PORTLAND Daniel McGrath washed away the sour taste of his last outing with a sparkling six-inning effort Thursday afternoon to lead the Portland Sea Dogs to a 3-2 victory over Trenton to complete a three-game sweep of the series between the Double-A affiliates of the Red Sox and Yankees. A matinee crowd announced as 5,496 […]

TOPSHAM With the 2018 high school fall sports season beginning this week, teams from Mt. Ararat are going through many changes as the construction of the new high school is well underway. The school is slated to be completed for the fall of 2020, with the athletic fields to be ready for play the following […]

PORTLAND The Portland Sea Dogs will likely have Boston Red Sox left- hander Eduardo Rodriguez start for them on Monday, on a rehab assignment. Meanwhile, the lefties in the Sea Dogs’ starting rotation are doing just fine. Dedgar Jimenez threw five no- hit innings Wednesday night against the Trenton Thunder, and Portland pulled out a […]

LISBON When former Lisbon High School standout quarterback Chris Kates realized a dream last season, he ran with it. Kates, who took over as the head coach of the Greyhounds prior to the start of the 2017 campaign, led his team to a 7-1 regular-season mark in his rookie season. He replaced the legendary Dick […]

PORTLAND Luke Tendler swatted a two-out, three-run walk-off home run to give the Portland Sea Dogs a 5-2 Eastern League win over the Trenton Thunder on Tuesday night at Hadlock Field. Tate Matheny had tied the game with an RBI single before Tendler came to bat. The excitement followed seven scoreless innings. Both teams scored […]

FREEPORT While dodging raindrops, new Freeport High School boys soccer coach Bob Strong was walking around the field while getting his point across to his 50-plus players on the turf. As the 2018 high school fall sports season gets underway, there is a lot of excitement in Freeport with new coaches and the first fall […]

BRUNSWICK — Midcoast Maine Pickelball will host the fourth annual benefit pickelball tournament Sept. 15-16 at Maine Pines Racquet and Fitness. All net proceeds benefit the Bath/Brunswick YMCA kids programming — this year with a special emphasis on supporting their summer lunch program. “We have a number of generous community businesses supporting the event, including […]

BATH — The Elks Drive Out Cancer Golf Scramble will be held Aug. 25 at Bath Golf Club. The event is to benefit the Bath Area Food Bank. The food bank provides service within the community. It assists individuals and families in Bath, Woolwich, West Bath, Phippsburg, Arrowsic, Georgetown, and others in need as it […]