BOWDOIN — Boy Scout Troop 202 in Topsham has announced its newest Eagle Scout, Maxwell Negley. Max is the son of Marvin and Ruby Negley in Bowdoin. The Eagle Rank is the highest level in Boy Scouting achieved by only one out of four Boy Scouts. Max joined Troop 202 in 2006. He worked toward […]
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College Roundup: Black Bears clinch conference regular-season title
VESTAL, N.Y. – The University of Maine baseball team swept a doubleheader from Binghamton on Sunday afternoon and clinched the America East regular-season title. Maine won the first game 4-3, before taking the second game, 13-7, in 10 innings. The Black Bears improved to 31-19 on the season and 18-8 in conference play. Binghamton fell […]
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Family Game Fair at library LEWISTON — Families of all ages are invited to Lewiston Public Library to play fun and hilarious games for all ages from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 11. The library will have five areas of games including computer games, board games, educational games, puzzles and bingo. There will be […]
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Dempsey Challenge influences smoker to quit
Tracy Rousseau would finish photographing the Dempsey Challenge, get in her car and light up a cigarette. The irony was not lost on her. Here she was, volunteering her services for people affected by cancer — and yet, she was still a slave to her addiction. Rousseau, now 40 and living in Bowdoin with her […]
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Project Learning Tree educator workshops offered
AUBURN — Maine Project Learning Tree will offer educator workshops for area teachers and community leaders on Wednesday, May 8, and Tuesday, May 14, from 3:30 to 6 p.m. at Auburn Middle School; at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay on Tuesday, May 21, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; and in Bowdoin at […]
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Local colleges: Bowdoin tops Bates in softball thriller
LEWISTON — Bowdoin’s Melissa DellaTorre outdueled Bates’ Kelsey Freedman in a 1-0 win for the Polar Bears in NESCAC softball action Friday. With the teams knotted at zero through five innings, Adriane Krul hit her second double of the game to right center to lead off the sixth inning for the Polar Bears (23-9). She […]
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Colby College names dean’s list students
WATERVILLE — Area students were named to the dean’s list at Colby College for their outstanding academic achievement during the fall semester of the 2012-13 year. Brittney N. Bell, a senior, is the daughter of Nancy Bell of Poland, and attended Poland Regional High School. Harper R. Burke, a senior, is the daughter of Michael […]
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Maine Maritime Academy announces dean’s list
CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy recently named students to their dean’s list for outstanding academic achievement in the first semester of the 2012-2013 academic year. Auburn: Robert Cloutier, power engineering technology, 2015; Cody Day, marine engineering operations, 2016. Bowdoin: William Melcher, marine engineering technology, 2014; Owen Blease, marine engineering technology, 2016. Mechanic Falls: Alexander Morrison, […]
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College Roundup: Bates falls short in wild ninth
LEWISTON — Bowdoin pitcher Oliver Van Zant outdueled Bates’ Tom Baroni over eight innings, staking the Polar Bears to a 3-0 lead, and Bowdoin held on for a 7-5 victory after a wild ninth inning for both teams Friday at Leahey Field. Behind Van Zant’s eight shutout innings, Bowdoin (10-9, 2-2 NESCAC East) won the […]
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Bowdoin men’s tennis team punished for hazing incident
BRUNSWICK (AP) — Bowdoin College’s nationally-ranked men’s tennis team will forfeit its next four matches and won’t be allowed to participate in postseason play for what school officials call a hazing incident. The Portland Press Herald reported the sanctions were announced Wednesday in a letter from Dean of Student Affairs Tim Foster and athletic director […]