Through his lawyer, Jamie Thomas issues a statement denying allegations made by the attorney for Indiana’s estate, saying he always had the artist’s best interests at heart.
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Robert Indiana owned paintings up for auction to pay bills, repair Maine home
Christie’s in New York is offering two pieces of art from the private collection of Vinalhaven artist Robert Indiana in a controversial sale to help pay the mounting legal bills of the late artist’s estate and make critical repairs before winter to his deteriorating island home, the once-grand Star of Hope. Maine Preservation listed the […]
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Robert Indiana's Vinalhaven home needs love if it's to be museum
ROCKLAND (AP) — Pop artist Robert Indiana died in a house with a hole in the roof and pigeons living inside. The front windows are now boarded up. Buckets collect water. Clapboards are peeling. The degraded condition of the Victorian, dubbed the Star of Hope, means millions of dollars will have to be spent to […]
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H.S. softball: Buckfield sweeps Vinalhaven/North Haven in doubleheader
Buckfield’ Cassidy Hart is tagged out by Vinal haven’s Marina Davis as she slides into home plate during Thursday’s softball game in Buckfield. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) BUCKFIELD — After a quiet first two innings in the first of two games, the Buckfield offense got going late in game one, and the Bucks didn’t let their […]
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H.S. softball: Vinalhaven, Rangeley split Saturday doubleheader
RANGELEY — Class D South rivals Vinalhaven and Rangeley played a softball doubleheader Saturday, with the visiting Vikings taking the first game before the Lakers picked up their first win of the season in the second. Gilleyanne Davis-Oakes pitched both games for the Vikings (2-3). She struck out nine batters in the first game to […]
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H.S. roundup: Oxford Hills softball shuts out Bangor
Oxford Hills’ Lauren Merrill hits a line drive early in the game against Bangor. (Brewster Burns photo) PARIS — Two big innings helped Oxford Hills defeat Bangor 12-0 in six innings in a KVAC softball contest Saturday afternoon. The Vikings scored six runs in the bottom of third and another five in the bottom of […]
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Vinalhaven tops Rangeley in D South girls’ basketball final
Brooke Egan of Rangeley shoots over Deja Doughty of Vinalhaven during the fourth quarter in Augusta on Saturday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) AUGUSTA — A rare charge call against Gilleyanne Davis-Oakes lit a fire in the Vinalhaven senior. That was the spark the Vikings needed to repeat as Class D South girls’ basketball regional champions, which […]
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Vinalhaven thumps Greenville, reached D South girls' final
AUGUSTA — The Vinalhaven girls basketball team took another step in its quest to defend its Class D state title by thumping Greenville 54-34 in a D South regional semifinal Thursday at the Civic Center. Gilleyanne Davis-Oakes led three players in double figures with 19 points and Vinalhaven broke open a close game in the […]
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#Tourney17: Vinalhaven jumps Forest Hills early, cruises to first D final since 1984
AUGUSTA — Forest Hills’ plan to limit Vinalhaven’s Gilleyanne Davis-Oakes opened up the perimeter for the Vikings’ other shooters early in Saturday’s Class D South girls’ basketball final. The Vikings used it as an opening to their first regional title in 33 years. For the first quarter-plus, Forest Hills had guard Demitria Giroux sag down […]
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Winter Preview: Class D girls’ basketball
Yes, this is a brand new season, and what happened in 2015-16 has little to do with what happen in 2016-17. But Rangeley coach Heidi Deery refuses to discount the remaining Lakers’ championship background. “They have learned a lot the past several years in our quest for our championship, and I think that experience is […]