LITCHFIELD — Two West Gardiner women died Tuesday morning when the car they were in and a tractor-trailer collided at Hallowell and Lewiston roads, according to Maj. Ryan Reardon of the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office. Driver Grace Marston, 92, died Tuesday evening at a Lewiston hospital; her front-seat passenger, Anita A. Wade, 82, was pronounced dead […]
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Working: Paint parties to go
MONMOUTH — For Buffy Dumont and her daughter, Abby, the search for a new mother-daughter activity turned into a business selling paint-party kits that tapped into mom’s financial background and her daughter’s creativity. Buffy, Abby and Dumont’s husband, Dan, started Chalky & Company a year ago out of their Monmouth mudroom. It’s grown to nearly […]
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Monmouth awards students during Class Day
MONMOUTH — Monmouth Academy presented awards to its students during Class Day on June 10. Student award recipients are: Cameron Bailey: Band Award; and Betty S. Davis Senor Athletic Award. Nathan Beaudoin: Scott Pettengill Award; Edith, Arland & Brian Blaisdell Award; Betty S. Davis Senior Athletic Award. Samantha Blundon: Trustees’ Award — Top 10 Student/Highest Rank […]
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Class C Track and Field: Orono boys, girls complete repeat sweep
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Depth alone typically has been enough for Orono High School to dominate Maine’s small-school track and field landscape in recent years. The Red Riots added a dash of record-setting flair to that volume approach at Oakes Field on Saturday while sweeping the boys and girls Class C state championships for the second straight […]
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H.S. Baseball: Monmouth Academy hits all its marks in MVC
MONMOUTH — They won close, and they won easy. No matter the score, though, the Monmouth Academy baseball just simply won during the regular season. Sixteen games, 16 wins. It was a fitting no-loss record for a team that didn’t suffer any losses to graduation last year. The Mustangs brought back the same talented roster […]
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High school baseball: Postseason preview
Class A North Two-time defending state champion Bangor finished the season at the top of the A North standings, edging out second-seeded Edward Little, which like the Rams compiled a 15-1 record. The Red Eddies dealt Bangor its only blemish, 1-0 late in the season in Bangor. EL looked dominant until getting mercy-ruled and no-hit […]
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High school softball tourney overview
Class A North With just two seniors and many players in new positions, it was going to take some time for Oxford Hills to build some steam this season. The Vikings stumbled through a 3-4 start but rapidly improved toward a strong finish. Oxford Hills is peaking at the right time, just like it hoped. […]
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Saints win MVC baseball championship
WATERVILLE — Hunter Hughes smashed a two-run double in the third inning, steering St. Dom’s (15-2) to Mountain Valley Conference baseball title and a 5-1 victory over Monmouth Academy (16-1) on Thursday. Gavin Bates and Riley Volpe combined to pitch a one-hitter, with Bates getting the win. Bates also tripled in the game. Hughes had […]
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H.S. Baseball: Monmouth silences Winthrop, clinches undefeated regular season
MONMOUTH — Winthrop had two chances on the last day of the regular season to get a win and clinch a spot in the playoffs. The Ramblers, playing games back-to-back games at Monmouth Academy, narrowly lost to Madison in nine innings. Then, Monmouth starting pitcher Nick Sanborn took away any chance of a win in […]
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High school roundup: Edward Little survives Messalonskee in eight innings
OAKLAND — Brandon Varney ripped a two-out single in the eighth inning to plate Jared Norcross-Plourde and give Edward Little a 1-0 win over Messalonsklee. Norcross-Plourde also earned the win on the mound with 12 strikeouts in seven innings of work, and pitched himself out of a big jam in the first stanza. Reliever Josh […]