school in Boothbay Harbor to play pickup games. He could never play, but he enjoyed watching. Born with a rare form of muscular dystrophy known as SMA (spinal muscular atrophy), Grover has spent his entire life in a […]
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Spruce Mountain High School might join KVAC
LIVERMORE FALLS — The RSU 73 board Thursday approved of Spruce Mountain High School administrators exploring leaving the Mountain Valley Conference and joining the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference. “We’re asking permission to court them,” Principal T.J. Plourde said. He made the presentation on behalf of athletic director Lee Hixon. If the school joined the KVAC, […]
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HS Football: Raiders have a ball against Seahawks, 40-6
WALES — Oak Hill’s defense didn’t have a ball at practice this week, but it sure had one Saturday at homecoming. The Raiders prepared for Boothbay’s double-wing by practicing without a ball. It was exactly what they needed to shut down the Seahawks in the first half of a 40-6 win to snap a two-game […]
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Boothbay plan seeking to trim energy use, cost
As we flip on the air conditioners or leave on that summer road trip, consider our power predicament. Coal once produced a larger part of Maine’s power, but the big plants were gradually phased out as dirty and inefficient. Nuclear power met about 20 percent of Maine’s electric demand between 1972 and 1996. That’s when […]
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Boothbay Harbor man to be sentenced for $3.4 million wire fraud scheme that targeted friends, family
BOOTHBAY HARBOR — A Boothbay Harbor man arrested by federal law enforcement authorities in September and charged with bilking friends and family out of $3.4 million will be sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in New Haven, Conn. Garrett L. “Denny” Denniston, 63, formerly of Newtown, Conn., faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in […]