Buckfield fans cheer after their team scored two runs during Thursday afternoon’s softball game against Traip Academy at home. The Bucks went on to a 7-2 victory.Nolan Litchfield, 7, turns and looks for a pass from his friend, Zach Shields, 13, both from Buckfield, as they play pass with a football beside the field their […]
2017
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Teen suicide: Community shares grief, ideas
Alex and Kate Brenton, son and mother, attend a public forum on suicide at The Green Ladle in Lewiston on Thursday evening. Tonya Bailey-Curry of Lewiston speaks at a public forum on suicide held at The Green Ladle in Lewiston on Thursday evening. Lindsey Crawford receives a hug from middle school guidance counselor Katharine Hildebrandt […]
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Posted inLocal Sports, SJVarsity
Monmouth girls, Lisbon boys win MVC track and field championships
Tori Spencer, left, of Monmouth Academy and Sydney Douglass of Lisbon High School compete during the 1600 meter racewalk during the MVC Championships in Lisbon on Thursday. Douglass passed Spencer on the final corner to win the event. Spencer came in second. LISBON — The Monmouth girls and Lisbon boys entered Thursday’s Mountain Valley Conference […]
Posted inSun Spots
Why don’t captions match TV images?
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Where do the words for closed captions come from? “Printing out Reno” when what was said was “We know,” and for “Philippines” as “fill peeps”? — No name, Waterford. ANSWER: According to Media Access Group, which pioneered closed captioning in 1972, real-time captioning — like for a news broadcast — “couples the […]
Posted inDr. Roach
Best treatment for kidney stones depends on size and location
DEAR DR. ROACH: My urologist found two big kidney stones in my right kidney, too large to pass naturally. I thought that the option would then be to ”crush” them to sand with laser or ultrasound and then flush out the sand by drinking lots of water. However, my urologist says that I am too […]
Posted inLocal Sports, SJVarsity
H.S. Softball: Buckfield gets back on track against Traip Academy
When Buckfield’s Hannah Shields slid into third and the ball scooted past Traip 3rd baseman, Cecelia Driscoll, right, Shields took off for home. Sirois looks like she will be tagged out at the plate after Driscoll picked up the ball and threw it to her catcher, Cala McEllin, but the throw was a little wide […]
Posted inFranklin
Mt. Blue cheerleader remembered 20 years later
FARMINGTON — The family of Jamie Beth Shible is remembering the Mt. Blue High School cheerleader on the 20th anniversary of her death this Memorial Day. On Memorial Day weekend in 1997 the 17-year-old went to her junior prom on Saturday night and became ill within hours. Bacterial meningitis dealt a final blow to her […]
Posted inNews
RSU 10 budget approved by voters
RUMFORD — Fewer than 30 people approved a $27.73 million budget for Regional School Unit 10 Wednesday evening. An article for $4.51 million in additional local funds passed 23-5 by secret ballot. Starting July 1, the district will operate with five fewer towns because Byron, Canton, Carthage, Dixfield and Peru voted last year to withdraw from […]
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Waterford man pleads not guilty to assaulting woman, police officer
PARIS — A Waterford man pleaded not guilty Thursday morning in Oxford County Superior Court to felony aggravated assault and assaulting an officer. Justin Stanton, 33, was arrested Feb. 5 on a charge of assaulting a woman for the second time in two months, assaulting an officer, resisting arrest and violating bail conditions. The court […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Bethel school principal retiring next month
BETHEL — Levi Brown, gym teacher and teaching principal of Crescent Park Elementary in Bethel, will retire from School Administrative District 44 next month. Brown received his teaching degree at Plymouth University in New Hampshire. He said playing games for a living sounded great to him, so he became a physical education teacher. In 2003, […]