TOPSHAM — Town officials tapped a former assistant town manager from the other side of the Androscoggin River to fill their own assistant manager post. The select board Thursday voted to hire Derek Scrapchansky, who spent a year and a half as the assistant town manager in Brunswick, resigning in May 2017. “He comes highly […]
September 2018
Spreading the wealth: Plethora of playmakers helps make Kennebunk’s offense tough to stop
Most weeks a defensive coordinator can watch game film and focus on a couple players who the opposing team will feed the ball to on Friday night. That’s certainly not the case when teams face the Kennebunk Rams. Head coach Joe Rafferty has a plethora of options when it comes to the Kennebunk offense — […]
Spartans snap losing streak with 1-0 win over Scots
STANDISH — After winning their first two games, the Sanford boys soccer team lost the next five games. The Spartans would stop their skid on Thursday night as they picked up a 1-0 victory at Bonny Eagle. “Tonight was huge stepping stone for us. We’ve been struggling to get the consistency and get the team […]
High School Roundup: Noble golfers continue strong start
SANFORD — The Noble golf squad continued its hot start to the season after a 13-0 triumph against Sanford at Sanford Country Club on Thursday night. Geoffrey Howe and Mathew Nolder fired off rounds of 45 to help the Knights earn their victory. Noble also got wins from Tyler Oliver, Kyle Franey, Cheyanne Couture and […]
Giving Voice: Volunteers are the heart and Soul of Oasis Free Clinics
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill Oasis Free Clinics exists because of its volunteers — that’s no exaggeration. With only a handful of staff, we rely on volunteers to close the gap between the need for and delivery of our services. […]
Maine Italian sandwich covers 160 feet of Monument Square
Eleven local sandwich shops gathered in Portland’s Monument Square late morning Thursday to build what may be the unofficial World’s Largest Maine Italian Sandwich – 160 feet from end to end. Collectively, it took the sandwich makers about 25 minutes to build it, said Gillian Britt, one of the owner/producers of Portland’s Harvest on the […]
Tom Purcell: Government grounds for gobbledygook
Despite a 2010 law that requires federal agencies to describe rules and regulations in plain language, most government writing is STILL unintelligible. I met with my federal-bureaucrat mole, Deep Gibberish – and his interpreter — for answers. “When President Obama signed the Plain Writing Act of 2010 into law,” I said to Deep Gibberish, “all […]
Red Sox clinch 3rd straight AL East title with win at Yanks
NEW YORK — Mookie Betts and the Boston Red Sox won their third consecutive AL East championship Thursday night, clinching on enemy turf with an 11-6 victory over the rival New York Yankees. Betts homered, doubled twice and drove in five runs, finishing with four hits as the Red Sox overcame Giancarlo Stanton’s go-ahead grand […]
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