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Benefit dinner/dance planned for injured logger

RUMFORD — A benefit dinner and dance will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Rumford Eagles Club to raise money for resident Lloyd Billings, who was injured in a logging accident in May. Jim Peterson, a friend of Billings and responsible for helping organize the benefit, said Billings was injured while […]

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H.S. Football: Windham pull away from Lewiston

LEWISTON — Lewiston was banged up and missing key players, but coach Bill County turned to a bunch of players with a can-do attitude. The Blue Devils had Windham High School on the ropes for the entire first half and trailed by only two before Windham pulled away in the second for a 49-20 win over […]

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H.S. Football: Eagles jump out, hold off Eddies

AUBURN — Penalties and mistakes are touchy subjects for Edward Little coach Dave Sterling — especially when turnovers cost the Red Eddies football games. Second-half penalties hurt the Red Eddies’ chances overpower Windham after falling behind by 16 in the first half. Despite back-to back touchdowns, turnovers caused the Red Eddies to sputter late in […]

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H.S. Field Hockey: Cougars clip Eagles in OT

Mt. Blue High School’s second-year field hockey coach Jody Harmon was simply overwhelmed with her players’ latest effort. The Cougars, fresh off a seven-goal loss to perennial powerhouse Skowhegan, wiped out a pair of one-goal deficits Tuesday and earned a 3-2 overtime win over host Mt. Ararat. The Cougars dominated play in the second half, […]

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Patriots shrug off Eagles

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Michael Vick took an early lead over Nick Foles in the first round of the Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback competition. Tom Brady led the New England Patriots to a pair of 80-yard TD drives in his only two series in a 31-22 win over Philadelphia on Friday. Vick threw a 47-yard touchdown pass […]