FARRINGTON — Lawrence Jr., 83, of Wilton, died in Farmington on Friday, Jan. 5. Family and friends are invited to visit with the family on Saturday, Jan. 13, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Calvary Hill Baptist Church in Wilton. Public graveside memorial services will be on Saturday, May 19, at 1 p.m. at […]
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MMA event tonight: Glover gets second title shot at NEF XXI
LEWISTON — The calendar flipped from January to February this week. It has been long enough for most people to honestly assess whether their New Year’s resolution to lose weight was a sincere quest for self-improvement or idle chatter. In the mixed martial arts realm, of course, weight cuts are a fact of life for all […]
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Oxford 250: Dave Farrington, Kyle Treadwell are long shots with a good shot
OXFORD — The prestige of the AIM Recycling Oxford 250 is such that even the underdogs are masters of their craft. Take Dave Farrington of Jay, for example. The 23-year-old owns a NASCAR track championship at Beech Ridge, a Coastal 200 victory at Wiscasset, four consecutive successful starts in Oxford’s nationally renowned race, and an engineering […]
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Racing Roundup: Jay-Livermore locals close championship deal at Beech Ridge
Two of the three division championships at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway of Scarborough are coming home to the tri-county area. Dave Farrington Jr. of Jay and Justin Karkos of Livermore Falls were crowned champions Saturday night along with Garrett Hall of Scarborough as the track concluded its 66th season of competition. Farrington won the NASCAR […]
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Racing Roundup: Tim this week’s winning Brackett; Farrington knocking on door at Ridge
Meet the elder Brackett, same as the younger Brackett. For the third consecutive week, someone from the prominent Buckfield racing family wheeled into the winner’s circle in the Budweiser Pro Late Model Series at Oxford Plains Speedway, with father Tim ending son T.J.’s two-race winning streak. Tim Brackett, now in his fifth decade of competition […]
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Two-car collision sends Paris woman to hospital with forehead gash
PARIS — A local woman was transported to the hospital with a minor head laceration after a two-vehicle crash at Route 26 and Paris Hill Road on Friday afternoon. Jessica Foster, 75, was transported to Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway with a cut to her head, police officer Michael Dailey said. He said Sheryl Farrington, 67, […]
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Around the Track: Farrington on top at Beech Ridge
JAY — It wasn’t that long ago when a young man from Franklin County was tearing up karting tracks up and down the Eastern seaboard, and even out into parts of the Midwest. After several record-setting seasons in karts, Jay native Dave Farrington Jr. jumped directly into a Pro Stock in 2008, and thus began […]
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Local Auto Racing: King fends off Farrington in Beech Ridge classic
Two of Maine’s rising super late model stars picked up Saturday night where they left off a week ago in Oxford 250 qualifying — and stepped up the drama considerably. Once again it was Tyler King of Livermore Falls and Dave Farrington Jr. of Jay proving that the age-old sports rivalry between their communities is […]
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Oxford 250: King dethroned at tech, twice
OXFORD — Tyler King and his family-operated race team from Livermore Falls made the last-minute decision to skip a race Saturday night at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway — where it was in contention for a NASCAR Pro Series championship — and focus on trying to qualify for the Oxford 250. The gamble didn’t pay off, […]
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New outlook for Farrington at Oxford Plains Speedway
MINOT — Prior to the headline Pro Late Model feature on June 27, Scott Farrington was just another example of your average weekly warrior soldiering along in Oxford’s pit area. Doing his best on a limited budget while learning all he could from others, the easy-going driver from Minot knew some fine evening when the […]