FARMINGTON — Being the sixth player coming off the bench for University of Maine at Farmington’s women’s basketball team is about to become a distant memory for Kennadi Grover. Sure, she started a few games and has seen plenty of action the past three years at Dearborn Gymnasium. But the senior has been promoted to […]
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2015 Lisbon football preview
Coach: Dick Mynahan Conference: South Class: D Last year’s record: 8-2, lost in Class D West final Returning players: Senior — Shawn Grover (RB), Henry Adams (WR/FS); Juniors — Tyler Halls (QB/CB), Tanton Mattson (G/LB/DT), Noah Francis (RB/LB/DT), Jared Glover (FB/LB). Key losses: Kyle Bourget (QB/DB), Joe Philbrick (FB/LB), Robert Wood (OL/DL), Darren Ward (OL/DL), […]
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Lisbon football: Shawn Grover, Henry Adams help Greyhounds overcome senior shortage
One of those maxims, after all, is that “you win with seniors” in high school sports. And if that were explicitly true, the Greyhounds might be in trouble. Only two seniors who suited up for Lisbon a year ago — tailback Shawn Grover and receiver and free safety Henry Adams — are on the roster. “We don’t […]
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Paris driver charged with endangering bicyclist
PARIS — Police said a local man is charged with reckless conduct after he swerved his vehicle toward a teenage bicyclist on Paris Hill Road on Saturday. Paul Ventrice, 57, of High Street, was read charges of felony reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and driving to endanger, a misdemeanor, in Oxford County court Monday afternoon. […]
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Class D West Football Semifinals: Lisbon loses Bourget, but Grover rolls over OOB
Junior tailback Shawn Grover, all 5-foot-7, 140 pounds of him, certainly tried. Grover, the latest in a long line of little engines that could in the Greyhounds’ camp, rushed for 203 yards and two touchdowns, lifting No. 1 Lisbon to a 25-12 victory over relentless No. 4 Old Orchard Beach in the Class D West […]
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Elm Vale Cemetery’s southern archway entrance soon complete
WATERFORD — The restoration of the arched westerly entrance to Elm Vale Cemetery is being completed. In July, selectmen signed a contract with Phil Jendrick of PDJ Construction of Waterford to replace rotted pieces, repaint and reroof the wood structure. It is about 25 feet tall and 24 feet wide, and is the newer of the […]
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LePage honors Norway businesswoman
LePage was there to honor Suzanne Grover, a co-owner of Grover Gundrilling and one of the original backers of the Oxford Casino, and to congratulate Grover on being named the Oxford Hills Distinguished Citizen for 2014 by the Boy Scouts. “Suzanne is an incredible lady,” LePage said. “No. 1, she’s a real friend.” LePage said […]
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Colorado flooding brings tales of bravery, rescues
ESTES PARK, Colo. (AP) — As people came down from the flooded foothills of the Colorado Rockies, they brought tales of dramatic rescues, heartbreaking loss and neighbors coming together to protect their families and homes. Here are a few of their stories: A cat’s timely warning Jezebel the cat jumped on a sleeping Jon Johnson, […]
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After dad makes impassioned speech, son withdraws guilty plea for assaulting him
ROCKLAND — A 21-year-old Rockland man who is accused of assaulting his father with a hammer last month withdrew his guilty plea Tuesday after his dad told the judge that he did not want his son to go to prison. Gabriel P. Grover had agreed Monday in Knox County Superior Court to plead guilty to […]