TOPSHAM — Griffin Stockford and Justin Pierce each scored a goal and the Mt. Ararat High School boys soccer team chalked up a huge Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference win Friday, 2-1 over visiting Bangor. The victory propelled the 4-2-1 Eagles to the second place in the Eastern Maine Class A Heal Point Standings. Bangor (6-1), […]
September 2013
Martin sparks Dragons, 5-1
SKOWHEGAN — Lena Martin scored two goals to lift Brunswick High School to a 5-1 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference girls soccer win over Skowhegan on Friday. The Dragons improved to 4-3 and are scheduled to visit Cony on Tuesday. Julia Champagne scored first with 13:39 left n the first half, assisted by Sarah Ferdinand. Martin […]
Playoff Chase: TB, Texas in wild-card tiebreaker
The regular season is going to game No. 163 when the Tampa Bay Rays visit the Texas Rangers tonight in an all-or-nothing tiebreaker for the second AL wild-card spot. A quick look at baseball’s playoff picture: CRUZIN’: The Rangers won their seventh in a row Sunday and the Rays also won, forcing the one-game playoff. […]
Mt. Ararat football rolls over Gorham, 64-0
GORHAM — The Mt. Ararat High School football team rolled over Gorham 64-0 in Class B action on Friday. The 2-2 Eagles rolled up 428 rushing yards, led by Bru Abreu with 181 on 22 attempts, along with four touchdowns and four 2-point conversions. Devin Montiero chipped in with four rushes for 74 yards and […]
The will o’ the wisp (a tale of the British Isles)
One night, Ian visited his Aunt Elizabeth and Uncle Toby’s house. They lived down near the marshes, and Ian liked to see them regularly. It was a cool autumn evening, and the three of them were enjoying it. Elizabeth prepared a small feast, and afterward they told tales and laughed. Ian planned to leave early […]
In search of PERFECTION
GENEVA, N.Y. Trees at Cornell University’s research orchard this fall are heavy with waxy apples, deepred, round apples, oblong apples and aromatic apples that smell like autumn. The thousands of trees here are tended for a single goal: to grow apples with just the right mix of sweetness, tart and crunch. The orchards, part of […]
Board sets Brunswick Landing speed limits
BRUNSWICK New speed limits at Brunswick Landing will go into effect on Oct. 10. Legislation passed earlier this year provided Brunswick police jurisdiction over the former naval air station, where for more than 60 years it was patrolled by military police with dogs and automatic rifles. Now, the locally-determined and Maine Department of Transportation-ratified speed […]
After trailing early, Thornton passes Sanford
SACO — Sanford got off to the start it wanted on the road against Thornton Academy on Saturday. But an interception in the end zone caught by Thornton’s C.J. Michaud turned the tide of the game, and the Trojans rallied to win 25-9 at Hill Stadium. The Trojans went three and out on their opening […]
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Thumbs up to all those who helped organize and participated in a ceremony the weekend before last at The Ballpark in Old Orchard Beach that recognized the 500-plus Mainers in the military who are still missing in action or prisoners of war, dating back to World War II. The event ”“ POW/MIA Recognition Day ”“ […]