Play to your strengths. When Dirigo employed that strategy the past four seasons, especially the 2014 campaign, it naturally involved Tyler Frost. Roughly 5-foot-8 and 235 pounds with a heart bigger than his body, Frost flaunted a knack for taking over games as a fullback and linebacker. Frost’s graduation will change the Cougars’ philosophy and […]
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2015 Dirigo football preview
Coach: Jim Hersom (second year) Conference: South Class: D Last year’s record: 7-2, lost in Class D West semifinals Returning players: Seniors — Gavin Arsenault (RB/WR/DB), Riley Robinson (QB/CB), Mike Casey (RB/LB), Bennett Dorion (G/DT); Juniors — Bryce Whittemore (G/LB), Vincent Hebert (FB/DE), Lucas McDonald (NG); Sophomore — Dalton Berry (C). Key losses: Tyler Frost (FB/LB), Kaine Hutchins (HB/SS), Joe […]
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LIVE CHAT: Friday on LePage’s case before Maine’s high court
Join us Friday online for a live chat on Gov. Paul LePage’s case before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. We will discuss the arguments before the justices with a panel of political and legal experts including Steve Robinson, Lance Dutson and Peter Brann as lawyers for the governor and the Legislature make their oral arguments […]
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RSU 16 budget passes first vote by residents
POLAND — Sixty-eight residents of Mechanic Falls, Minot and Poland approved the proposed $20.7 million budget for Regional School Unit 16 on Thursday night. There were 16 voters from Mechanic Falls, 17 from Minot and 35 from Poland. “A very poor turnout tonight,” Poland Town Clerk Judy Akers said. “Less than 1 percent of our […]
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Boys’ basketball: Robinson races past 1,000, scores 36 as Dirigo drops Monmouth
DIXFIELD — Riley Robinson and his Dirigo boys’ basketball teammates say they didn’t talk about his pursuit of 1,000 career points at all this week. That’s OK, because everybody else picked up the slack. If you missed the flyer with his picture and a breakdown of the mathematics on it as you paid admission Thursday […]
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H.S. Football: Robinson, Arsenault dominant duo on both sides for Dirigo
DIXFIELD — A word of warning to Oak Hill or any other opponent trying to trick the Dirigo secondary. They may be junior-dominated, but the Cougars’ defensive backs are fully grown men when it comes to keeping trade secrets. “We’ve got a lot of experience in our secondary with me, Mike (Casey) and Gavin (Arsenault),” […]
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Supplier for drug ring gets 8-year sentence
BANGOR — A New York City man convicted for his role supplying a drug distribution ring in Maine has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison. Prosecutors say 46-year-old Kenneth “Kill” Robinson was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to eight years, four months behind bars and three years of […]
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Candidates vying for seats in expanded Androscoggin County Commission
AUBURN — Androscoggin County voters this June and November will get more candidates for more offices than ever. A just-released state list of the major party candidates includes 11 candidates for five seats on the county commission, two people for judge of probate and two for sheriff. The list, compiled by the Secretary of State’s […]
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Maine prosecutors get guilty verdicts without bodies in murder trials
HOULTON — When Assistant Attorney General Andrew Benson entered the courtroom in November to begin prosecuting George Jaime Sr. for murder, he believed he had a solid case, even though he had a big obstacle to surmount. While Benson contended that Jaime had stabbed and beat to death his live-in girlfriend, Starlette Vining, in a […]
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Mars Hill woman, 73, escapes rollover unscathed
ROBINSON — A 73-year-old Mars Hill woman escaped serious injury Friday evening after rolling her vehicle over on a slippery road. Chief Deputy Darrell Crandall of the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department said that Dorothy Durgin of Mars Hill was driving her 2010 Chrysler Sebring on Robinson Road in Robinson, which is near Blaine, around 4:30 […]