Buckfield Board of Selectmen Nov. 6, 2018 Buckfield Municipal Building Rescue coverage What happened: Selectmen unanimously approved an interim contract for rescue coverage for the town of Sumner. What it means: It is a seven-month agreement, from Dec. 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019, for $5,523. Sumner lost two-thirds of its rescue coverage after Tri-Town […]
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Trunk-or-Treat in Buckfield
Cordelia Murphy, 3, as Dorothy, and her father, Scott the flying monkey, look to Buckfield teacher Mary Hersom, right, for candy at Buckfield’s Trunk-or-Treat on Wednesday. A school bus was decorated and populated with local school teachers. Nancy Roy, left, waits to dispense treats. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)
D South girls' soccer semifinal: Richmond beats Buckfield, returning to region final
Richmond’s Marie Wockenfuss kicks a ball past Buckfield’s Katy Henderson during a Class D South semifinal soccer game Friday in Richmond. (Andy Malloy/Kennebec Journal) RICHMOND — The Buckfield girls soccer team was buzzing, and had just turned its dominance of the first few minutes of its Class D South semifinal into a one-goal lead. The […]
Boys' soccer D South semifinal: NYA blanks Buckfield
North Yarmouth Academy freshman Chas Rohde (13) and Buckfield senior Abram Cormier both go for a header during a quarterfinal game in Yarmout on Thursday. (Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald) YARMOUTH — One year after missing the playoffs, North Yarmouth Academy’s boys’ soccer team is on the brink of bringing home some hardware. The top-seeded Panthers […]
Local roundup: Buckfield girls win in overtime
NEWCASTLE — Isabell Laughton scored two goals to lead the Buckfield girls’ soccer team to a 3-2 Class D South quarterfinal overtime win over Temple Academy on Wednesday. The Bucks will next play Richmond in the D South semifinals. No. 5 Buckfield improves to 9-5-1 while fourth-ranked Temple finishes at 11-3-1. Cape Elizabeth 3, Gray-New Gloucester […]
Buckfield man sentenced for Auburn home invasion
LEWISTON—A Buckfield man was sentenced Wednesday to three and a half years in prison on a robbery charge stemming from an April home invasion on Hampshire Street in Auburn. Raiden Joyner, 21, was one of three men charged with robbery, burglary and theft stemming from the home invasion. An Androscoggin County Superior Court judge sentenced […]
Boys' soccer D South quarters: Kraske, Buckfield shut out Richmond
Elijah Chasse, left, of Buckfield and Ford Strout of Richmond compete for the ball during the first half in Buckfield on Tuesday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) BUCKFIELD — Richard Kraske wasn’t going to let last year happen again. The Buckfield senior goalie helped the No. 4 Bucks to a 1-0 win over No. 5 Richmond in […]
Boys' soccer: Lewiston has look of another championship team
When Lewiston won its first boys’ soccer state championship three years ago, the Blue Devils were the favorites, despite never having broken through to win states. Last year’s title was a bit more of a surprise, if only because Bangor was thought of as the favorite and Lewiston didn’t round into form until the championship […]
Girls' soccer: Monmouth hoping homefield paves road to state final
For the third year in a row, Monmouth Academy earned the top seed in the Class C South girls’ soccer bracket. That homefield advantage hasn’t translated to a ticket out of the region so far, however. That doesn’t mean the Mustangs will complain about the region running through Monmouth. But maybe this will be the […]
H.S. roundup: Buckfield girls' soccer earns rare win over Richmond
BUCKFIELD — Molly Bourget scored the only goal Buckfield needed for an 1-0 East/West Conference girls’ soccer victory over Richmond on Tuesday. The win is the Bucks’ first over the Bobcats’ in more than 10 years. Bourget’s goal came with 15 minutes remaining in the game. Hannah Shields and Julia Dow set up the score. […]