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H.S. Baseball: Falcons break away from Mustangs

Mountain Valley’s Ethan Laubauskas catches the ball as Monmouth’s Tom Neal slides back to first base during Wednesday afternoon’s baseball game in Rumford. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)  RUMFORD — Monmouth and Mountain Valley played Wednesday’s MVC baseball matchup with the urgency of two teams looking to bounce back from embarrassing losses. They were close to even, […]

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H.S. baseball: Austin sparks Greyhounds over Mustangs

Lisbon’s Jonah Sautter is chased to third base by Monmouth Academy’s Nick Dovinski during Monday afterbnoon’s baseball game in Montmouth. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) MONMOUTH — Batting at the top of Lisbon’s order, Noah Austin likes to get the offense going early, especially when he’s also tasked with keeping the opponent from scoring. Austin the leadoff […]

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H.S. softball: Lisbon overcomes miscues, beats Monmouth

MONMOUTH — Mallory Fairbanks surely did not make things easy for herself in Lisbon’s high school softball Mountain Valley Conference clash with Monmouth Academy on Monday. Fairbanks walked 15 Mustangs, but made the right pitch at the right time in the Greyhounds’ 15-9 victory. Lisbon improved to 7-2 and moved to the No. 2 spot […]

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H.S. softball: Rivals Audet, Chasse become teammates

Winthrop’s Layne Audet, left, and Monmouth’s Emily Chasse are rivals during the high school softball season, but will be teammates this summer for the Maine Illusion travel team. (Wil Kramlich/Sun Journal) With the amount of knowledge dueling aces Layne Audet of Winthrop and Emily Chasse of Monmouth had on each other, it almost seemed like […]

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Catherine Ann Carney

MONMOUTH — Catherine Ann Carney, 63, of Gerald Drive died Sunday, May 6, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born in Lewiston on Nov. 16, 1954, the daughter of Joseph and Josephine (Stone) Duguay. Catherine attended schools in Auburn. She worked at Clover Health Care as a CNA and medication technician for 30 […]

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H.S. softball: Winthrop scores early, then holds off Monmouth

Winthrop second baseman Moriah Hajduk looks toward first after forcing out Monmouth’s Mariah Herr during the Ramblers’ 4-3 win in Winthrop on Monday. (Wil Kramlich/Sun Journal) WINTHROP — Layne Audet got just the start from her offense that she needed, but her no-hit bid in the circle soon turned into no room for error against […]

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Bringing vintage back, one old camper at a time

MONMOUTH — For Jim Roy, the 1954 Yellowstone was love. For his neighbor up the road, it was a decrepit camper the neighbor’s aunt had taken to Woodstock, currently sunk in the ground past its wheels, that he was planning to crush if someone didn’t get it off the property. Sold. It was a perfect […]