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Art car installation to be on display Aug 7-10

Digital Media Artist Laurence Gartel is heading to Maine to produce another outrageous art car — this time at Morong Falmouth. Gartel, known as the “father of digital art” for over 35 years, taught Andy Warhol how to use the Amiga Computer in 1985 and was the featured artist of last year’s 113th New York International […]

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Clayton W. Manson

1926 – 2014 FALMOUTH—Clayton Wheeler Manson of Auburn passed away Tuesday, July 1, at Sedgewood Commons Alzheimer’s Facility. Clayton was born in North Vasselboro on March 1, 1926, the son of Minnie Rogers Manson and Dwight Manson. He grew up in Skowhegan, graduating from Skowhegan High School in 1943. After graduation, he joined the U.S. […]

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Tennis: Yachtsmen sail off with girls’ crown

LEWISTON — In a perfect scenario for Brunswick High School girls’ tennis coach Rob Manter, Monday’s State Class A championship was going to come down to top singles players Maisie Silverman of Brunswick and two-time Maine Principals Association Schoolgirls champion Olivia Leavitt of Falmouth. Figure, Leavitt had defeated Silverman in their last two meetings, both […]

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RSU 10 to hire engineer to study MVHS roof

DIXFIELD — The RSU 10 board Monday night unanimously approved an evaluation and engineering study of the Mountain Valley High School roof at a cost of between $5,000 and $8,000. The roof leaks have prompted event cancellations, classrooms relocations and curriculum changes. The gymnasium, classrooms along the ramp and Muskie Auditorium have been hit particularly […]

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HS Hockey: High drama at the mountaintop, and hardly surprising

LEWISTON — From the first week of December through the third week of February, choosing co-favorites to win the Class A hockey state championship could have been accomplished by plucking names written on folded pieces of paper from an unused helmet. So why should the second Saturday of March have been any different? Falmouth and […]

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In the Crease: Rivalries aside, hockey community stays strong

LEWISTON — Blue Devils don’t cheer for Saints, and Saints most certainly do not applaud the blue and white. Neither have the time for the Red Eddies. What is a Red Eddie, anyway? But Saturday, when for the 12th time in 13 seasons at least one of the three schools bearing those nicknames played in […]

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Class A Hockey Final: St. Dom’s felled by Falmouth in OT

LEWISTON — Everyone thought, and rightfully so, that Saint Dominic Academy was this schoolboy hockey season’s poster personality for overcoming lost causes and jarring disappointments. Falmouth High School defenseman Jake Grade skated off with that unofficial title in about a four-minute window Saturday night, however. And as a result, his team is a back-to-back Class […]

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Class A Hockey Final: Saints wearing underdog label splendidly

LEWISTON — The hardware count between Class A schoolboy hockey finalists Saint Dominic Academy and Falmouth High School: Two dozen state championships to one. Until this season, Saturday night’s game site, Androscoggin Bank Colisee, was the Saints’ home ice. Almost a half-century ago, when Muhammad Ali defended the world heavyweight championship here against Sonny Liston, […]