AUBURN — The Bath Middle School seventh-grade boys basketball team split a pair of games recently. First, in Auburn, the Destroyers fell behind in the second quarter en route to a 51-33 setback. After a tight 12-11 first quarter, Auburn pulled away and took a 26-19 halftime lead. Jansen Morrison led Bath with 12 points, […]
December 2016
Mt. Ararat 7th girls stay hot
TOPSHAM — The Mt. Ararat Middle School seventh grade girls basketball team moved to 3-0 with a 33- 18 win over Oxford Hills recently. Everyone saw playing time for the Eagles as they took an 18-6 lead into the halftime break and cruised to the win. Lauren Johnson led the way with seven points, while […]
McDonough earns NEWMAC honors
BOSTON — Former Morse High School standout Keegan McDonough, now playing for the Springfield College men’s basketball team, recently earned New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Men’s Basketball weekly honors. After helping to lead Springfield to a 71-70 upset win over No. 1 Amherst last Wednesday, McDonough, a 6- foot-2 guard, was named […]
Red Sox sign Workman
BOSTON Right- hander Brandon Workman and the Boston Red Sox have reached agreement on a one-year contract for $635,000. The AL East champions announced the deal Friday and avoided salary arbitration. The 28- year- old Workman spent last season on the disabled list after having Tommy John surgery in June 2015. He went 0-2 with […]
Patriots look to swat Jets Saturday
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. The New England Patriots are hoping to avoid some deja vu over the final two weeks of the regular season. For the second consecutive year, the Patriots enter Week 16 with two chances to wrap up the AFC’s top seed and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. And for the second straight season, the […]
Suhr, Armstrong power Dragons to win
BRUNSWICK Madeline Suhr and Sabrina Armstrong each scored 18 points to power the Brunswick High School girls basketball team to a 64-41 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference win over Leavitt on Thursday. The 4-1 Dragons led 19-10, 34-24 and 51-33 at the quarter breaks. Alexis Guptill added nine points, with Charlotte MacMillan and Aiden Sachs each […]
Duke’s tripping Allen suspended
Grayson Allen’s latest antics may have once again tripped up No. 5 Duke. The Blue Devils have had a full roster for about three days this season. And after Allen tripped yet another opponent, it’s not clear when they’ll have a complete lineup again. Allen was suspended indefinitely from the team Thursday after the preseason […]
Gardens Aglow lights up the night in Boothbay
BOOTHBAY HARBOR Don’t miss your last chance to see the holiday lights. Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay is hosting its second annual Gardens Aglow light show this holiday season, an event that runs Thursday Sunday each week from 4- 9 p.m. The final showing is Dec. 31, and there will be no event on Christmas […]
A seamless real-life masterpiece: ‘Manchester by the Sea’
“Manchester by the Sea” is the type of film you wish would keep going, but you couldn’t possibly ask anything more of. The story revolves around Casey Affleck’s character, Lee Chandler, a Boston handyman that seems dead inside. He moves from building to building unclogging toilets, shoveling snow and painting walls with little to no […]