SKOWHEGAN — Two Skowhegan-born sisters are calling for peace between opposing sides in the long running debate over the nickname “Indians” for the high school sports teams, even drawing on the name of an opposition Facebook group for the new name. “There’s a lot of names out there, but what I’m currently liking is Skowhegan […]
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H.S. field hockey: Sevigny sisters propelling Mountain Valley into the playoffs
Mountain Valley’s Rylee Sevigny moves the ball down the field at Spruce Mountain on Tuesday. Spruce Mountain’s Ashley Campbell follows behind. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Avery Sevigny is key to setting up Mountain Valley’s offense. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) JAY — Rylee and Avery Sevigny have terrorized defenses across the Mountain Valley Conference all season long. The […]
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Twins on quest for father's identity
Kristi Turner, left, with sister Kelly Mendenhall, right. The twins were born in Lewiston and adopted almost 33 years ago. They are now looking for their biological father. LEWISTON — They were born at 10:18 a.m. and 10:19 a.m. on Dec. 3, 1984, weeks early, as twins sometimes are. Each weighed only 4 pounds or […]
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Girls’ Soccer: Eddies’ family atmosphere
Words and gestures aren’t necessary. In that crucial moments, it’s difficult to know for sure if it’s a twin thing, a sister thing, or a teammate thing. But Calli looks back, Molly makes her acknowledgment from the goal, and suddenly everything is OK. “If I can look at her from midfield, she’ll know what I […]
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Woman believed dead for more than 30 years reunited with her family
GLENBURN — Donna Keniston was 17 when her mother left Maine in 1981. “I thought she was dead,” Keniston, 50, of Plymouth said Sunday. So did Betty Lukich’s four sisters: Virginia Allen, 72, of Winter Harbor; Dorothy Ham, 77, of Brewer; Mary Inman, 75, and Laura Riegelman, 78, both of Glenburn. The family was reunited […]