PORTLAND — When you’re riding a 35-game winning streak and chasing a second consecutive field hockey state championship, it isn’t always easy to critique your own performances. York knows if there is one flaw in the slaw, however, it is the Wildcats’ tendency not to fly out of the starting gate at full speed. Two goals […]
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Field hockey: Defense does it for Leavitt Hornets
Saturday, it was a finger. After other games this season, bags of ice covered Hartford’s shins, ankles or arms. “It’s definitely really stressful, being back there, being behind the goalie with the ball just bouncing around everywhere,” Hartford said. Behind the goalie? Yep. Given a field hockey goalie’s copious padding, awkward gait and inability to […]
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H.S. Football: Leavitt, bolstered by return of Billy Bedard, belts York
TURNER — Opinions varied sharply on how Leavitt would readjust to Class B football this season, but certainly any honest assessment included the idea that nine penalties and five turnovers in a game would make it tough to win at the higher level. The Hornets not only won their homecoming game Saturday night with those scary […]
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Woman charged in fatal hit and run of pedestrian in York
YORK — York police say a 23-year-old Massachusetts woman was struck and killed by a car while walking on Ridge Road early Tuesday morning. The driver of the car fled the scene. According to police, when first responders arrived, the woman was unconscious and her boyfriend was tending to her. She was taken to Portsmouth […]
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Alphonse W. Charron
1947 – 2015 YORK — Alphonse W. Charron, 68, of 4 Egret Circle, died on Wednesday, July 15, at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, N.H. He was born on April 6, 1947, in Lewiston, a son of the late William A. and Anita (Cormier) Charron. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Joan Cloutier […]
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Maine astronaut, who has spent 182 days in space, to head NASA office
YORK (AP) — An astronaut and former Navy SEAL from Maine has been appointed chief of the astronaut office. NASA officials on Thursday announced the appointment of Navy Capt. Chris Cassidy, who has spent 182 days in space and conducted six spacewalks during his career as an astronaut. He replaces Air Force Col. Robert Behnken. […]
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High School softball: York becomes next pitcher in line for Telstar
BETHEL — Since an early age, Olivia York had a passion for softball and a desire to play at Telstar. She’d hardly miss a game, and she still recalls watching the Rebels win back-to-back state championships. “When I was little, my dad and I would come watch the games,” York said. “That’s what I wanted […]
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Medical marijuana caregivers sue York over business licenses
YORK — A group of medical marijuana caregivers has filed suit against a southern Maine town, claiming that a recently adopted ordinance violates state confidentiality laws. The Portland Press Herald reports the York ordinance requires all medical marijuana caregivers to obtain business licenses from the town. In order to do so, a form that becomes […]
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Class B West girls’ quarterfinal: Lincoln upends York
PORTLAND — A sophomore and a freshman took over what looked like a lost cause Tuesday night and accelerated Lincoln Academy into the next round of the Class B West girls’ basketball tournament. Point guard Brie Wajer amassed 20 points, nine steals and five assists, and first-year, six-foot center Kaitlyn Feltis scored three huge baskets during […]