Trailing by a goal entering the second half, the Blue Devils mounted a furious comeback and forced overtime Wednesday in their Eastern A championship game against top-seeded Hampden Academy. But the comeback hopes were dashed in the first overtime when Tristan Gardner headed in the game-winner with 6:56 remaining to stun the second-ranked Blue Devils, […]
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H.S. boys’ soccer: Ready for rematch
LEWISTON — One of the first things Mike McGraw emphasized Saturday night was that his team’s work isn’t finished. Moments after Lewiston dispatched Bangor in an Eastern A semifinal, McGraw told his Lewiston boys’ soccer squad there is still some unfinished business. Saturday’s win advanced the Blue Devils to the regional final at Hampden Academy […]
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Kayakers find woman’s body in Penobscot River
HAMPDEN — The body of a middle-age woman was recovered from the Penobscot River Monday morning, according to police. Two kayakers discovered the body early Monday morning. The body was placed in a funeral home vehicle near a house at 64 Cottage St. and was transported to Augusta, where it will be examined by the […]
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Hampden woman injured when car crossed I-95 median, both northbound lanes
HERMON — A Hampden woman was injured Saturday after her car, crossed the Interstate 95 median and both northbound lanes before crashing into rock ledge at mile marker 181. Linda Bryant, 66, lost control of her 1998 Subaru driving south on I-95 at about 10:30 a.m. after a medical episode, according to Maine State Trooper […]
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H.S. Girls’ Soccer: Hampden holds off Edward Little
HAMPDEN — The Edward Little High School girls’ soccer team shocked previously undefeated Bangor last Saturday and was looking to snap Hampden Academy’s four-game winning streak on Friday night. But senior center midfielder Naomi Shearer scored a pair of goals in the first 21 minutes and the Broncos withstood a second-half goal from Taylor Landry […]
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Intoxicated Hermon woman gets stuck, spins tires until car catches fire
HAMPDEN — A Hermon woman who drove to town early Wednesday to drop off some friends after drinking at a Bangor bar, apparently got disoriented on Canoe Club Road and drove over a lawn and got stuck in the woods, Hampden police Officer Ben Eyles said Saturday. “She got turned around and confused and ended […]
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H.S. boys’ soccer: Hampden hands loss to Lewiston
LEWISTON — It was the break Lewiston needed to keep the game close. An apparent Hampden Academy goal off a penalty kick that wasn’t gave the Blue Devils a second chance Saturday night. Instead of being down by two, Lewiston was just one shot away from the equalizer. “Fortunately, the penalty kick they scored didn’t […]
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Police say brake failure on dump truck may have led to collision with train in Hampden
HAMPDEN — Brake failure on a 23-year-old dump truck may have led to a collision with a train at a railroad crossing in Hampden on Thursday, according to police. Maine State Police Sgt. Jason Sattler said Friday evening that an initial investigation found that six of the dump truck’s eight brakes were not functioning properly […]
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Dump truck driver hospitalized after collision with train in Hampden
HAMPDEN — The driver of a dump truck has been freed from the wreckage after a crash involving a Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway train on Western Avenue near Mayo Road. LifeFlight arrived at the crash scene around 11 a.m., along with several other area emergency responders. The helicopter has taken off and will bring […]
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Hampden Academy graduate assumes command of USS Constitution
CHARLESTOWN, Mass. — A Hampden Academy graduate assumed command of the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat during a ceremony on Friday. Cmdr. Sean Kearns assumed command of the USS Constitution during a change of command ceremony aboard the ship at the Charlestown Navy Yard on Friday morning. Kearns, a 1987 graduate of Hampden Academy, became the […]