RUMFORD — Students at Holy Savior Catholic School will visit several local businesses and town departments to present homemade cookies Tuesday, Jan. 27, as part of Maine Catholic Schools Week. Principal Barbara Pelletier said that many years ago, Holy Savior Catholic School would have students’ parents make cookies, and the students would hand them out […]
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Head to Head: By day or by night?
Oakes: Well, we’re both parents and we’re both in the newspaper business, so right off the bat everyone should know we’re not bound by the clock or the calendar. I have lost track of how many semi-lucid, electronic conversations you and I have participated in at 1 a.m. And as for nights and weekends, what […]
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H.S. Football Head to Head: Size of playoff field matters
Oakes: Well, sport, the high school football playoffs are upon us. There will be quarterfinal games breaking out all over the state Friday evening and Saturday afternoon, and yes, by golly, some of them will be breakouts, as in more ugly and painful than a shingles flare-up. And unless you have been hiding under a […]
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Head to Head: What’s in a rivalry?
Oakes: Well, whippersnapper, I have reached a certain level of reluctant acceptance that football rivalries aren’t what they used to be. Some of this is probably a product of our society reexamining how it feels about the us-versus-them culture, and adults regulating kids’ behavior in kind. You probably aren’t old enough to remember it, but, […]
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Head to Head: Offensive comments
Oakes: ‘Sup, man? I hope you’re not too busy shuffling through the rule book after last week’s conversation, because it’s time to make a legal shift into a new topic, and one that is near and dear to every spectator’s heart. We love offense, don’t we? The same highlight-film mentality that made Major League Baseball […]
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Head to head: Breaking (down) all the rules
Pelletier: Greetings again old, old friend. This week, I’m going to take you back to your childhood, when the rules dictated you couldn’t throw a forward pass in football. Remember that, man? I don’t. Maybe we won’t go that far back, but the topic is in the ballpark. It’s one that draws the ire of […]
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Head to Head: Favorite local football traditions
Oakes: Goody, it looks like it’s my turn to get this mental gymnastics started this week. I hope you can compete without having the built-in advantage of going first and keeping the topic concealed like Colonel Sanders’ secret recipe until the last possible second. I’m kidding, actually, because my plan is to keep the topic […]
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Head to Head: Fearless (hopeless?) preseason picks
Oakes: Well, would you look at this? If I don’t have that big, cantankerous redhead to kick around anymore, I suppose it might as well be you, Hockey Guy. Let’s cut right to the chase and see how much you’ve learned from 18-hour days of editing football stories and capsules these past two weeks. First […]
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In the Crease: Shaping the future at SJ Sports
We have a front-row seat to some of the greatest sporting events our area has to offer. We are privileged to meet — and get to know — great athletes, coaches and administrators who pour their hearts and souls into their work with a passion rarely seen at a level beyond college. And we are […]