While nothing ever adequately explains a 49-0 shellacking in a regional final, perhaps that tale of a warm front colliding with a cold front makes sense of the perfect storm that allowed the Dragons to defend their title with ease. “We came in obviously wanting revenge for that one loss,” Brunswick senior quarterback Thomas Hanson […]
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Cross Country: Doorow tops Class A North; Hampden, Brunswick win team titles
Paul Casavant from Hampden Academy and Tessa Cassidy of Brunswick took second in their respective races, but in doing so helped lead their teams to regional titles at Troy Howard Middle School. Casavant finished a distant second to Lewiston’s Osman Doorow, crossing the line 25 seconds behind Doorow’s winning time of 15:40.39, but his Broncos […]
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Field hockey: Mt. Blue runs away from Brewer
Five different players scored for Mt. Blue (3-3-1) as the Cougar middies were excellent in transferring the ball from one side of the field to the other, generating quality looks at the cage. Mt. Blue finished with a 24-3 advantage in shots. “For us its been about getting the ball in the cage, all season,” […]
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High school football: Brewer slips past Mt. Blue
FARMINGTON — A year ago, Brewer lost to Mt. Blue on a last second play. Friday night, the Witches kept that loss in mind, turning in a stellar defensive second half to grab a crucial 20-13 Pine Tree Conference Class B win at Caldwell Field. Mt. Blue was playing without head coach Jim Aylward, who […]
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Class A East baseball final: DeLaite strikes out 17 in Bangor win
BANGOR — Trevor DeLaite had complained about having tired legs after his previous two pitching outings. But it was nothing a cool late spring night couldn’t cure. The junior left-hander pitched a three-hit shutout with 17 strikeouts Wednesday night as defending state champion Bangor edged Brewer 1-0 to win the Eastern Maine Class A baseball […]
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H.S. baseball: Brewer stifles Mt. Blue
FARMINGTON — Brewer pitcher Evan Riva knew he would be facing a tough Mt. Blue lineup Monday afternoon at Hippach Field. Featuring a quick fastball, along with a devastating curve and changeup, Riva powered the Witches to their eighth baseball win of the season, hurling a complete game two-hitter and giving Brewer 6-0 victory. It […]
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Brewer’s ‘passive housing’ project largest of its kind in U.S.
BREWER — Construction began Wednesday on what’s expected to be one of the largest passive housing projects in the United States. Village Centre Apartments, a 48-unit affordable housing complex, is being built at the former State Street School site. Crews have been doing abatement work there since last year after the demolition of the old […]
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Carolyn E. Clark
1932 – 2015 LEWISTON — Carolyn E. Clark, 82, of Lewiston passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 3, at her home in Lewiston with her family by her side. She was born in Brewer on Oct. 11, 1932, the daughter of Ray and Jessie (Small) Anderson. She attended local schools and graduated from Deering High […]
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Eastern Class A boys’ quarterfinal: No. 1 Edward Little overcomes No. 8 Brewer, 54-38
AUGUSTA — Two prior first-round losses when seeded No. 1 in the boys’ basketball regional tournament may scar the Edward Little faithful for generations to come. So when the Red Eddies fell behind No. 8 Brewer by six points early in the second quarter Monday, nobody could blame maroon-clad spectators for the inability to stomach […]