TROY, N.Y. — Five different players scored and Rob McGovern stopped 36 shots as the University of Maine men’s hockey team beat Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 5-2 on Saturday to complete a weekend sweep. Maine (10-7-1) scored four times in the second period to break a 1-1 tie. Brady Keeper scored on the power play and […]
2017
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Girls' basketball: Lisbon makes Richmond work for win
RICHMOND — When Lisbon High School girls’ basketball coach Julie Petrie discussed her team’s 40-30 Mountain Valley Conference loss to newcomer Richmond Saturday night, there was no disappointment in her voice. Instead, she praised the Greyhounds, who stood toe-to-toe with the Bobcats in a defensive battle, with neither team giving an inch in a physical […]
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Girls' hockey: Sullivan's dominant third period helps Rangers wear down Red Hornets
Greely/Gray-New Gloucester’s Camilla Lattanzi shoots the puck past Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland’s Brianna Doucette during Saturday night’s hockey game at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Greely/Gray-New Gloucester’s game plan was to grind away at the Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland Red Hornets on Saturday night. The Rangers executed it to perfection in a 8-2 […]
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Magic Y-World swim in Lewiston
The YWCA pool has reopened after a week of repairs and is ready for shenanigans. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Julianna Mason, 5, perches on the edge of the pool and peers into the water during a Magic Y-World swim in Lewiston on Saturday afternoon. The YWCA of Central Maine pool, newly reopened after undergoing repairs, features […]
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GOP lawmakers trying to slow minimum-wage hikes
Maine’s minimum wage is set to go up to $10 an hour Jan. 1, even as Republican lawmakers push a proposal to slow future pay increases and allow young workers to be paid less. Supporters of minimum wage boosts say the measures have helped thousands of low-wage earners and predict any proposal to roll back wage […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Ice safety requires knowledge and caution
Each year about this time, the Maine Warden Service urges us to use extreme caution before venturing out onto any ice that may be covering Maine’s waterways. This is timely advice. Two winters ago, three night-time snowsledders all perished in one night on Rangeley Lake when they and their machines broke through thin ice. This […]
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The Sun Journal Top 10: Looking back on a banner-raising year in sports
To grasp the greatness of the sports year in the tri-county, take a look at what didn’t make the list of the area’s top 10 sports stories of 2017. For instance, the biggest schools finally made some noise in football. Edward Little, Lewiston and Oxford Hills beat out the Portland-area schools for the top three […]
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On Skiing: An action-packed January on tap at Maine's slopes
As usual, our ski areas have plenty of plans for the coming month. With January’s reputation for being a cold month, ski areas have developed numerous ways to lure skiers to the slopes, especially those skiers who might wait until February. Those of us who ski regularly, from the beginning of the season to the […]
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Women's basketball: Bobcats torch Eagles
Bates College’s Melanie Binkhorst ducks down under Husson University’s Megan Peach during the game at Bates College on Saturday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Husson couldn’t shake the effects of a 10-day layoff at the start of Saturday’s non-conference game against Bates. The Bobcats, meanwhile, threw them off like a frozen tourist throwing off their […]
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Cold-weather workers: Hydrate and wear layers
“I always say there’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.”