AUGUSTA — The Class D high school state football championship between Wells High School and Foxcroft Academy has been moved to Saturday night because of the snowstorm forecast for Friday. The game will still be played at the University of Maine in Orono, with a 7 p.m. start, according to the Maine Principals’ Association.
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Lewiston's McGraw 'really honored and really humbled' to be nominated for national award
Lewiston head coach Mike McGraw reacts following his team’s 4-0 win over Hampden Academy in the regional championship game in Lewiston in November 2015. Over a 42-years-and-counting career, Mike McGraw has proven to be valuable to whatever Lewiston High School sports team he has coached. Now McGraw’s value has a chance to extend beyond the […]
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MVHS French teacher to retire
RUMFORD — Catherine Charles has taught Cambodian refugees, staffed a Maine sporting camp and, for the past nearly 30 years, taught French to high school students. Charles, 61, will retire from Mountain Valley High School next month. She has taught French there for the past 10 years. “I’m a lucky lady. Jobs have come to […]
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Dover-Foxcroft shooting victim’s name released
DOVER-FOXCROFT (AP) — Dover-Foxcroft police have released the name of the man shot during a fight in town earlier this week, but have not yet announced any criminal charges in the case. Police said Thursday that 48-year-old Reginald Melvin, of Dexter, was shot three times during a dispute on Lancaster Street at about 6 a.m. […]
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Fire levels historic Dover-Foxcroft farm
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Every available firefighter in the region rushed to a fire at a historic 1914 farm on Shaw Road on Sunday afternoon, but nothing could stop the fast-moving flames, Fire Chief Gerald Guyotte said. “It’s burned flat,” the chief said of the fire at 257 Shaw Road, which leveled the 50-foot-tall barn and the […]