AUGUSTA — Thursday’s Class C South girls’ basketball semifinal between top-seeded Richmond and No. 4 Old Orchard Beach came down to a four-and-a-half minute stretch of the third quarter. Tied at 17 at the half, the Seagulls scored all 16 of the third quarter points in the first 4:46 of the frame, taking control and […]
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Police investigate death of woman, former Old Orchard Beach councilor
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Police are investigating after two people, including a former town official, were found dead inside a home in Old Orchard Beach. Officials say 21-year-old Amber Morrow, of Saco, and former Old Orchard Beach Town Councilor Dana Furtado were found dead on Monday evening. Relatives and friends discovered the bodies after being […]
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Football: Dirigo holds off Old Orchard Beach
DIXFIELD — Second verse, same as the first for Dirigo High School. One week after earning the fourth seed with a win over Old Orchard Beach, the Cougars hosted the Seagulls again at Harlow Park on Friday. This time, though, there were no secrets — just hard-nosed football in a Class D South quarterfinal. Cooper Chiasson […]
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Monday Morning Quarterback: A familiar face on sidelines
But he got it anyway. Standing alongside Mynahan on the home side of Thompson Field was his brother, Tim, as a special guest assistant for Lisbon. “It was great. Tim is my biggest fan,” Dick Mynahan said. “He’s been coming to these games for as long as I have.” Tim Mynahan can hold his own […]
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Girls’ Soccer: Old Orchard Beach stuns Buckfield
BUCKFIELD — Records don’t mean anything once a game begins. That was proven in a big way Monday. Buckfield entered its girls’ soccer game against Old Orchard Beach sporting a 7-2 record, while the Seagulls came in with a 1-6-2 mark. Yet it took only a few minutes for the assumptions of those records to […]
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HS Football: Scott, Ramblers dominate Seagulls
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Winthrop/Monmouth senior running back Nate Scott earned the nickname “Edelman,” after Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman, some time before his Friday night tour de force against Old Orchard Beach. But Ramblers’ head coach Dave St. Hilaire was glad to see the senior running back demonstrate how well-earned the moniker is. “We […]
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H.S. Football: Weekend blitz
Friday, 7 p.m. This is a big swing game for the Red Eddies. A win against a traditional power would put them into the top half of Class A North. They could be encouraged by rival Lewiston playing the Stags close, but the Red Eddies also had a nail-biter last week. LEWISTON (0-3) AT BANGOR […]
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H.S. Football: Pigskin prognostications
Lewiston 31, Bangor 17 Portland 41, Oxford Hills/Buckfield 14 Hampden 22, Mt. Blue 16 Marshwood 26, Leavitt 21 Spruce Mountain 27, Gray-NG 12 Wells 16, Mountain Valley 14 Poland 22, Lake Region 21 Lisbon 20, Dirigo 16 Winthrop/Monmouth 28, Old Orchard Beach 22 Oak Hill 34, Medomak Valley 13
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H.S. Football: Oak Hill holds off Old Orchard Beach
WALES — The Oak Hill football team hosted its annual Heroes Game on Saturday, with the players wearing camouflage uniform tops, and members of the military and first responders were honored before the game. It then took a couple players to be heroes for the Raiders to hold on for a 26-14 win against Old […]
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Paris has ‘good chance’ of receiving Safe Neighborhood grant
PARIS — The town “has a very good chance” of being awarded an $72,000 Safe Neighborhood grant, which would help with battling the area’s heroin epidemic and put at-risk youth on the path to success, according to Terry Holden of the Maine Office of Community Development. She told attendees during the June 13 public hearing on […]