Former Telstar High School baseball pitchers/teammates Danny Whitney (right) and Kyle Peterson of Bethel faced each other in an opposing game last week. “Kyle and Danny have played baseball together since the Petersons moved to Bethel, when they were around 8 or 9 years old, and they became best friends over the years as well,”said […]
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EAT AT APPLEBEE’S, HELP TELSTAR’S PROJECT GRADUATION!
Applebee’s Restaurant in Oxford will donate 15% of your bill on March 12 to help fund Telstar High School’s Project Graduation activities. Just get an invitation flyer from a THS senior or a project committee member, and bring it on the 12th from 4 to 9 p.m.
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THS senior Liam Gallagher receives MPA Award
Liam Gallagher, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Gallagher of Bryant Pond and a senior at Telstar Regional High School, has been selected to receive the 2015 Maine Principal’s Award. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic excellence, outstanding school citizenship, and leadership. Ranked second […]
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Lifelong educator Rod Abbott models an active retirement
By Amy Chapman When West Paris native Rodney Abbott retired from teaching high school English and history in 2001, his career as an educator was far from over. In fact, he took just one semester off before he was back in the classroom. For the past 13 years, he has taught a survey course in […]
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BASKETBALL MENTOR
BASKETBALL MENTORING-The Bethel Recreation Basketball Program is wrapping up this week at the Crescent Park School. The Saturday program also included some help from the Telstar High School Boys’ Basketball Team. Here, Michael Cummings gets some pointers from Rebel player Brandon Doherty.
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Region 9 budget to be unveiled next month
MEXICO — The Vocational Region 9 board likely will receive a draft budget next month that may include a new vocational program. Director Brenda Gammon said the Program and Personnel Committee is expected to meet next week to make a tentative recommendation. “We discussed a food prep or business class, or plumbing/electrical,” she said Thursday. […]
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High school roundup: St. Dom’s boys edge Wiscasset in thriller
WISCASSET — Becket Wagner netted a game-high 20 points Thursday as St. Dom’s held onto a narrow 49-48 win over Wiscasset in a mid-season MVC boys’ tilt. Mike Bryant chipped in for the Saints with 14 points, highlighted by two shots from beyond the arc. The Wolverines were paced by Brandon Sprague with a solid […]
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Boys’ basketball: Saints repel Rebels
AUBURN — Two teams struggling to stay afloat in the Mountain Valley Conference turned what could have been a ho-hum basketball game into a dogfight that featured clutch performances and raw determination Friday night. St. Dom’s and Telstar picked away at each right down to the final seconds and provided fans with some surprising melodrama […]
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Boys’ basketball: Lisbon overcomes cold shooting, tops Telstar
LISBON — Monday night’s score from Manchester Gym is one that some will see in black-and-white, accompanied by no details, and grumble that Maine high school basketball needs a shot clock. Well, that wouldn’t have helped. A range finder like the one some golfers use, perhaps, but not a shot clock. Lisbon and Telstar were […]