BREWER — Richmond High School freshman right-hander Meranda Martin did something no pitcher has been able to do this season during Saturday’s state Class D softball final: hold Limestone Community School/Maine School of Science and Mathematics to fewer than seven runs. She held the Eagles to five runs on nine hits and the Bobcats used […]
June 2014
Posted inLocal Sports
Class A state baseball: Courtney, Bangor whip Windham
The University of Maine-bound right-hander buckled down instead, racking up his ninth and 10th strikeouts, then braced himself for the dog pile in front of the mound as the Rams celebrated their first Class A state title since 2006 with an 8-0 win over Windham at Mahaney Diamond on the campus of St. Joseph’s College […]
advertisement
Posted inLocal Sports, sj-web
Patience the key to getting links in ship-shape condition
It is no secret that Maine golf courses experienced a brutal winter. Just about every course in the state was damaged by the severe temperatures, along with ice and snow. Plus the length of the winter and the lack of warm spring days has made it difficult to get many courses into conditions typical of […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Zone 3 Legion Baseball: Pastime’s late rally salvages split with Rogers
LEWISTON — Pastime Club has represented Lewiston baseball splendidly at the state and regional level for the past several years. In order for the traditional Zone 3 American Legion power to maintain that status this summer, the young local contingent will need substantial help from some of the surrounding schools. So far, so good. R.J. […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Boys’ lacrosse: South Portland holds off Brunswick for Class A title
PORTLAND — The Brunswick Dragons seemed on the cusp of a big-time comeback. Down 6-2 after South Portland goaltender Edward Hellier stole the show in the first half with 11 point-blank saves, the Dragons opened up on the Red Riots in the third quarter. Behind the face-off prowess of Ian Schlosser and two goals each […]
Posted inNew England, sj-web
New Hampshire race is just one hill, but it’s a doozy
MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H. — The 54th annual Run to the Clouds race on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington is being held Saturday, pitting 1,300 runners against one another and against the tallest peak in the Northeastern United States. Here’s what you need to know about the race: STEP-BY-STEP The race starts at the bottom of the […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Snowe proposes open primaries as a way to combat DC gridlock
AUGUSTA — She has been out of office for nearly two years, but former Republican U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe has stayed focused on Washington. The three-term senator from Maine famously left Congress in 2012, dispirited by what she described as increasingly partisan gridlock and a failure of lawmakers to do the people’s work. She has […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
2,100-mile road rally kicks off from Ogunquit
OGUNQUIT — A road rally with 115 vintage cars kicked off Saturday in Maine, where drivers embarked on a nine-day drive to Florida in vintage vehicles, including a couple that looked like they were straight out of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.” Participants in the “Great Race” departed at timed intervals from Ogunquit, Maine, traveling through […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Aroostook County one of only two in New England where gun stores outnumber museums, libraries
FORT KENT — It’s not often licensed gun dealers and museums are referenced in the same sentence, much less the same news story. Earlier this week a reporter at The Washington Post did just that when he ran a nationwide, county-by-county statistical comparison on the numbers of federally licensed firearms dealers in relation to the […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
East Millinocket official hopes GNP auction in neighboring town may spur mill restart
EAST MILLINOCKET — A town leader expressed hope Friday that the auction at Great Northern Paper Co. LLC will pay the company’s tax debt to Millinocket and would help restart GNP’s local paper mill. “I think it will tie up some of the loose ends in Millinocket. I am hoping that it gets our mill […]