Slugger the Sea Dog meets with students at Saint Dominic Academy in Lewiston on Friday. Slugger, the mascot for the Portland Sea Dogs Minor League baseball team, was invited to the school by the Friends of St. Dom’s parent group to get students excited about the “World Series of Box Tops” fundraiser, group co-chairwoman Emily […]
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Skowhegan last Maine school to retain Native American mascot
SKOWHEGAN — A unanimous vote Wednesday by the Wells-Ogunquit school committee to remove Native American imagery associated with school sports teams now leaves only one high school in Maine using such images: Skowhegan Area High School. After years of debate in Skowhegan that’s resulted in no change in the nickname, some school officials contacted following […]
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Wells school mascot panel votes in secret
WELLS — The Wells Mascot Advisory Committee may have violated state open-meeting laws Wednesday when it voted by secret ballot to make its recommendation to the school board on what to do about the Native American imagery associated with its high school mascot. The 25-person committee was authorized by the School Committee in November 2017, […]
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UMF art students sculpt beaver dam
FARMINGTON — Weaving sticks and litter around small logs and patting in a little mud, art students created a large sculpture of a beaver dam in Abbott Park at the University of Maine at Farmington. The university’s mascot is a beaver. The three students worked quickly Thursday, preparing the art piece before their instructor, assistant […]
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Telstar mulls change in mascot
A student committee at Telstar High School is looking into the possibility of replacing Yosemite Sam as the school’s mascot. The teams are nicknamed the Rebels. Yosemite Sam is a Looney Tunes character who appears in a logo on the wall in the school office with the “T” standing for “Telstar.” He is also painted […]