Spruce Mountain Area Robotics Team 3930 is building a smaller robot that can do specific tasks quickly and accurately for this year’s FIRST Robotics Competition.
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School board approves SMART trip
JAY — Regional School Unit 73 board members Thursday night unanimously approved Spruce Mountain Area Robotics Team’s trip to the World 2016 FIRST Stronghold Challenge in St. Louis, Mo., this spring. The FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition is an annual event. Teams are presented with a challenge that includes building and […]
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LEGO League qualifier is Saturday
JAY — The SMART Central Maine LEGO League Qualifier will be held Saturday, Nov. 21, at Spruce Mountain High School. The event is free to the public. The qualifier is one of three that will be held around the state this year because of the increasing popularity of the FIRST LEGO League program. FIRST stands for […]
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Lori A. Smart
LEWISTON — Funeral services honoring the life of Lori A. Smart were held on Thursday March 26, at the Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home. The Rev. Tim Boone officiated the service and words of remembrance were expressed by Lori’s family and friends. Arrangements by the Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home in Lewiston.
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Celtics’ top pick Smart could handle being outside
OTISFIELD — Marcus Smart looked at the tall pine trees, green grass and fresh water that surrounded him at Seeds of Peace and decided the kid who grew up in the Dallas/Fort Worth suburbs could get used to this. “I love the country. My dad’s from Paducah (Texas). I’ve been out there and it’s really […]
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Scalabrine, Smart lead fun at Seeds of Peace
It built until its crescendo could be heard across Pleasant Lake as Scalabrine stood triumphantly before 200 campers, counselors and on-lookers at Seeds of Peace. Making what he estimated was his 12th appearance at the camp on a sun-splashed Friday, the former Boston Celtics forward known as “The White Mamba” had the crowd of teenagers […]
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Smart move on Celtics’ part
BOSTON (AP) — Soon after Wyc Grousbeck’s group bought the Boston Celtics, Red Auerbach gave him some advice. The team’s legendary president at the time “told me personally right when I came in, ‘you need instigators, not retaliators,’” Grousbeck said. Twelve years later, the rebuilding Celtics drafted what Grousbeck called an “instigator” when they took […]