After falling short of the regional final in recent years, the Saints are determined to take that next step this spring. The veteran St. Dom’s team is feeling good about its chances. “I think we’re ready,” junior co-captain Bethany Hammond said. “We’ve built our game to get to this. So I think we’re all ready as […]
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Outdoor Track: Lisbon sweeps home MVC meet
LISBON — The track at Thompson Field was kind to the home team in a Mountain Valley Conference outdoor track meet on Tuesday. The weather was kind in general. Both the Lisbon boys’ and girls’ teams took first place in the six-team meet that also featured Dirigo, Mountain Valley, St. Dominic Academy, Madison and KVAC […]
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Gov. Paul LePage cites need for Madison to ‘reinvent itself’
MADISON — A dying paper mill drew Gov. Paul LePage to Madison on Wednesday, where he said the town “can reinvent itself” but not if the state impedes it with what he sees as job-killing energy and tax policies. It was an extension of a long-standing battle between the Republican governor and his Democratic opponents, […]
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LePage asks Legislature when it is going to ‘wake up’ on paper industry woes
AUGUSTA — In a pair of blistering missives to State House leaders Tuesday, Republican Gov. Paul LePage charged lawmakers with doing little to help the state’s sagging pulp and paper industry and asked when the Legislature is going to “wake up.” He also labeled Democratic lawmakers as “job killers” and accused them of misleading the […]
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Madison Paper mill to close, lay off 214 workers
MADISON — The Madison Paper Industries mill will close by the end of May, company owners announced Monday, in another blow to the paper industry in Maine. Only a handful of maintenance workers out of the current 214 employees will be retained to maintain buildings and a hydro facility at the mill after June 1, said […]
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Class C South girls’ semifinal: Madison goes long, takes out Searsport
AUGUSTA — It defies logical and mathematical odds, but No. 4 Madison reached the Class C South girls’ basketball championship game without a single encounter against a Mountain Valley Conference rival. Madison used its 3-point prowess to build a comfortable early lead and cruised past No. 8 Searsport, 43-27, in the semifinals on Thursday afternoon at […]
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Class C boys’ quarterfinal: Boothbay blocks Madison at buzzer
AUGUSTA — Given a chance to tie Monday’s Class C South boys’ quarterfinal game in the final six seconds of regulation, Madison sized up Boothbay and went against its strength. Strength prevailed. Abel Bryer blocked the Bulldogs’ shot, and do-everything junior Jacob Leonard hit the deck to clean up the rebound as time expired in the […]
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Girls’ basketball: Mountain Valley tips Madison
RUMFORD — When Mountain Valley has things working right, coach Ryan Casey and the rest of the team are convinced they are unstoppable. They proved it again Saturday. A pair of runs in the second half sparked by Ashley Russell, who scored a game-high 21 points, proved to be the difference as Mountain Valley extended […]
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Boys’ basketball: Dirigo denies Madison for 42nd consecutive win at Defoe
DIXFIELD — Mountain Valley Conference opponents are running out of defensive options against the Dirigo boys’ basketball team. Every coach’s preference for countering a team of slashers and speedsters — some variety of zone — isn’t working. The Cougars have more shooters than the early-season scouting report let on. They sank nine 3-pointers on Friday evening at […]
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Girls’ soccer: Madison rallies to 2-2 tie with Monmouth
In the first half Monday at Chick Field, Emily Grandahl and Haley Fletcher lived up to that reputation and landed the Mustangs a two-goal lead. With time ticking and daylight fading, Madeline Wood and Ashley Emery answered for the Bulldogs. After two fruitless five-minute overtimes, the result was a 2-2 MVC deadlock that didn’t make […]