LEWISTON — Maine’s first officially sanctioned season of unified basketball was an unqualified slam dunk. Perhaps fitting, then, that it ended with the next-best thing — a buzzer-beating hook shot in overtime. Hampden Academy senior David Manzo’s flick of the wrist found nothing but net as the horn sounded, hoisting the Broncos to a thrilling, 32-30 victory […]
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Class A East boys’ basketball final: Lewiston falls to Hampden
AUGUSTA — One unbelievable run deserved one in reply during Saturday’s Class A East boys’ basketball championship. As a consequence, an unprecedented championship streak continues, and an unforgettable tournament push came to a frustrating but courageous end. No. 2 Hampden Academy rallied from a 13-point deficit in the third quarter and overcame Lewiston High School, […]
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Class A East boys’ semifinal: Hampden, Gilpin take out Messalonskee, Mayo
AUGUSTA — Wednesday night’s battle of supremely talented Nicks went to Gilpin and Hampden over Mayo and Messalonskee. The Broncos’ junior point guard controlled the game with an iron fist, amassing 17 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists and hoisting No. 2 Hampden to a 58-47 victory over No. 3 Messalonskee in the Class A East […]
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Class A East boys’ quarterfinal: Hampden overtakes Brunswick after another Nick Gilpin launch
AUGUSTA — Not quite two years ago, a shot from just inside half-court by Nick Gilpin hoisted Hampden Academy to the second of its three consecutive Class A East boys’ basketball championships. Saturday evening, another answered prayer off Gilpin’s fingertips at Augusta Civic Center spelled the difference between a deficit and a lead at the end […]
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Class A East girls’ quarterfinal: Bangor survives Hampden on last-second block
AUGUSTA — Call this one Saved by the Horn, the Tournament Years. Pushed to the brink of what would have been an unfathomable quarterfinal collapse, No. 1 Bangor used a Katie Butler free throw, a Mary Butler block and a Cordelia Stewart defensive rebound in the closing seconds to survive No. 8 Hampden, 41-40, in a […]
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Joseph Armand Cardello
2015 HAMPDEN—Joseph Armand Cardello, 80, beloved husband of Penny Bohac-Cardello, passed away surrounded by his family on Wednesday, Feb. 4, after several years of ill health. He grew up in Lawrence, Mass., the only child of Armand and Angelina D’Angelo Cardello. Condolences to the family may be expressed at www.BrookingsSmith.com.
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Boys’ basketball: McIntyres, Gilpin lead Hampden rout of Oxford Hills
If there were any visible Saturday night, they might have been from the Vikings hitting the deck after a vicious, first-quarter knockout. The Broncos put on a half-court clinic at both ends in the opening period and made it a winning week away from home in style, breezing to a 73-38 victory. “We knew it […]
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Boys’ basketball: Hampden hands Edward Little first loss
HAMPDEN — The Hampden Academy boys basketball team hasn’t lost a home game in more than five years — since Jan. 18, 2010, to be exact. So when undefeated Edward Little of Auburn came visiting for a showdown of the top two teams in Eastern Maine Class A on Monday afternoon, the streak — or […]
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President of 107-year-old family business explains decision to make employees the owners of Dennis Paper and Food Service
HAMPDEN — Hampden-based Dennis Paper & Food Service’s website and business cards already boast that the company is “100% Employee Owned.” The trucks are next to advertise the shift set to become official in 2015. Ron Dennis, the company’s president and grandson to its founder, announced the switch on Nov. 24, just two days after […]
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Missing Orrington man found dead in Hampden
HAMPDEN — Searchers found an Orrington man missing since Thursday dead inside his SUV near Ammo Industrial Park on Saturday. Michael Miller, 40, had not been heard from since about 8 a.m. Thursday. His wife believed he might have been within a 5-mile radius of Center Drive. Searchers from Down East Emergency Medical Institute found […]